With the release of Graph API version 2.11, the Send Button is deprecated. For Graph API versions 2.10 and under, the Send Button will be supported until February 5, 2018.
Send Button
The Send button lets people privately send content on your site to one or more friends in a Facebook message.
Send Button ConfiguratorCode ExampleSettingsFAQsStep-by-Step
1. Choose URL or Page
Pick the URL of a website or Facebook Page you want to send.
2. Code Configurator
Paste the URL to the Code Configurator and click the Get Code button to generate your send button code.
3. Copy & Paste HTML snippet
Copy and past the snippet into the HTML of the destination website.
Send Button Configurator
Full Code Example
Copy & paste the code example to your website. Adjust the value data-href to your website URL. Next use the og:*** meta tags to adjust your link preview. og:url and data-href should use the same URL.
<html>
<head>
<title>Your Website Title</title>
<!-- You can use open graph tags to customize link previews.
Learn more: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters -->
<meta property="og:url" content="https://www.your-domain.com/your-page.html" />
<meta property="og:type" content="website" />
<meta property="og:title" content="Your Website Title" />
<meta property="og:description" content="Your description" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://www.your-domain.com/path/image.jpg" />
</head>
<body>
<!-- Load Facebook SDK for JavaScript -->
<div id="fb-root"></div>
<script>(function(d, s, id) {
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
js.src = "https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.5";
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script>
<!-- Your send button code -->
<div class="fb-send"
data-href="https://www.your-domain.com/your-page.html"
data-layout="button_count">
</div>
</body>
</html>Customize Link PreviewSettings
The configurator above doesn't include all of the possible settings for your Send button. You can also change the following settings:
| Setting | HTML5 Attribute | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
|
| The color scheme used by the plugin. Can be "light" or "dark". | "light" |
|
| The absolute URL of the page that will be sent. | Current URL. |
|
| If your web site or online service, or a portion of your service, is directed to children under 13 you must enable this | "false" |
|
| A label for tracking referrals which must be less than 50 characters, and can contain alphanumeric characters and some punctuation (currently +/=-.:_). See the FAQ for more details. | None |
|
| Size of the button. Currently only |
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