(PowerBuilder) Iterate Pages in Feed

Demonstrates how to read the next page in the user's Facebook feed, and iterates through all of the pages in the Facebook feed.

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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Oauth2
oleobject loo_Rest
integer li_Success
string ls_ResponseJson
oleobject loo_Json
oleobject loo_NextUrl
string ls_NextUrlStr

// 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
loo_Oauth2 = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.OAuth2" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Oauth2.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.OAuth2")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Oauth2
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
loo_Oauth2.AccessToken = "FACEBOOK-ACCESS-TOKEN"

loo_Rest = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Rest.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Rest")

// Connect to Facebook and send the following GET request:
li_Success = loo_Rest.Connect("graph.facebook.com",443,1,1)
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Oauth2
    destroy loo_Rest
    return
end if

// Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access key)
loo_Rest.SetAuthOAuth2(loo_Oauth2)

// Gets the 1st page in the user's feed.
ls_ResponseJson = loo_Rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/v2.7/me/feed")
if loo_Rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Oauth2
    destroy loo_Rest
    return
end if

loo_Json = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_Json.EmitCompact = 0
loo_Json.Load(ls_ResponseJson)

// 
// See Parsing the Facebook User Feed for code showing how to parse the JSON feed content.
// 

loo_NextUrl = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Url" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_NextUrl.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Url")

// Get the URL for the next page in the feed.
ls_NextUrlStr = loo_Json.StringOf("paging.next")
do while loo_Json.LastMethodSuccess = 1

    Write-Debug "Next page URL: " + ls_NextUrlStr

    loo_NextUrl.ParseUrl(ls_NextUrlStr)

    // Prepare for getting the next page in the feed.
    // We can continue using the same REST object.
    // If already connected, we'll continue using the existing connection.
    // Otherwise, a new connection will automatically be made if needed.
    loo_Rest.ClearAllQueryParams()
    loo_Rest.AddQueryParams(loo_NextUrl.Query)

    ls_ResponseJson = loo_Rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/v2.7/me/feed")
    if loo_Rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
        Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
        destroy loo_Oauth2
        destroy loo_Rest
        destroy loo_Json
        destroy loo_NextUrl
        return
    end if

    loo_Json.Load(ls_ResponseJson)
    // See Parsing the Facebook User Feed for code showing how to parse the JSON feed content.

    // Get the URL for the next page.
    ls_NextUrlStr = loo_Json.StringOf("paging.next")
loop

Write-Debug "No more pages in the feed."


destroy loo_Oauth2
destroy loo_Rest
destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_NextUrl