The Graph API is what we should use when we want to create, edit, or delete information on Facebook. Following the REST style approach, we create objects on Facebook by making POST requests to Graph API connections.
In addition to creating new objects, we can edit or delete existing objects, although not all of the objects in the Graph API are editable once they've initially been created. User information can be edited for example, but comments or status messages cannot be edited, only deleted.
In our later chapters, we'll cover the specifics of creating different Graph API object types, such as Photos. In this recipe, we'll examine the general approach needed to make requests that create, edit, or delete Graph API objects.
For this recipe, we have no specific user interface, but we can use the ApplicationBase class created in Chapter 11 for authentication and permissions management. To create and manage Graph API objects on the...