make-facebook-test-user.sh

#!/bin/sh
# 1.  Define a base set of credentials with APPID and APPSECRET
. ~/.facebookrc
# APPID=
# APPSECRET=


function init {
    echo 
    echo 
}

function header {
    echo =================================
    echo $1
}

function report {
    echo $1
    echo 
}

function token {
    header "Getting access token..."
    TOKEN=$(curl -s -F grant_type=client_credentials \
        -F client_id=${APPID} \
        -F client_secret=${APPSECRET} \
        https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token)
    report $TOKEN
}

# Base use of Open Graph for pulling the data
function overview {
    header "Getting overview..."
    curl -s "https://graph.facebook.com/${APPID}?$TOKEN"
    report "Getting test users..."
    LOG=/tmp/`basename $0`$$.log
    curl -s "https://graph.facebook.com/${APPID}/accounts/test-users?$TOKEN" > $LOG
    report See $LOG for details
}

# http://developers.facebook.com/docs/test_users
function test_user {
    header "Making test user..."
    # Documentation: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/test_users/
    # https://graph.facebook.com/APP_ID/accounts/test-users?
    # installed=true
    # &name=FULL_NAME
    # &locale=en_US
    # &permissions=read_stream
    # &method=post
    # &access_token=APP_ACCESS_TOKEN
    # Don't assume the application has been installed; if installed it
    # would still show the diff between permission sets. 
    curl -s -d '' "https://graph.facebook.com/${APPID}/accounts/test-users?installed=false&$TOKEN" | prettify_json.rb 
}

init
token 
test_user