Generating Dynamic Facebook Open Graph Meta Tags

As the title suggests, it is possible to generate Facebook Open Graph meta tags dynamically. By incorporating dynamic elements into the meta tags, you can optimize the presentation of your content on the Facebook platform.

How to Achieve Dynamic Meta Tag Generation

To dynamically generate meta tags, you need to include PHP code within the HTML code of your webpage. This code should populate the meta tags with relevant information from your database or other sources. For instance, you can use GET or POST parameters to pass dynamic data to the webpage and then incorporate that data into the meta tags.

Example Implementation

As an illustration, here's an example of how you can dynamically generate Facebook Open Graph meta tags:

 0) {
    $params = $_GET;
} else {
    $params = $_POST;
}
// defaults
if($params['type'] == "") $params['type'] = "restaurant";
if($params['locale'] == "") $params['locale'] = "en_US";
if($params['title'] == "") $params['title'] = "default title";
if($params['image'] == "") $params['image'] = "thumb";
if($params['description'] == "") $params['description'] = "default description";

?>



    
        
        

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        

    

In this example, the meta tags are populated with values obtained from the GET or POST parameters. By accessing the webpage with different parameter combinations, you can alter the meta tag content dynamically.

Example Usage for Facebook Actions

With dynamically generated meta tags, you can publish actions to the user's Facebook stream. For instance, the following code uses PHP to publish a "have lunch" action:

function postRestaurant() {
    FB.api('me/MY_APP_NAMESPACE:have_lunch?\
    start_time=2000-12-12T04:00:00&\
    expires_in=7200&\
    restaurant='   encodeURIComponent(getRedirectURI()   '?type=restaurant'   '&description=arnold'   '&title=stalone'), 'post', function (response) {
        if (!response || response.error) {
            console.log('postRestaurant: Error occured => '   response.error.message);
        } else {
            console.log('postRestaurant: Post was successful! Action ID: '   response.id);
        }
    });
}

In this code, the "restaurant" parameter is dynamically generated based on the meta tags on the webpage. By customizing the meta tags, you can provide more relevant information in the Facebook actions.