Module: Koala::Facebook::GraphAPIMethods

Included in:
API
Defined in:
lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb

Overview

Methods used to interact with the Facebook Graph API.

See github.com/arsduo/koala/wiki/Graph-API for a general introduction to Koala and the Graph API.

The Graph API is made up of the objects in Facebook (e.g., people, pages, events, photos, etc.) and the connections between them (e.g., friends, photo tags, event RSVPs, etc.). Koala provides access to those objects types in a generic way. For example, given an OAuth access token, this will fetch the profile of the active user and the list of the user’s friends:

You can see a list of all of the objects and connections supported by the API at developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/.

You can obtain an access token via OAuth or by using the Facebook JavaScript SDK. If you’re using the JavaScript SDK, you can use the OAuth#get_user_from_cookie method to get the OAuth access token for the active user from the cookie provided by Facebook. See the Koala and Facebook documentation for more information.

Examples:

graph = Koala::Facebook::API.new(access_token)
user = graph.get_object("me")
friends = graph.get_connections(user["id"], "friends")

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#batch(http_options = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Execute a set of Graph API calls as a batch. See batch request documentation for more information and examples.

Examples:

results = @api.batch do |batch_api|
  batch_api.get_object('me')
  batch_api.get_object(KoalaTest.user1)
end
# => [{'id' => my_id, ...}, {'id' => koppel_id, ...}]

# You can also provide blocks to your operations to process the
# results, which is often useful if you're constructing batch
# requests in various locations and want to keep the code
# together in logical places.
# See readme.md and the wiki for more examples.
@api.batch do |batch_api|
  batch_api.get_object('me') {|data| data["id"] }
  batch_api.get_object(KoalaTest.user1) {|data| data["name"] }
end
# => [my_id, "Alex Koppel"]

Parameters:

  • http_options (defaults to: {}) —

    HTTP options for the entire request.

Returns:

  • an array of results from your batch calls (as if you’d made them individually), arranged in the same order they’re made.

Raises:

  • (Koala::Facebook::APIError) —

    only if there is a problem with the overall batch request (e.g. connectivity failure, an operation with a missing dependency). Individual calls that error out will be represented as an unraised APIError in the appropriate spot in the results array.



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 458

def batch(http_options = {}, &block)
  batch_client = GraphBatchAPI.new(self)
  if block
    yield batch_client
    batch_client.execute(http_options)
  else
    batch_client
  end
end

#debug_token(input_token, &block) ⇒ Object

Get an access token information The access token used to instantiate the API object needs to be the app access token or a valid User Access Token from a developer of the app. See developers.facebook.com/docs/howtos/login/debugging-access-tokens/#step1

Parameters:

  • input_token —

    the access token you want to inspect

Returns:

  • a JSON array containing data and a map of fields



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 389

def debug_token(input_token, &block)
  access_token_info = graph_call("debug_token", {:input_token => input_token})

  block ? block.call(access_token_info) : access_token_info
end

#delete_connections(id, connection_name, args = {}, options = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Note:

to access connections like /user_id/CONNECTION/other_user_id, simply pass “CONNECTION/other_user_id” as the connection_name

Delete an object’s connection (for instance, unliking the object).

Parameters:

  • id —

    the object ID (string or number)

  • connection_name —

    what

  • options (defaults to: {}) —

    request-related options for Koala and Faraday. See github.com/arsduo/koala/wiki/HTTP-Services for additional options.

Returns:

  • true if successful, false (or an APIError) if not

Raises:



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 175

def delete_connections(id, connection_name, args = {}, options = {}, &block)
  # Deletes a given connection
  raise AuthenticationError.new(nil, nil, "Delete requires an access token") unless access_token
  graph_call("#{id}/#{connection_name}", args, "delete", options, &block)
end

#delete_like(id, options = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Unlike a given object. Convenience method equivalent to delete_connection(id, “likes”).

Parameters:

Returns:

  • true if successful, false (or an APIError) if not

Raises:



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 336

def delete_like(id, options = {}, &block)
  # Unlikes a given object for the logged-in user
  raise AuthenticationError.new(nil, nil, "Unliking requires an access token") unless access_token
  graph_call("#{id}/likes", {}, "delete", options, &block)
end

#delete_object(id, options = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Delete an object from the Graph if you have appropriate permissions.

