how can i send message to multiple profile

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how can i send message to multiple profile

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how can i send message to multiple profile ?

Answer 1 · 2017-03-04T08:26:01.000Z

My current status is: One message == One recipient

Answer 2 · 2017-03-04T11:04:31.000Z

@manhag FB does not support sending message to multiple recipients yet. If you want to do so you must do it on your own (loop on them and send messages one by one).
It seems your bot will begin the conversation with your users. Which means your bot app need to have pages_messaging_subscriptions permission.

Answer 3 · 2017-03-04T11:07:10.000Z

@a-fawzy no it supports batch sending ....
check this
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/making-multiple-requests?hc_location=ufi

Answer 4 · 2017-03-04T11:07:58.000Z

@wittfabian thanks
can you help me how to do it manually ?
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/making-multiple-requests?hc_location=ufi

Answer 5 · 2017-03-04T11:18:59.000Z

Hi, correct me if I am wrong.
Graph API and Messenger API are not the same.

Answer 6 · 2017-03-04T13:12:39.000Z

@wittfabian
i asked on FBDeveloper
they said YES ...you can
you can post to multiple recipient using Batch method

they are the same ... i think

Answer 7 · 2017-03-04T13:22:32.000Z

Can you show me the link?

Answer 8 · 2017-03-04T13:23:10.000Z

https://www.facebook.com/groups/fbdevelopers/permalink/1334250739951770/?comment_id=1334251809951663&reply_comment_id=1334253693284808&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_reply&notif_id=1488576364591450

Answer 9 · 2017-03-04T13:31:08.000Z

Ok, they are the same

Answer 10 · 2017-03-04T13:35:12.000Z

can you help me to do it ? :)

Answer 11 · 2017-03-04T13:59:10.000Z

I will check the documentation and test the request.
But batch requests are currently not supported with this SDK.

Answer 12 · 2017-03-04T14:11:57.000Z

Emil Hesslow (software engineer @ Facebook) commented on my post on FB developer

can you read comments please ??

Answer 13 · 2017-03-04T14:12:32.000Z

This is how it can be done using curl:

curl  -i \
-F 'include_headers=false' \
-F 'access_token=ACCESSTOKEN' \
-F 'batch=[
  {
    "method":"POST",
    "headers":[{"name": "Content-Type","value": "application/json"}],
    "relative_url":"me/messages?access_token=ACCESSTOKEN",
    "body": "recipient%5Bid%5D=860782960624842&message%5Btext%5D=hello%2C+world%21"
  }, 
  {
    "method":"POST",
    "headers":[{"name": "Content-Type","value": "application/json"}],
    "relative_url":"me/messages?access_token=ACCESSTOKEN",
    "body": "recipient%5Bid%5D=860782960624842&message%5Btext%5D=hello%2C+world%21"
  }
]' \
https://graph.facebook.com/v2.8

you may get the body string using this:

$test = [
    'recipient' => [
        'id' => '860782960624842',
    ],
    'message' => [
        'text' => 'hello, world!'
    ]
];
var_dump(http_build_query($test, null, '&'));

Do not forget to put your own access token at the end of each relative_url

Answer 14 · 2017-03-04T14:15:23.000Z

I will need this to manage subscribers and I always thought messenger platform is separated from the graph API. So thx @manhag for bringing this to the table 👍

Answer 15 · 2017-03-04T14:19:32.000Z

@a-fawzy thanks :)
i tried your code in php but it doesnot work


$jsonData = '{
"access_token": "' .$PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN .'",
"Facebook-API-Version":"v2.6",
batch=[
  {
    "method":"POST",
    "headers":[{"name": "Content-Type","value": "application/json"}],
    "relative_url":"me/messages?access_token=$PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    "body": "recipient%5Bid%5D=1589111404437224&message%5Btext%5D=hello%2C+world%21"
  }, 
  {
    "method":"POST",
    "headers":[{"name": "Content-Type","value": "application/json"}],
    "relative_url":"me/messages?access_token=$PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN ",
    "body": "recipient%5Bid%5D=1197229497062040&message%5Btext%5D=hello%2C+world%21"
  }
]
}';

Answer 16 · 2017-03-04T14:24:34.000Z

I did not try it using php yet but it is tested and working as curl. Kindly note that request sent to the graph API is NOT JSON.

