CkPython Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Get the Photos for a User

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

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

rest = chilkat.CkRest()

#  Connect to Facebook.
success = rest.Connect("graph.facebook.com",443,True,True)
if (success == False):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

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

json = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
json.put_EmitCompact(False)
json.Load(responseJson)
print(json.emit())

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

dtime = chilkat.CkDateTime()
bLocalTime = True

dt = chilkat.CkDtObj()
i = 0
numItems = json.SizeOfArray("data")
while i < numItems :
    json.put_I(i)
    print("--- " + str(i))
    name = json.stringOf("data[i].name")
    if (json.get_LastMethodSuccess() == True):
        print("name: " + name)

    print("id: " + json.stringOf("data[i].id"))

    #  We can load the created_time into a CkDateTime...
    dtime.SetFromTimestamp(json.stringOf("data[i].created_time"))
    dtime.ToDtObj(bLocalTime,dt)

    print(str(dt.get_Month()) + "/" + str(dt.get_Day()) + "/" + str(dt.get_Year()) + "  " + str(dt.get_Hour()) + ":" + str(dt.get_Minute()))
    i = i + 1

#  We can get the paging information as follows:
print("URL for next page: " + json.stringOf("paging.next"))
print("before cursor: " + json.stringOf("paging.cursors.before"))
print("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"
#    }
#  }
#