Parameters:

Returns:

  • true if successful, false (or an APIError) if not

Raises:



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 107

def delete_object(id, options = {}, &block)
  # Deletes the object with the given ID from the graph.
  raise AuthenticationError.new(nil, nil, "Delete requires an access token") unless access_token
  graph_call(id, {}, "delete", options, &block)
end

#get_connection(id, connection_name, args = {}, options = {}, &block) ⇒ Koala::Facebook::API::GraphCollection Also known as: get_connections

Note:

to access connections like /user_id/CONNECTION/other_user_id, simply pass “CONNECTION/other_user_id” as the connection_name

Fetch information about a given connection (e.g. type of activity – feed, events, photos, etc.) for a specific user. See Facebook’s documentation for a complete list of connections.

Parameters:

  • connection_name —

    what

  • args (defaults to: {}) —

    any additional arguments

  • id —

    the object ID (string or number)

  • options (defaults to: {}) —

    request-related options for Koala and Faraday. See github.com/arsduo/koala/wiki/HTTP-Services for additional options.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 127

def get_connection(id, connection_name, args = {}, options = {}, &block)
  # Fetches the connections for given object.
  graph_call("#{id}/#{connection_name}", args, "get", options, &block)
end

#get_object(id, args = {}, options = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Get information about a Facebook object.

Examples:

get_object("me")  # => {"id" => ..., "name" => ...}
get_object("me") {|data| data['education']}  # => only education section of profile

Parameters:

  • id —

    the object ID (string or number)

  • args (defaults to: {}) —

    any additional arguments (fields, metadata, etc. – see / Facebook’s documentation)

  • block —

    for post-processing. It receives the result data; the return value of the method is the result of the block, if provided. (see Koala::Facebook::API#api)

  • options (defaults to: {}) —

    request-related options for Koala and Faraday. See github.com/arsduo/koala/wiki/HTTP-Services for additional options.

Returns:

  • a hash of object data

Raises:



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 54

def get_object(id, args = {}, options = {}, &block)
  # Fetches the given object from the graph.
  graph_call(id, args, "get", options, &block)
end

#get_object_metadata(id, &block) ⇒ Object

Get the metadata of a Facebook object, including its type.

Examples:

get_object_metadata("442575165800306")=>{"metadata" => "page", ...}
get_object_metadata("190822584430113")=>{"metadata" => "status", ...}

Parameters:

  • id —

    the object ID (string or number)

Returns:

  • a string of Facebook object type

Raises:



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 68

def get_object_metadata(id, &block)
  result = graph_call(id, {"metadata" => "1"}, "get", {}, &block)
  result["metadata"]
end

#get_objects(ids, args = {}, options = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Get information about multiple Facebook objects in one call.

Parameters:

Returns:

  • an array of object data hashes

Raises:



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 83

def get_objects(ids, args = {}, options = {}, &block)
  # Fetches all of the given objects from the graph.
  # If any of the IDs are invalid, they'll raise an exception.
  return [] if ids.empty?
  graph_call("", args.merge("ids" => ids.respond_to?(:join) ? ids.join(",") : ids), "get", options, &block)
end

#get_page(params, &block) ⇒ Object

Note:

You’ll rarely need to use this method unless you’re using Sinatra or another non-Rails framework (see GraphCollection for more information).

Certain calls such as #get_connections return an array of results which you can page through forwards and backwards (to see more feed stories, search results, etc.). Those methods use get_page to request another set of results from Facebook.

Parameters:

Returns:

  • Koala::Facebook::API::GraphCollection the appropriate page of results (an empty array if there are none)



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 420

def get_page(params, &block)
  graph_call(*params, &block)
end

#get_page_access_token(id, args = {}, options = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Get a page’s access token, allowing you to act as the page. Convenience method for @api.get_object(page_id, :fields => “access_token”).

