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CLod
CLod

Reputation: 917

Facebook API get new event big picture

I noticed that facebook now allows to set a cover picture also for events, but I seem not able to retrieve that by API anymore.

Example: http://www.facebook.com/events/160889490733938/

Calling the id/picture of that event from the graph api explorer, I get:

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/static-ak/rsrc.php/v2/yE/r/tKlGLd_GmXe.png", 
    "is_silhouette": true
  }
}

Thanks

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1713

Answers (2)

C3roe
C3roe

Reputation: 96383

This new picture is called pic_cover in the FQL event table – but in my tests it returns always null.

There is a padlock sign in the docs that indicates this field may only be read by certain apps, but no further explanation.

And there is no corresponding thing in the API event docs yet.

I think since this is a new feature, we’ll have to wait some time until Facebook will reflect this change in the API as well. Maybe opening a bug report (or joining an existing one) could help to speed this up.

Update:

Seems like now it is possible to get the cover picture for an event – both FQL pic_cover and cover on the API (has to be requested via fields parameter) return the image I set as cover image for an event.

(And it also does not seem to be accessible only to owner, as another answer suggested – for a public event I get it even though I am not the creator.)

Docs for API event do not seem to be updated yet, no mention of the cover field as of now.

Upvotes: 7

Clone
Clone

Reputation: 565

I have the same issue, and I believe that the problem is (for now) that the pic_cover belongs to the event creator or uploader, and not to the event itself, so it would require additional permissions in order to get it.

I still didn't find the solution, but I thought this might help in resolving the issue.

Upvotes: 0

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