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Reputation: 853

Graph API returns umlaut-letter characters as question marks

When retrieving data for users with umlaut-letters in their names (ä, ö, etc.), the graph API sometimes returns question marks instead of the letters.

Example: https://graph.facebook.com/1266896428

For a user with name "Anne Jääskeläinen", the graph API returns this:

{
   "id": "1266896428",
   "name": "Anne J\u00e4\u00e4skel\u00e4inen",
   "first_name": "Anne",
   "middle_name": "J\u00e4\u00e4skel\u00e4inen",
   "last_name": "j??skel?nen",
   "gender": "female",
   "locale": "fi_FI"
}

Has anyone encountered this before? Is this a facebook issue or can I do something about it?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 444

Answers (1)

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Reputation: 853

This has been confirmed as a bug in the Facebook Graph API. The bug is now assigned. https://developers.facebook.com/bugs/299214506757356?browse=search_4ea6b52d8fda52818597942

Upvotes: 3

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