Parameters:

Returns:

  • the page’s access token (discarding expiration and any other information)



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 372

def get_page_access_token(id, args = {}, options = {}, &block)
  access_token = get_object(id, args.merge(:fields => "access_token"), options) do |result|
    result ? result["access_token"] : nil
  end

  block ? block.call(access_token) : access_token
end

#get_picture(object, args = {}, options = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Note:

to delete photos or videos, use delete_object(id)

Fetches a photo url. Note that this method returns the picture url, not the full API response. For the hash containing the full metadata for the photo, use #get_user_picture_data instead.

Parameters:

  • options (defaults to: {}) —

    options for Facebook (see #get_object). To get a different size photo, pass :type => size (small, normal, large, square).

Returns:

  • the URL to the image



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 193

def get_picture(object, args = {}, options = {}, &block)
  Koala::Utils.deprecate("API#get_picture will be removed in a future version. Please use API#get_picture_data, which returns a hash including the url.")

  get_user_picture_data(object, args, options) do |result|
    # Try to extract the URL
    result = result.fetch('data', {})['url'] if result.respond_to?(:fetch)
    block ? block.call(result) : result
  end
end

#get_picture_data(object, args = {}, options = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Fetches a photo data hash.

Parameters:

Returns:

  • a hash of object data



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 210

def get_picture_data(object, args = {}, options = {}, &block)
  # The default response for a Graph API query like GET /me/picture is to
  # return a 302 redirect. This is a surprising difference from the
  # common return type, so we add the `redirect: false` parameter to get
  # a RESTful API response instead.
  args = args.merge(:redirect => false)
  graph_call("#{object}/picture", args, "get", options, &block)
end

#get_user_picture_data(*args, &block) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 219

def get_user_picture_data(*args, &block)
  Koala::Utils.deprecate("API#get_user_picture_data is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Please use API#get_picture_data, which has the same signature.")
  get_picture_data(*args, &block)
end

#put_comment(id, message, options = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Comment on a given object. Convenience method equivalent to put_connection(id, “comments”).

To delete comments, use delete_object(comment_id). To get comments, use get_connections(object, “likes”).

Parameters:

  • message —

    the comment to write

  • id —

    the object ID (string or number)

  • options (defaults to: {}) —

    request-related options for Koala and Faraday. See github.com/arsduo/koala/wiki/HTTP-Services for additional options.

Returns:

  • a hash containing the new object’s id



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 308

def put_comment(id, message, options = {}, &block)
  # Writes the given comment on the given post.
  put_connections(id, "comments", {:message => message}, options, &block)
end

#put_connections(id, connection_name, args = {}, options = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Note:

to access connections like /user_id/CONNECTION/other_user_id, simply pass “CONNECTION/other_user_id” as the connection_name

Write an object to the Graph for a specific user. See Facebook’s documentation for all the supported writeable objects. It is important to note that objects take the singular form, i.e. “event” when using put_connections.

Most write operations require extended permissions. For example, publishing wall posts requires the “publish_stream” permission. See developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/ for details about extended permissions.

Examples:

graph.put_connections("me", "feed", :message => "Hello, world")
=> writes "Hello, world" to the active user's wall

Parameters:

  • id —

    the object ID (string or number)

  • connection_name —

    what

  • args (defaults to: {}) —

    any additional arguments

  • options (defaults to: {}) —

    request-related options for Koala and Faraday. See github.com/arsduo/koala/wiki/HTTP-Services for additional options.

Returns:

  • a hash containing the new object’s id

Raises:



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 157

def put_connections(id, connection_name, args = {}, options = {}, &block)
  # Posts a certain connection
  raise AuthenticationError.new(nil, nil, "Write operations require an access token") unless access_token

  graph_call("#{id}/#{connection_name}", args, "post", options, &block)
end

#put_like(id, options = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Like a given object. Convenience method equivalent to put_connections(id, “likes”).

To get a list of a user’s or object’s likes, use get_connections(id, “likes”).

Parameters:

Returns:

  • a hash containing the new object’s id



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 323

def put_like(id, options = {}, &block)
  # Likes the given post.
  put_connections(id, "likes", {}, options, &block)
end

#put_object(parent_object, connection_name, args = {}, options = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Note:

put_object is (for historical reasons) the same as put_connections. Please use put_connections; in a future version of Koala (2.0?), put_object will issue a POST directly to an individual object, not to a connection.

Write an object to the Graph for a specific user.

