Hi !
I would like to create a gravity form where visitors could choose to use Facebook Connect and after allowing the FB App to access their basic info, the form auto-fills with their FB info for First Name, Last Name and E-Mail.
Do you know a way to do that ?
Thanks.
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Facebook Connect to Fill out a Gravity Form
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Posted 12 years ago on Friday July 6, 2012 | Permalink
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Interesting idea. I haven't seen anyone do it, and I don't know enough about FB connect to even give information that would be helpful. Maybe one of the other developers might have some suggestions.
Posted 12 years ago on Friday July 6, 2012 | Permalink -
David,
For the php sdk, facebook simply sends an array of data, so it is just a matter of parsing the array.
The easiest answer, I believe, would be to design a page template with your theme, and the gravity form resides on that page template. In the head, it queries facebook for a response. If the user is logged in and has previously authorized your application, facebook returns an array. If user logged in not auth, facebook returns an array - just none of the fields you want
So the question is, how does GForms work for this? I know if its FB connect, you could prefill the form, and require user to submit; OR; if you want it to submit on connect, no form, you could set the page up (page template or not) that would use a javascript onLoad for the body, and document form submit to the correct gravity form id, with correct fields
I did the latter on a custom coded Facebook php form, submit to Gform, it was a pain in the ass. It resided outside my wordpress install, so I could have a quick loading canvas page for a page tab on my facebook page.
Posted 12 years ago on Tuesday October 2, 2012 | Permalink
