Ruby Command line application to update Facebook S

Question

i am intrested in developing a command line application using ruby to update Facebook status. To do this i need to be authenticated. Does Facebook Api provides authentication using comman line applications? i checked facebook api there is no support for command line applications. so how should i proceed?

Answer 1

Currently there is no way to authorize user without their interaction with browser.

Our OAuth 2.0 implementation does not include explicit support for application built for desktop operating systems. However, if your app can embed a web browser (most desktop frameworks such as .NET, AIR and Cocoa support embedding browsers), you can use the client-side flow with one modification: a specific redirect_uri.

See Windows, OS X and Linux native apps section of Authentication documentation

There is additional way of authentication that will work without browser, it's called Authentication for Devices which is currently supported only for limited number of partners and not available for general use.