Facebook - obtain location /places ID via location name

Question

I\'m able to return a location\'s details by sending a query via the graph api with the location\'s ID, however I\'m looking to achieve the reverse - effectively find location i

Answer 1

You also can use the place sdk from facebook:

compile group: 'com.facebook.android', name: 'facebook-places', version: '4.30.0' // For latest version, see https://developers.facebook.com/docs/android/

and then:

PlaceSearchRequestParams.Builder builder = new PlaceSearchRequestParams.Builder();

builder.setSearchText("Cafe");
builder.setDistance(1000); // 1,000 meter maximum distance.
builder.setLimit(10);
builder.addField(PlaceFields.ID);

GraphRequest request = PlaceManager.newPlaceSearchRequestForLocation(builder.build());

request.setCallback(new GraphRequest.Callback() {
    @Override
    public void onCompleted(GraphResponse response) {
        // Handle the response. The returned ID in JSON is the placeId.
    }

request.executeAsync();