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This distribution provides an object-oriented thin-client library for
interacting with the Facebook (L<http://facebook.com>) API. For usage and
documentation information visit L<https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api>.
API::Facebook is derived from L<API::Client> and inherits all of it's
functionality. Please read the documentation for API::Client for more usage
information.

=head1 ATTRIBUTES

=head2 access_token

    $facebook->access_token;
    $facebook->access_token('ACCESS_TOKEN');

The access_token attribute should be set to an API access token associated with
your account.

=head2 identifier

    $facebook->identifier;
    $facebook->identifier('IDENTIFIER');

The identifier attribute should be set to a string that identifies your app.

=head2 debug

    $facebook->debug;
    $facebook->debug(1);

The debug attribute if true prints HTTP requests and responses to standard out.

=head2 fatal

    $facebook->fatal;
    $facebook->fatal(1);

The fatal attribute if true promotes 4xx and 5xx server response codes to
exceptions, a L<API::Client::Exception> object.

=head2 retries

    $facebook->retries;
    $facebook->retries(10);

The retries attribute determines how many times an HTTP request should be
retried if a 4xx or 5xx response is received. This attribute defaults to 1.

=head2 timeout

    $facebook->timeout;
    $facebook->timeout(5);

The timeout attribute determines how long an HTTP connection should be kept
alive. This attribute defaults to 10.

=head2 url

    $facebook->url;
    $facebook->url(Mojo::URL->new('https://graph.facebook.com'));

The url attribute set the base/pre-configured URL object that will be used in
all HTTP requests. This attribute expects a L<Mojo::URL> object.

=head2 user_agent

    $facebook->user_agent;
    $facebook->user_agent(Mojo::UserAgent->new);

The user_agent attribute set the pre-configured UserAgent object that will be
used in all HTTP requests. This attribute expects a L<Mojo::UserAgent> object.

=head1 METHODS

=head2 action

    my $result = $facebook->action($verb, %args);

    # e.g.

    $facebook->action('head', %args);    # HEAD request
    $facebook->action('options', %args); # OPTIONS request
    $facebook->action('patch', %args);   # PATCH request

The action method issues a request to the API resource represented by the
object. The first parameter will be used as the HTTP request method. The
arguments, expected to be a list of key/value pairs, will be included in the
request if the key is either C<data> or C<query>.

=head2 create

    my $results = $facebook->create(%args);

    # or

    $facebook->POST(%args);

The create method issues a C<POST> request to the API resource represented by
the object. The arguments, expected to be a list of key/value pairs, will be
included in the request if the key is either C<data> or C<query>.

=head2 delete

    my $results = $facebook->delete(%args);

    # or

    $facebook->DELETE(%args);

The delete method issues a C<DELETE> request to the API resource represented by
the object. The arguments, expected to be a list of key/value pairs, will be
included in the request if the key is either C<data> or C<query>.

=head2 fetch

    my $results = $facebook->fetch(%args);

    # or

    $facebook->GET(%args);

The fetch method issues a C<GET> request to the API resource represented by the
object. The arguments, expected to be a list of key/value pairs, will be
included in the request if the key is either C<data> or C<query>.

=head2 update

    my $results = $facebook->update(%args);

    # or