How to use FB.api('/me/picture') to get profile image

Question

This is a very silly question. I\'m a beginner with facebook Javascript SDK. So I\'m trying to make a the user\'s profile image to show I used this code

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Answer 1

/me/picture (or /{user id}/picture) returns an HTTP 301 redirect to the image location so you can embed it directly into an

If you want to retrieve the URL and use it yourself you need to specifically request it as a field, via :

 /{user id}?fields=picture

or

 /me/?fields=picture

You can include other fields too, but I'm assuming you just want the photo right now.