Closed Bug 784067 Opened 13 years ago Closed 13 years ago

Posting a Banner to your Wall adds a click sometimes

Categories

(Firefox Affiliates Graveyard :: Social Integration, defect)

Product:
Firefox Affiliates Graveyard
Component:
Social Integration
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: osmose, Assigned: osmose)

Details

(Keywords: qawanted)

Because the click URL doesn't differentiate between a HEAD and a GET request, attempting to post a banner to your wall causes Facebook to follow the click URL and register a false click on your banner.
Fixed in https://github.com/mozilla/affiliates/commit/e201181df08e6480a244479aa9242a715c699e6d
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Keywords: qawanted
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Verified adding banner no longer counts as a click.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Commit pushed to develop at https://github.com/mozilla/affiliates https://github.com/mozilla/affiliates/commit/c3ebc5639ebe97dbd839b5f80e93c2f65105a303 Don't add clicks for Facebook bot. Adds a method for determining if a request is from the Facebook bot, and uses it to prevent fraudulent clicks coming from the Facebook bot when it visits the link for the Feed dialog. fix bug 784067
Status: VERIFIED → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago → 13 years ago
Stop it you silly robot
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Firefox Affiliates → Firefox Affiliates Graveyard
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