Tint, a social network friend management service, notified its users in an email that the social network Facebook has scheduled the end of its hashtag API, which allows access to hashtag data, on April 30.
Tint said that the API in question started returning errors as of yesterday and that Facebook has confirmed that it will no longer support the API that usesται για τα hashtags. Έτσι οι υπηρεσίες που χρησιμοποιούν το χαρακτηριστικό δεν θα είναι σε θέση να έχουν πρόσβαση στα δεδομένα hashtag και στα στατιστικά data, according to TNW.
A Facebook spokesman said: "We made this change because we heard from our members that they want more control over the information they share with applications. The Post Search API allows applications to access members' public posts. So we stop this API to give our members more control over how their information is used by applications. ”
There are two alternatives solutions that developers can consider if they want to continue using Facebook hashtags in their searches:
The Facebook Media Solutions API allows applications to return the count of posts with hashtags. This feature is available to a limited set of developers who develop solutions for media companies. Developers can request to subscribe to contentolutions@fb.com by e-mail.
In addition, the social network has a partnership with Datasift, a service that enables applications to search and receive anonymous and aggregated information from Facebok.
