Diffence between FQL query and Graph API object access
- by jwynveen
What's the difference between accessing user data with the Facebook Graph API (http://graph.facebook.com/btaylor) and using the Graph API to make a FQL query of the same user (https://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?query=QUERY).
Also, does anyone know which of them the Facebook Developer Toolkit (for ASP.NET) uses?
The reason I ask is because I'm trying to access the logged in user's birthday after they begin a Facebook Connect session on my site, but when I use the toolkit it doesn't return it. However, if I make a manual call to the Graph API for that user object, it does return it. It's possible I might have something wrong with my call from the toolkit. I think I may need to include the session key, but I'm not sure how to get it. Here's the code I'm using:
_connectSession = new ConnectSession(APPLICATION_KEY, SECRET_KEY);
try
{
if (!_connectSession.IsConnected())
{
// Not authenticated, proceed as usual.
statusResponse = "Please sign-in with Facebook.";
}
else
{
// Authenticated, create API instance
_facebookAPI = new Api(_connectSession);
// Load user
user user = _facebookAPI.Users.GetInfo();
statusResponse = user.ToString();
ViewData["fb_user"] = user;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//An error happened, so disconnect session
_connectSession.Logout();
statusResponse = "Please sign-in with Facebook.";
}
