Facebook share link - can you customize the message body text

Question

I m trying to create a link that will share a page on Facebook   So far I ve got   href  http   www facebook com sharer php  u http 3A 2F 2Fwww cnn com 2F  amp t CNN 26s website    However  I d really like to add some text that will go in the  What s on your mind   text box  especially as the t value gets overridden by the link s title    Does anyone know if this is possible

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Like  Ardee said you sharer php uses data from the meta tags  the Dialog API accepts parameters  Facebook have removed the ability to use the message parameter but you can use the quote parameter which can be useful in a lot of cases e g     https   www facebook com dialog share  app id  your-app-id   amp display popup  amp title This is the title parameter  amp description This is the description parameter  amp quote This is the quote parameter  amp caption This is the caption parameter  amp href https 3A 2F 2Fdevelopers facebook com 2Fdocs 2F  amp redirect uri https 3A 2F 2Fwww  url-in-your-accepted-list  com   Just have to create an app id   https   developers facebook com docs apps register  Then make sure the redirect url domain is listed in the accepted domains for that app

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Simplest way to share on facebook is  https   www facebook com sharer sharer php u xerosanyam github io amp quote You are amazing  Bonus  Simplest way to share on twitter is  https   twitter com intent tweet via xerosanyam amp text You are amazing

User · Answer

Facebook does not allow you to change the  What s on your mind   text box  unless of course you re developing an application for use on Facebook

User · Answer

Like said in docs  use   lt meta property  og url            content  http   www your-domain com your-page html    gt   lt meta property  og type           content  website    gt   lt meta property  og title          content  Your Website Title    gt   lt meta property  og description    content  Your description    gt   lt meta property  og image          content  http   www your-domain com path image jpg    gt    image size recommended  1 200 x 630

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NOTE   azure ardee solution is no longer feasible  Facebook will not allow developers pre-fill messages  Developers may customize the story by providing OG meta tags  but it s up to the user to fill the message   This is only possible if you are posting on the user s behalf  which requires the user authorizing your application with the publish actions permission  AND even then        please note that Facebook recommends using a user-initiated sharing modal      Have a look at this answer

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To add some text  what I did some time ago   if the link you are sharing its a page you can modify  You can add some meta-tags to the shared page    lt meta name  title  content  The title you want    gt   lt meta name  description  content  The text you want to insert     gt   lt link rel  image src  href  A thumbnail you can show     gt    It s a small hack  Although the old share button has been replaced by the  like   recommend  button  where you can add a comment if you use the XFBML version  More info her   http   developers facebook com docs reference plugins like

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You can t do this using sharer php  but you can do something similar using the Dialog API  http   developers facebook com docs reference dialogs   http   www facebook com dialog feed    app id 123050457758183 amp    link http   developers facebook com docs reference dialogs  amp  picture http   fbrell com f8 jpg amp    name Facebook 20Dialogs amp    caption Reference 20Documentation amp   description Dialogs 20provide 20a 20simple  20consistent 20interface 20for 20applications 20to 20interact 20with 20users  amp  message Facebook 20Dialogs 20are 20so 20easy  amp  redirect uri http   www example com response     The catch is you must create a dummy Facebook application just to have an app id  Note that your Facebook application doesn t have to do ANYTHING at all  Just be sure that it is properly configured  and you should be all set

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