Delete action from timeline

Question

Im using below php code to post an item to the timeline:

    $request_data=http_build_query(
    array(
    'access_token'=>'xxx',
    'item'=>'url'
    )
    );
    $c=curl_init('https://graph.facebook.com/me/zoo:action');
    curl_setopt($c,CURLOPT_POST,true);
    curl_setopt($c,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$request_data);
    curl_setopt($c,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);
    $result=curl_exec($c);
    $status=curl_getinfo($c,CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    curl_close($c);

Im now trying to delete an item, but cant get my head around what the corresponding curl code would be. Facebook says:

    curl -X DELETE \
         -F         'access_token=xxxx' \
    'https://graph.facebook.com/{'{id_from_create_call}'}'

Where in the first block of code would I define the "-X" and "DELETE" arguments?...

Thanks for any pointers!...

Answer 1

You needs to send HTTP request with DELETE HTTP method instead of POST, which you define by curl_setopt($c,CURLOPT_POST,true); call. Look for CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST option instead of CURLOPT_POST in the curl_setopt doc.

Just replace

curl_setopt($c,CURLOPT_POST,true);

with

curl_setopt($c,CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST,"DELETE");

You can read another post on the SO for more details about custom requests.