How do you control for changes in Facebook interface?

[Chris]

Hi Guys,

I’m interested in the Events Calendar, and in the Event Aggregator. A couple of colleagues have expressed concern about what would happen if the way Facebook exports its event data changed, and whether this would lead to issues with future imports.

Do you control for this? And if a change does happen, is it theoretically possible that this could lead to the Facebook integration breaking temporarily / permanently?

Thank you,
Chris

[Andras]

Hello Chris,

Thanks for reaching out to us with your question! That’s a great one.

I believe if Facebook would change the way it makes event data available, then we would likely adapt Event Aggregator to be able to handle that. So if at all, then there would be only a temporary holdup in service.

However, usually when big changes like this happen there is usually a testing / interim period – depending on the developer – so likely we would be able to do at least part if not all of the necessary adaptations before the big change goes live, thus reducing or even totally eliminating the time of switchover.

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any further questions.

Cheers,
Andras

 

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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