(Node.js) Get the Photos for a User

Demonstrates how to get the photos that the user has uploaded.

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}

function chilkatExample() {

    // 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
    var oauth2 = new chilkat.OAuth2();
    oauth2.AccessToken = "FACEBOOK-ACCESS-TOKEN";

    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();

    // Connect to Facebook.
    var success = rest.Connect("graph.facebook.com",443,true,true);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

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

    // Indicate that we only want the photos the user has personally uploaded.
    rest.AddQueryParam("type","uploaded");

    // We could limit the number of photos by setting a limit.
    rest.AddQueryParam("limit","5");

    // Gets the 1st page of photos. (Not the actual image data, but the information about each photo.)
    // See https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/user/photos/ for more information.
    var responseJson = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/v2.7/me/photos");
    if (rest.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    json.EmitCompact = false;
    json.Load(responseJson);
    console.log(json.Emit());

    // A sample JSON response is shown below.  
    // This is the code to parse the JSON response.

    var dtime = new chilkat.CkDateTime();
    var bLocalTime = true;

    // dt: DtObj
    var dt;
    var i = 0;
    var numItems = json.SizeOfArray("data");
    while (i < numItems) {
        json.I = i;
        console.log("--- " + i);
        var name = json.StringOf("data[i].name");
        if (json.LastMethodSuccess == true) {
            console.log("name: " + name);
        }

        console.log("id: " + json.StringOf("data[i].id"));

        // We can load the created_time into a CkDateTime...
        dtime.SetFromTimestamp(json.StringOf("data[i].created_time"));
        dt = dtime.GetDtObj(bLocalTime);
        console.log(dt.Month + "/" + dt.Day + "/" + dt.Year + "  " + dt.Hour + ":" + dt.Minute);

        i = i+1;
    }

    // We can get the paging information as follows:
    console.log("URL for next page: " + json.StringOf("paging.next"));
    console.log("before cursor: " + json.StringOf("paging.cursors.before"));
    console.log("after cursor: " + json.StringOf("paging.cursors.after"));

    // This is a sample JSON response:
    // { 
    //   "data": [
    //     {
    //       "created_time": "2016-09-29T20:46:18+0000",
    //       "name": "Ignore my posts -- I'm doing some testing for Facebook related programming...",
    //       "id": "10210199026347451"
    //     },
    //     { 
    //       "created_time": "2016-09-19T02:00:42+0000",
    //       "id": "10210091531240138"
    //     },
    //     { 
    //       "created_time": "2016-09-19T02:00:42+0000",
    //       "id": "10210091520620125"
    //     },
    //     { 
    //       "created_time": "2016-09-19T01:59:46+0000",
    //       "name": "I would've went for a swim had it not been for the sign",
    //       "id": "10210091522299917"
    //     },
    //     { 
    //       "created_time": "2016-09-12T00:37:35+0000",
    //       "id": "10210023316834798"
    //     }
    //   ],
    //   "paging": { 
    //     "cursors": { 
    //       "before": "MTAyMTAxOTkwMjYzNDc0NTEZD",
    //       "after": "MTAyMTAwMjMzMTU4MzQ3OTgZD"
    //     },
    //     "next": "https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/v2.7\/10224048320139890\/photos?type=uploaded&limit=5&after=MTAyMTAwMjMzMTU4MzQ3OTgZD"
    //   }
    // }
    // 

}

chilkatExample();