Facebook Graph API will not give me picture data

Question

Using PHP 5.2.11 and the new facebook graph code...

If I call

$facebook->api(\"/me\");

I get a proper response:

array
  \'id\' =>          


        

Answer 1

There is an even simpler way, using the provided facebook api, just call:

$facebook->api("/me?fields=picture");

This will make your code simpler and more elegant.

Answer 2

While using $facebook->api("/me?fields=picture"); does work, you won't be able to pass parameters such as width or type. Instead try the following:

$facebook->api('/me/picture?redirect=false');

This worked for me and will also allow you to pass parameters.

Answer 3

You may not even need to do an API call... use this on your frontend:

<img src="//graph.facebook.com/USER_ID/picture?type=square" />

Read more here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/#pictures

Answer 4

As an addition to betaman's answer, you can pass the parameters in a separate array like so:

$aResponse = $oFacebook->api('/me', array(
    'fields' => 'picture',
    'type' => 'large'
));

Answer 5

I just went to my "/me/picture" in the browser and it redirected me to a static image on one of Facebook's CDN servers. Perhaps the redirect is throwing a wrench in your api call.

Answer 6

Well I guess the best answer I've found is to call http://graph.facebook.com/USER_ID?fields=picture to get the picture URL. Its to bad they don't document things like this on their API especially when its obvious this is broken for so many people.