(CkPython) 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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import sys
import chilkat

# 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 = chilkat.CkOAuth2()
oauth2.put_AccessToken("FACEBOOK-ACCESS-TOKEN")

rest = chilkat.CkRest()

# 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 != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

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

responseJson = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET","/v2.7/me")
if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print(responseJson)

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