C++

Download Photo to a File

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Assuming we have the ID of a Photo, this example demonstrates how to download the photo image data to a file. C++

#include <CkOAuth2.h>
#include <CkRest.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>
#include <CkHttp.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool 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
    CkOAuth2 oauth2;
    oauth2.put_AccessToken("FACEBOOK-ACCESS-TOKEN");

    CkRest rest;

    //  Connect to Facebook...
    success = rest.Connect("graph.facebook.com",443,true,true);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << rest.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

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

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

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

    //  First we're going to get the photo informaton so we can get the URL of the image file data.
    //  Select the fields we want.
    //  See https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/photo/
    rest.AddQueryParam("fields","id,album,images");

    const char *responseJson = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET",sbPath.getAsString());
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        std::cout << rest.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

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

    //  Show the JSON in human-readable format.
    std::cout << json.emit() << "\r\n";

    //  Get the image URL.
    const char *imageUrl = json.stringOf("images[0].source");
    std::cout << "Downloading from " << imageUrl << "\r\n";

    CkStringBuilder sbImageUrl;
    sbImageUrl.Append(imageUrl);

    //  Build the output local file path.
    CkStringBuilder sbToPath;
    sbToPath.Append("qa_output/fb");
    sbToPath.Append(json.stringOf("id"));
    bool bCaseSensitive = false;
    if (sbImageUrl.Contains(".jpg",bCaseSensitive) == true) {
        sbToPath.Append(".jpg");
    }
    else {
        sbToPath.Append(".png");
    }

    std::cout << "Downloading to " << sbToPath.getAsString() << "\r\n";

    //  Download using Chilkat HTTP.
    CkHttp http;
    success = http.Download(imageUrl,sbToPath.getAsString());
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
    }
    else {
        std::cout << "Downloaded." << "\r\n";
    }
    }