How to get the first_name via graph api?

Question

I can get the picture with this code:

https://graph.facebook.com/userid/picture

but this doesn't work:

https://graph.facebook.com/userid/first_name

How can I get user's name ?

Jashwant · Answer 1 · 2012-05-19T08:01:50.963

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You cannot get first_name like you are getting picture.

https://graph.facebook.com/userid/?fields=first_name

will get

{
   "first_name": "Jashwant",
   "id": "1137725463"
}

Then you can get first_name by any json parser.

Here's the GIVE_ME_THE_CODE version,

<html>
<head>
<style>

</style>
<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
 $(document).ready(function(){
    $.getJSON('http://graph.facebook.com/jashwantsingh?fields=first_name',function(data){
        $('<p>' + data.first_name + '<p>').appendTo('body');
    })
 })

</script>
</head> 
<body> 

</body>
</html>

edited May 19 '12 at 08:01

answered May 19 '12 at 07:26

Jashwant

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but I can't show it directly in the html code because it is in jsons :( – xRobot May 19 '12 at 07:32
You can use FBML but its deprecated and will not work after 1st of june 2012. If you want it for just 12 days, I can share the code :) – Jashwant May 19 '12 at 07:41
how can I parse the json ? :D – xRobot May 19 '12 at 07:44
but do I have to do first an http request to get the name in json? – xRobot May 19 '12 at 07:46
I've updated the code. Do look at it. Mark as answer, if it helps you :) – Jashwant May 19 '12 at 08:03

Philip · Answer 2 · 2012-05-19T10:06:03.873

I have answer you this question here:
http://facebook.stackoverflow.com/questions/10663413/how-to-print-all-friendss-name/10663570#10663570

To get current user name you can make an FQL call:

FB.api({ method: 'fql.query', query: 'SELECT uid, first_name FROM user WHERE uid = me()' }, function(response) {
    var user = response[0];
    alert(user.first_name);
});

Also you can make a Graph API call:

FB.api('/me?fields=first_name', function(response) {
    alert(response.first_name);
});

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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i do not know about implementation of facebook-api-graph. i used the java language to get the first name and we get the response from facebook as response.getBody()

This response will contain the data in json data format.

you can look at the below question.

how to parse this json data to java

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered May 19 '12 at 07:50

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How to get the first_name via graph api?

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