(MFC) 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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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkOAuth2.h>
#include <CkRest.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

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

    CkRest rest;

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

    // GET /v2.7/me HTTP/1.1
    // Host: graph.facebook.com
    bool bAutoReconnect = true;
    bool success = rest.Connect("graph.facebook.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(rest.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

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

    const char *responseJson = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET","/v2.7/me");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        strOut.append(rest.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    strOut.append(responseJson);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

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


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }