Facebook launches Inbox and Notification APIs

Facebook everynow and then keeps on coming up with new APIs to enable developers to add additional compelling and engaging features. This time around Facebook has added a bunch of new APIs for Facebook Inbox and application notifications

Facebook’s Inbox API allows developers to access user’s Facebook messages for the first time. However this API currently provides read only mode, and does not allow sending messages. Ben Hiller of Facebook says:

For example, a desktop application geared toward small business owners could enable users to check their company’s Page stream, as well as read messages and receive notifications, all from their desktop

Facebook’s new notification API allows developers to retrieve user’s notifications and display it within your application. There is also the ability to mark individual notifications as read.

Another addition that Facebook has made is the simplification of the way that users can attach application content to Facebook messages. According to Facebook:

The new Inbox incorporates the same Publisher used to publish to the streams on the home page and profiles. We’ve enhanced the Publisher so it no longer requires you to create template bundles — you can now use the simplified attachment model that stream.publish uses. As we roll out the new Inbox over the next few weeks, we’ll deprecate the old message attachment process.

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