Putting Facebook profile picture to UIImage

Question

I'm trying to get a profile picture from Graph API by calling me/picture or <friend_id>/picture. However it seems that the response that's given is not a JSON response. I haven't been able to read the response, but I know it's suppose to be another URL that links to the profile picture JPEG file.

I know that once I get that URL I can use UIImage method imageFromURL (or something like that) but I'm just not sure how to process the response. Can someone help?

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 10 '11 at 20:16

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You can make request like

[_facebook requestWithGraphPath:@"me/picture" andDelegate:self];

and your response handler

- (void)request:(FBRequest *)request didLoad:(id)result {
    if ([result isKindOfClass:[NSData class]])
    {
        UIImage* profilePicture = [[UIImage alloc] initWithData: result];
    }
 }

answered Feb 10 '11 at 20:16

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This form has been deprecated. The new format is described here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/20623845 – Ron Barr Jan 25 '15 at 03:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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If you want the URL and not the image data, then see my answer here: iOS Facebook Graph API Profile picture link

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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answered May 08 '12 at 06:29

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manikal · Answer 3 · 2011-02-10T20:14:59.410

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Mayb this would help you: How To Get a User Profile with Facebook’s New Graph API from your iPhone App

edited Feb 10 '11 at 20:14

answered Feb 10 '11 at 12:44

manikal

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I read that blog post before, but he's just getting a first name and last name from Graph API, not profile picture =( – Enrico Susatyo Feb 10 '11 at 12:48

Putting Facebook profile picture to UIImage

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