How to get a facebook profile picture under https?

Question

Is it possible to get an facebook profile picture under https using the new Graph API?

We run a site under https, but the profile picture returned by the facebook Graph API is always served as http (when using https://graph.facebook.com/XXX/picture, the request is redirects to http:// ...). The result is the dreaded mixed-content message.

Anybody know of a workaround?

Answer 1

Here is the fix: you need to the parameter: return_ssl_resources=true

example:

https://graph.facebook.com/FB_UID/picture?return_ssl_resources=true

Answer 2

Use link 1 to get a high resolution image, link 2 to get an icon sized image where 'xxxx' refer to 'facebook_user_id'.

• link 1 : https://graph.facebook.com/xxxx/picture?type=large
• link 2 : https://graph.facebook.com/xxxx/picture?type=small