(C) Get Current User Information

Demonstrates how to retrieve information about the current Facebook user. This is the most basic thing to get working first (after obtaining an access token).

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#include <C_CkOAuth2.h>
#include <C_CkRest.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkOAuth2 oauth2;
    HCkRest rest;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    BOOL success;
    const char *responseJson;

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

    // This example assumes we previously obtained an access token
    oauth2 = CkOAuth2_Create();
    CkOAuth2_putAccessToken(oauth2,"FACEBOOK-ACCESS-TOKEN");

    rest = CkRest_Create();

    // Connect to Facebook and send the following GET request:

    // GET /v2.7/me HTTP/1.1
    // Host: graph.facebook.com
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRest_Connect(rest,"graph.facebook.com",443,TRUE,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkOAuth2_Dispose(oauth2);
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    // Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access key)
    CkRest_SetAuthOAuth2(rest,oauth2);

    responseJson = CkRest_fullRequestNoBody(rest,"GET","/v2.7/me");
    if (CkRest_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkOAuth2_Dispose(oauth2);
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    printf("%s\n",responseJson);

    // The responseJson looks like this:
    // {"name":"John Doe","id":"10111011320111110"}


    CkOAuth2_Dispose(oauth2);
    CkRest_Dispose(rest);

    }