FBRequest (Function)

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FBRequest (Function)

In french: FBRequête

Sends an HTTP request to the Facebook Graph API.

Example

Cnt_FACEBOOK is fbSession
FBRequestResult is Variant
sJSON is Buffer

Cnt_FACEBOOK.AppID = "FACEBOOK_APP_ID"
Cnt_FACEBOOK.AppSecret = "FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET"
Cnt_FACEBOOK.Permission = [fbInfoProfile]

IF FBStartSession(Cnt_FACEBOOK) THEN

	// Interrogate Facebook to retrieve the user 
	// (equivalent to FBGetUserInformation)
	sJSON = FBRequest(Cnt_FACEBOOK, "https://graph.facebook.com/me?fields=id,name")

	IF sJSON <> "" THEN
		FBRequestResult = JSONToVariant(sJSON)
		Info(FBRequestResult.id, FBRequestResult.name)
	ELSE
		Error(ErrorInfo())
	END

	// Interrogate Facebook to retrieve the notifications
	sJSON = FBRequest(Cnt_FACEBOOK, "https://graph.facebook.com/me/notifications?limit=0")

	IF sJSON <> "" THEN
		FBRequestResult = JSONToVariant(sJSON)
	 Info(FBRequestResult.summary.unseen_count, FBRequestResult.summary.updated_time)
	ELSE
		Error(ErrorInfo())
	END
ELSE
	Error("Unable to connect.", ErrorInfo())
END

Syntax

<Result> = FBRequest(<Session> , <Request> [, <Type> [, <Data>]])

<Result>: Buffer

Result of the request.

<Session>: fbSession variable

Name of the fbSession variable corresponding to the Facebook connection to handle.

<Request>: Character string

Full URL of the request (including the parameters stored in the URL if necessary).

<Type>: Optional Integer constant

Type of HTTP request to send:
httpDelete DELETE method.
httpGet
(default value) GET method.
httpPost POST method.
httpPut PUT method.

<Data>: Optional buffer

Data to send to the server (for a POST or PUT request only).

Business / UI classification: Business Logic

Component: wd300ggl.dll