Answer 17 · 2017-03-04T14:27:04.000Z

yes i know

here is the complete code


    /*initialize curl*/
    $ch = curl_init($url);

$jsonData = '{
"access_token": "' .$PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN .'",
"Facebook-API-Version":"v2.6",
batch=[
  {
    "method":"POST",
    "headers":[{"name": "Content-Type","value": "application/json"}],
    "relative_url":"me/messages?access_token=$PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    "body": "recipient%5Bid%5D=1589111404437224&message%5Btext%5D=hello%2C+world%21"
  }, 
  {
    "method":"POST",
    "headers":[{"name": "Content-Type","value": "application/json"}],
    "relative_url":"me/messages?access_token=$PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN ",
    "body": "recipient%5Bid%5D=1197229497062040&message%5Btext%5D=hello%2C+world%21"
  }
]
}';
 //   echo urlencode($JSONData1);
    
    /*curl setting to send a json post data*/ 
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $jsonData);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json'));
  
        $result = curl_exec($ch); // user will get the message
    var_Dump($result);

Answer 18 · 2017-03-04T14:45:29.000Z

This should work

<?php

$PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN = '';

$ch = curl_init('https://graph.facebook.com/v2.8');

$fields['access_token'] = $PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN;

$fields['batch'] = '
[
  {
    "method":"POST",
    "headers":[{"name": "Content-Type","value": "application/json"}],
    "relative_url":"me/messages?access_token=' . $PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN . '",
    "body": "recipient%5Bid%5D=860782960624842&message%5Btext%5D=hello%2C+world%21"
  }, 
  {
    "method":"POST",
    "headers":[{"name": "Content-Type","value": "application/json"}],
    "relative_url":"me/messages?access_token=' . $PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN . '",
    "body": "recipient%5Bid%5D=860782960624842&message%5Btext%5D=hello%2C+world%21"
  }
]
';

/* curl setting to send a json post data */
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
var_dump($result);

Answer 19 · 2017-03-04T15:58:30.000Z

Thanks bro :D
the problem was with BODY
can i figure out [body] easily more than this method ???
like using JSON and convert it to php string ????
URLEncoding

you can define headers and access_token ONCE only
New Code

$fields['access_token'] = $PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN;
$fields['headers'] = '{"name": "Content-Type","value": "application/json"}';

$fields['batch'] = '
[
  {
    "method":"POST", 
    "relative_url":"me/messages",
    "body": "recipient%5Bid%5D=860782960624842&message%5Btext%5D=hello%2C+world%21"
  }, 
  {
    "method":"POST", 
    "relative_url":"me/messages",
    "body": "recipient%5Bid%5D=860782960624842&message%5Btext%5D=hello%2C+world%21"
  }
]
';

thanks ^_^
i wish that the method integrated with pimax package

Answer 20 · 2017-03-05T08:34:17.000Z

In principle, it is the same as if you send each message individually (as "for-each-loop").
Maybe a little bit faster. I am creating a ticket for batch sending.

Answer 21 · 2017-12-12T13:50:40.000Z

This also works

`<?php

$verify_token = ""; // Verify token
$token = ""; // Page token

if (file_exists(DIR . '/config.php')) {
$config = include DIR . '/config.php';
$verify_token = $config['verify_token'];
$token = $config['token'];
}

require_once(dirname(FILE) . '/vendor/autoload.php');

use pimax\FbBotApp;
use pimax\Menu\MenuItem;
use pimax\Menu\LocalizedMenu;
use pimax\Messages\Message;
use pimax\Messages\MessageButton;
use pimax\Messages\StructuredMessage;
use pimax\Messages\MessageElement;
use pimax\Messages\MessageReceiptElement;
use pimax\Messages\Address;
use pimax\Messages\Summary;
use pimax\Messages\Adjustment;
use pimax\Messages\AccountLink;
use pimax\Messages\ImageMessage;
use pimax\Messages\QuickReply;
use pimax\Messages\QuickReplyButton;
use pimax\Messages\SenderAction;

// Make Bot Instance
$bot = new FbBotApp($token);

$bot->send(new Message(1622608101XXXXXX, 'This is a simple text message.'));
$bot->send(new Message(1491940750YYYYYY, 'This is a simple text message.'));
?>
`