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Paging User Photos with Cursor

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Demonstrates how to iterate over the pages of user photos using a cursor.

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#include <C_CkOAuth2W.h>
#include <C_CkRestW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkOAuth2W oauth2;
    HCkRestW rest;
    const wchar_t *responseJson;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    const wchar_t *afterCursor;

    success = FALSE;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // This example assumes a previously obtained an access token
    oauth2 = CkOAuth2W_Create();
    CkOAuth2W_putAccessToken(oauth2,L"FACEBOOK-ACCESS-TOKEN");

    rest = CkRestW_Create();

    // Connect to Facebook.
    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"graph.facebook.com",443,TRUE,TRUE);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkOAuth2W_Dispose(oauth2);
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    // Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access key)
    CkRestW_SetAuthOAuth2(rest,oauth2);

    // Indicate that we only want the photos the user has personally uploaded.
    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"type",L"uploaded");

    // We could limit the number of photos per page using the "limit" field.
    CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"limit",L"20");

    // Get the 1st page of photos. (Not the actual image data, but the information about each photo.)
    // See https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/user/photos/ for more information.
    responseJson = CkRestW_fullRequestNoBody(rest,L"GET",L"/v2.7/me/photos");
    if (CkRestW_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkOAuth2W_Dispose(oauth2);
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_putEmitCompact(json,FALSE);
    CkJsonObjectW_Load(json,responseJson);
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_emit(json));

    // 
    // See Parsing the Facebook User Photos for code showing how to parse the JSON photos content.
    // 

    // Get the "after" cursor.
    afterCursor = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"paging.cursors.after");
    while (CkJsonObjectW_getLastMethodSuccess(json) == TRUE) {

        wprintf(L"after cursor: %s\n",afterCursor);

        // Prepare for getting the next page of photos.
        // We can continue using the same REST object.
        // If already connected, we'll continue using the existing connection.
        // Otherwise, a new connection will automatically be made if needed.
        CkRestW_ClearAllQueryParams(rest);
        CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"type",L"uploaded");
        CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"limit",L"20");
        CkRestW_AddQueryParam(rest,L"after",afterCursor);

        responseJson = CkRestW_fullRequestNoBody(rest,L"GET",L"/v2.7/me/photos");
        if (CkRestW_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) != TRUE) {
            wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
            CkOAuth2W_Dispose(oauth2);
            CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
            CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
            return;
        }

        CkJsonObjectW_Load(json,responseJson);
        // See Parsing the Facebook User Photos for code showing how to parse the JSON photos content.

        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_emit(json));

        // Get the cursor for the next page.
        afterCursor = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"paging.cursors.after");
    }

    wprintf(L"No more pages of photos.\n");


    CkOAuth2W_Dispose(oauth2);
    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);

    }