Save and Load Facebook user access token

Question

I know this is a silly question but how can I easily save the user access token after a user logs in?

Here is a part of my code that is triggered by a button:

public class FacebookLogin : MonoBehaviour {


void Awake()
{
    if (!FB.IsInitialized)
    {
        FB.Init(InitCallback, OnHideUnity);
    }
    else
    {
        FB.ActivateApp();
    }
}

private void InitCallback()
{
    if (FB.IsInitialized)
    {
        FB.ActivateApp();
    }
    else
    {
        Debug.Log("Failed to Initialize the Facebook SDK");
    }
}

private void OnHideUnity(bool isGameShown)
{
    if (!isGameShown)
    {
        Time.timeScale = 0;
    }
    else
    {
        Time.timeScale = 1;
    }
}

public void FBLogin()
{
    List<string> perms = new List<string>() { "public_profile", "email", "user_friends" };
    FB.LogInWithReadPermissions(perms, AuthCallback);
}

private void AuthCallback(ILoginResult result)
{
    if (FB.IsLoggedIn)
    {
        var aToken = Facebook.Unity.AccessToken.CurrentAccessToken;

        FB.API("/me?fields=first_name", HttpMethod.GET, getName);
        FB.API("/me/picture?type=square&height=128&width=128", HttpMethod.GET, getProfilePic);
        SceneManager.LoadScene("Main_Menu");
    }
    else
    {
        Debug.Log("User cancelled login");
    }
}

private void getName(IResult result)
{
    LocalDataBase.Name = result.ResultDictionary["first_name"].ToString();
}

private void getProfilePic(IGraphResult result)
{
    LocalDataBase.profilePicture = result;
}

}

Thank you in advance for all your answers.

I'm not sure but I think it is not allowed .. need some research.. — Drew Aguirre, May 16 '17 at 05:11
The token i want to save is var aToken = Facebook.Unity.AccessToken.CurrentAccessToken; — Robert G., May 16 '17 at 05:14
It's a Facebook.Unity.AccesToken . My problem is that is not syncronizable so i cannot save it normally. — Robert G., May 16 '17 at 05:17

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

You can save the token by making a custom serializable class that wraps around all the variables inside Facebook's AccessToken class. This custom class should contain a function that can be used to convert its data into Facebook's AccessToken class.

You can then save and load that custom class as Json.

Grab DataSaver class from this post to simplify saving and loading the data. We will call our custom class FaceBookToken.

Your Facebook Token:

var aToken = Facebook.Unity.AccessToken.CurrentAccessToken;

Save:

FaceBookToken faceBookToken = FaceBookToken.createFaceBookToken(aToken);
DataSaver.saveData(faceBookToken, "FB_Token");

Load:

FaceBookToken loadedFaceBookToken = DataSaver.loadData<FaceBookToken>("FB_Token");
//AccessToken loadedToken = loadedFaceBookToken.toAccessToken(); //OR
AccessToken loadedToken = loadedFaceBookToken;

Apply Loaded Data:

Facebook.Unity.AccessToken.CurrentAccessToken = loadedToken;

Don't know if applying it is possible or allowd but it seems to compile without problems.

Delete:

DataSaver.deleteData("FB_Token");

The FaceBookToken custom class:

[Serializable]
public class FaceBookToken
{
    public static AccessToken CurrentAccessToken;
    public DateTime ExpirationTime;
    public DateTime? LastRefresh;
    public IEnumerable<string> Permissions;
    public string TokenString;
    public string UserId;

    //Function that let's you easily create new instance of FaceBookToken from AccessToken
    public static FaceBookToken createFaceBookToken(AccessToken currentToken)
    {
        FaceBookToken faceBookToken = new FaceBookToken();
        FaceBookToken.CurrentAccessToken = AccessToken.CurrentAccessToken;
        faceBookToken.ExpirationTime = currentToken.ExpirationTime;
        faceBookToken.LastRefresh = currentToken.LastRefresh;
        faceBookToken.Permissions = currentToken.Permissions;
        faceBookToken.TokenString = currentToken.TokenString;
        faceBookToken.UserId = currentToken.UserId;
        return faceBookToken;
    }

    //Converts our custom FaceBookToken to AccessToken
    public AccessToken toAccessToken()
    {
        AccessToken loadedToken = new AccessToken(TokenString, UserId,
            ExpirationTime, Permissions, LastRefresh);
        return loadedToken;
    }

    //Converts our custom FaceBookToken to AccessToken(Implicit Cast)
    public static implicit operator AccessToken(FaceBookToken currentToken)
    {
        AccessToken loadedToken = new AccessToken(currentToken.TokenString, currentToken.UserId,
             currentToken.ExpirationTime, currentToken.Permissions, currentToken.LastRefresh);
        return loadedToken;
    }
}

Save and Load Facebook user access token

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