Profile Picture not found in User Object

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Brian Richardson

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Oct 25, 2017, 5:55:43 PM10/25/17
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Has anyone seen this issue? I'm probably doing it wrong, please advise.

If I run the following:


I get back:

{
   "first_name": "Brian",
   "last_name": "Richardson",
   "locale": "en_US",
   "timezone": -6,
   "gender": "male",
   "id": "1396393037145674"
}

Using:RestFB 2.0.0-rc.3

Java code:

final FacebookClient pageClient = new DefaultFacebookClient(pageAccessToken, Version.VERSION_2_9);
User user = pageClient.fetchObject(facebookUserId, User.class, Parameter.with("fields", "first_name,last_name,profile_pic,locale,timezone,gender"));

At this point user contains no profile picture info, even though it is returned in the JSON. The other fields however are populated.

Norbert Bartels

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Oct 28, 2017, 5:50:30 PM10/28/17
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Hi Brian,

sorry for the late response. 

You try to fetch a person's profile in the messenger platform context? The the User object is not suitable, and we have the PersonProfile object not yet added. The User type may work in many cases, but this only by accident :)

So you can define your own type, use a JsonObject or wait for the next release (candiate).

I opened an issue on Github (https://github.com/restfb/restfb/issues/811)

Cheers,

Norbert

Brian Richardson

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Oct 30, 2017, 11:52:23 AM10/30/17
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Norbert,

Your response was timely and perfect! I just added a new class as you suggested and it worked perfectly. I'll switch to PersonProfile when available.

Many thanks!
Brian

public class MessengerFacebookUserProfile {

  @Facebook
  private String id;
  @Facebook("first_name")
  private String firstName;
  @Facebook("last_name")
  private String lastName;
  @Facebook
  private String locale;
  @Facebook
  private String timezone;
  @Facebook
  private String gender;
  @Facebook("profile_pic")
  private String profilePicUrl;
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