get first_name and last_name fields from facebook omniauth

Question

I am now implementing omniauth feature into my app. Everything works fine except that i cant get the first and last name from the facebook. Here is my model code.

Answer 1

From checking the Facebook docs, the first_name and last_name fields are both part of the public profile so your permissions should be fine.

No idea if this would work (in fact, I would kind of hope it doesn't), but in the implementation we've got working in production at the moment we're using Hash accessors instead of methods. So:

new(
  first_name: oauth_data["info"]["first_name"],                  
  last_name:  oauth_data["info"]["last_name"],     
  ...

Given your email etc fields are getting set correctly, I'd be surprised if trying that works, but it might be worth a shot.

Failing that, have you got any validations or before_create callbacks which could be interfering somehow?