(Android™) Get Individual Photo Info

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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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    // 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
    CkOAuth2 oauth2 = new CkOAuth2();
    oauth2.put_AccessToken("FACEBOOK-ACCESS-TOKEN");

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    // Connect to Facebook...
    boolean success = rest.Connect("graph.facebook.com",443,true,true);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access key)
    rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2);

    // Assumes we've already obtained a Photo ID.
    String photoId = "10210199026347451";

    CkStringBuilder sbPath = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbPath.Append("/v2.7/");
    sbPath.Append(photoId);

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

    String responseJson = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET",sbPath.getAsString());
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.put_EmitCompact(false);
    json.Load(responseJson);

    // Show the JSON in human-readable format.
    Log.i(TAG, json.emit());

    // A sample response is shown below.
    // Demonstrate how to parse values from the JSON.
    Log.i(TAG, "Album name: " + json.stringOf("album.name"));
    boolean canDelete = json.BoolOf("can_delete");
    Log.i(TAG, "Can Delete: " + String.valueOf(canDelete));
    Log.i(TAG, "From Name: " + json.stringOf("from.name"));
    int height = json.IntOf("height");
    int width = json.IntOf("width");
    Log.i(TAG, "Dimensions: " + String.valueOf(width) + "x" + String.valueOf(height));
    Log.i(TAG, "First Image Source: " + json.stringOf("images[0].source"));

    // 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"
    // }
    // 

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}