See Also:



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 96

def put_object(parent_object, connection_name, args = {}, options = {}, &block)
  put_connections(parent_object, connection_name, args, options, &block)
end

#put_picture(*picture_args, &block) ⇒ Object

Note:

to access the media after upload, you’ll need the user_photos or user_videos permission as appropriate.

Upload a photo.

This can be called in multiple ways:

put_picture(file, [content_type], ...)
put_picture(path_to_file, [content_type], ...)
put_picture(picture_url, ...)

You can also pass in uploaded files directly from Rails or Sinatra. See the Koala wiki for more information.

Examples:

put_picture(file, content_type, {:message => "Message"}, 01234560)
put_picture(params[:file], {:message => "Message"})
# with URLs, there's no optional content type field
put_picture(picture_url, {:message => "Message"}, my_page_id)

Parameters:

Returns:

  • a hash containing the new object’s id



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 248

def put_picture(*picture_args, &block)
  put_connections(*parse_media_args(picture_args, "photos"), &block)
end

#put_video(*video_args, &block) ⇒ Object

Upload a video. Functions exactly the same as put_picture (URLs supported as of Facebook API version 2.3).

See Also:



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 255

def put_video(*video_args, &block)
  args = parse_media_args(video_args, "videos")
  args.last[:video] = true
  put_connections(*args, &block)
end

#put_wall_post(message, attachment = {}, target_id = "me", options = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Write directly to the user’s wall. Convenience method equivalent to put_connections(id, “feed”).

To get wall posts, use get_connections(user, “feed”) To delete a wall post, use delete_object(post_id)

Examples:

@api.put_wall_post("Hello there!", {
  "name" => "Link name",
  "link" => "http://www.example.com/",
  "caption" => "{*actor*} posted a new review",
  "description" => "This is a longer description of the attachment",
  "picture" => "http://www.example.com/thumbnail.jpg"
})

Parameters:

  • message —

    the message to write for the wall

  • attachment (defaults to: {}) —

    a hash describing the wall post (see the / stream attachments documentation.) If attachment contains a properties key, this will be turned to JSON (if it’s a hash) since Facebook’s API, oddly, requires this.

  • target_id (defaults to: "me") —

    the target wall

  • options (defaults to: {}) —

    request-related options for Koala and Faraday. See github.com/arsduo/koala/wiki/HTTP-Services for additional options.

Returns:

  • a hash containing the new object’s id

See Also:



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 288

def put_wall_post(message, attachment = {}, target_id = "me", options = {}, &block)
  if properties = attachment.delete(:properties) || attachment.delete("properties")
    properties = JSON.dump(properties) if properties.is_a?(Hash) || properties.is_a?(Array)
    attachment["properties"] = properties
  end
  put_connections(target_id, "feed", attachment.merge({:message => message}), options, &block)
end

#search(search_terms, args = {}, options = {}, &block) ⇒ Koala::Facebook::API::GraphCollection

Search for a given query among visible Facebook objects. See Facebook documentation for more information.

Parameters:

  • search_terms —

    the query to search for

  • args (defaults to: {}) —

    object type and any additional arguments, such as fields, etc.

  • options (defaults to: {}) —

    request-related options for Koala and Faraday. See github.com/arsduo/koala/wiki/HTTP-Services for additional options.

Returns:

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError) 


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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 351

def search(search_terms, args = {}, options = {}, &block)
  # Normally we wouldn't enforce Facebook API behavior, but the API fails with cryptic error
  # messages if you fail to include a type term. For a convenience method, that is valuable.
  raise ArgumentError, "type must be includedin args when searching" unless args[:type] || args["type"]
  graph_call("search", args.merge("q" => search_terms), "get", options, &block)
end

#set_app_restrictions(app_id, restrictions_hash, args = {}, options = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

App restrictions require you to JSON-encode the restriction value. This is neither obvious nor intuitive, so this convenience method is provided.

Parameters:



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# File 'lib/koala/api/graph_api_methods.rb', line 404

def set_app_restrictions(app_id, restrictions_hash, args = {}, options = {}, &block)
  graph_call(app_id, args.merge(:restrictions => JSON.dump(restrictions_hash)), "post", options, &block)
end