In-line images in messages

摘要

In one embodiment, a computing device detects an identifier of an object entered by a user participating in a message session. The message session includes one or more messages including text, and the text includes the identifier. The computing device accesses an image corresponding to the object based at least in part on the identifier. The computing device provides for display to a second user the image in place of the identifier within the text.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
by one or more computing devices, detecting entry of an identifier of an object by a first user participating in a message session, wherein the detecting is based on the identifier being in a pre-determined text format, the message session comprising a text message including the identifier; by the computing devices, determining a first node in a social graph of a social-networking system that corresponds to the object based at least in part on the identifier of the object, the graph comprising a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes, wherein a second node in the graph corresponds to the first user; by the computing devices, accessing one or more images corresponding to the object associated with the first node in the social graph; and by the computing devices, sending the text message to a second user in which the identifier included in the text message is replaced with an in-line image within the text message, wherein the in-line image comprises at least one of the accessed images associated with the first node in the social graph corresponding to the object.