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user2768
user2768

Reputation: 824

Facebook Graph API Explorer not listing tagged photos uploaded by others

Facebook photos that others upload and tag me in are no longer being listed by Graph API Explorer. Previously, my photos were accessible, e.g., using

https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/?method=GET&path=me%2Fphotos%2F&version=v2.12

But, photos I'm tagged in, but didn't upload, are no longer being listed. How can I access these photos using Facebook's Graph API Explorer?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 440

Answers (1)

Jannes Botis
Jannes Botis

Reputation: 11242

It seems that facebook has tighten up its graph api requirements, causing breaking changes:

Apps can no longer get photo...objects for non-app Users who have been tagged by an app User

The wording doesn't precisely capture your scenario -- apps can no longer get photo objects uploaded by non-app Users that tagged an app user (hence, you cannot access all tags) -- but that's probably a wording issue by facebook.

The issue is that your friends that tagged you in their photos are non-app users. They should install the same app and give it access to the following permissions:

  • user_friends
  • user_photos

You need to make sure that you give the app those permission too.

You can see which friends have installed the app by using me/friends, it will list only friends who have installed the app.

In your case, since you are testing with "Graph API explorer application" just point a friend to the Graph API Explorer and ask them to give it the above permissions. After that, you should be able to get photos that you are tagged from this user.

Upvotes: 3

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