Is there a way to determine what kind of object is represented by the given ID https://graph.facebook.com/ID
. When I'm requesting this in Graph API Explorer tool, in the response there is a field named type
, that could contain user
, page
, album
, photo
and so on. But when I'm requesting the same from browser or via SDK, in response there is no such field, but everything else is the same. And I have to guess what kind of object I have relying on other fields: for example if there is a field gender
that means that I have user
object. I think this is a bug in FB Graph API. Is there any solution for this?
You can see the differences on the screenshots
The Graph API is the primary way to get data into and out of the Facebook platform. It's an HTTP-based API that apps can use to programmatically query data, post new stories, manage ads, upload photos, and perform a wide variety of other tasks.
The simplest way to get a copy of the User Profile object is to access the /me endpoint: FB. api('/me', function(response) { }); This will this will return the users name and an ID by default.
API Version Deprecations: As part of Facebook's Graph API and Marketing API, please note the upcoming deprecations: August 3, 2021: Graph API v3. 3 will be deprecated and removed from the platform. August 25, 2021 Marketing API v9.
This is possible if you using something Facebook call "introspection" by adding metadata
argument to your request:
GET http://graph.facebook.com/object_id?metadata=1
The result will contain type
field
You can add metadata=1 and response will have metadata: {type: ...}
if you do request like that:
http://graph.facebook.com/object_id?metadata=1&fields=id,name,metadata{type}
Based on commend of Vinicius Tavares.
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