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Get Individual Photo Info

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Assuming we have the ID of a Photo, this example demonstrates how to retrieve the photo information and parse the JSON.

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Local $bSuccess = 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
$oOauth2 = ObjCreate("Chilkat.OAuth2")
$oOauth2.AccessToken = "FACEBOOK-ACCESS-TOKEN"

$oRest = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Rest")

; Connect to Facebook...
$bSuccess = $oRest.Connect("graph.facebook.com",443,True,True)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access key)
$oRest.SetAuthOAuth2($oOauth2)

; Assumes we've already obtained a Photo ID.
Local $sPhotoId = "10210199026347451"

$oSbPath = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSbPath.Append("/v2.7/")
$oSbPath.Append($sPhotoId)

; Select the fields we want.
; This example will select many of the possible fields.
; See https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/photo/
$oRest.AddQueryParam("fields","id,album,can_delete,can_tag,from,height,width,images,link,name,name_tags,picture,place,target")

Local $sResponseJson = $oRest.FullRequestNoBody("GET",$oSbPath.GetAsString())
If ($oRest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.EmitCompact = False
$oJson.Load($sResponseJson)

; Show the JSON in human-readable format.
ConsoleWrite($oJson.Emit() & @CRLF)

; A sample response is shown below.
; Demonstrate how to parse values from the JSON.
ConsoleWrite("Album name: " & $oJson.StringOf("album.name") & @CRLF)
Local $bCanDelete = $oJson.BoolOf("can_delete")
ConsoleWrite("Can Delete: " & $bCanDelete & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("From Name: " & $oJson.StringOf("from.name") & @CRLF)
Local $iHeight = $oJson.IntOf("height")
Local $iWidth = $oJson.IntOf("width")
ConsoleWrite("Dimensions: " & $iWidth & "x" & $iHeight & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("First Image Source: " & $oJson.StringOf("images[0].source") & @CRLF)

; A sample JSON response is shown here.  
; { 
;   "id": "10210199026347451",
;   "album": { 
;     "created_time": "2009-10-19T00:06:46+0000",
;     "name": "Timeline Photos",
;     "id": "1237223526054"
;   },
;   "can_delete": true,
;   "can_tag": true,
;   "from": { 
;     "name": "Matt Smith",
;     "id": "10224048320139890"
;   },
;   "height": 120,
;   "width": 120,
;   "images": [
;     { 
;       "height": 120,
;       "source": "https:\/\/scontent.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/14462791_10210199026347451_7830642117574407060_n.jpg?oh=a7f9ed10cf9cd81a82adeb541c60e2e2&oe=58ABB195",
;       "width": 120
;     }
;   ],
;   "link": "https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10210199026347451&set=a.1237223526054.2038240.1093202869&type=3",
;   "name": "Ignore my posts -- I'm doing some testing for Facebook related programming...",
;   "picture": "https:\/\/scontent.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/14462791_10210199026347451_7830642117574407060_n.jpg?oh=a7f9ed10cf9cd81a82adeb541c60e2e2&oe=58ABB195"
; }
;