(PowerShell) 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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# 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 = New-Object Chilkat.OAuth2
$oauth2.AccessToken = "FACEBOOK-ACCESS-TOKEN"

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

# Connect to Facebook and send the following GET request:

# GET /v2.7/me HTTP/1.1
# Host: graph.facebook.com
$bAutoReconnect = $true
$success = $rest.Connect("graph.facebook.com",443,$true,$bAutoReconnect)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access key)
$rest.SetAuthOAuth2($oauth2)

$responseJson = $rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/v2.7/me")
if ($rest.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$($responseJson)

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