A single request to be sent to the Facebook Platform through the Graph API. The Request class provides functionality relating to serializing and deserializing requests and responses, making calls in batches (with a single round-trip to the service) and making calls asynchronously.
The particular service endpoint that a request targets is determined by a graph path (see the setGraphPath.setGraphPath(String) method).
A Request can be executed either anonymously or representing an authenticated user. In the former case, no AccessToken needs to be specified, while in the latter, an AccessToken must be provided. If requests are executed in a batch, a Facebook application ID must be associated with the batch, either by setting the application ID in the AndroidManifest.xml or via FacebookSdk or by calling the setDefaultBatchApplicationId.setDefaultBatchApplicationId(String) method.
After completion of a request, the AccessToken, if not null and taken from AccessTokenManager, will be checked to determine if its Facebook access token needs to be extended; if so, a request to extend it will be issued in the background.
| Extends: | Object |
| Package: | facebook |
GraphRequest()Constructs a request without an access token, graph path, or any other parameters.
public GraphRequest() GraphRequest(AccessToken, String)Constructs a request with an access token to retrieve a particular graph path. An access token need not be provided, in which case the request is sent without an access token and thus is not executed in the context of any particular user. Only certain graph requests can be expected to succeed in this case.
public GraphRequest(AccessToken accessToken, String graphPath) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
accessToken | The access token to use, or null |
graphPath | The graph path to retrieve |
GraphRequest(AccessToken, String, Bundle, HttpMethod)Constructs a request with a specific AccessToken, graph path, parameters, and HTTP method. An access token need not be provided, in which case the request is sent without an access token and thus is not executed in the context of any particular user. Only certain graph requests can be expected to succeed in this case.
Depending on the httpMethod parameter, the object at the graph path may be retrieved, created, or deleted.
public GraphRequest(AccessToken accessToken, String graphPath, Bundle parameters, HttpMethod httpMethod) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
accessToken | The access token to use, or null |
graphPath | The graph path to retrieve, create, or delete |
parameters | Additional parameters to pass along with the Graph API request; parameters must be Strings, Numbers, Bitmaps, Dates, or Byte arrays. |
httpMethod | The HttpMethod to use for the request, or null for default (HttpMethod.GET) |
GraphRequest(AccessToken, String, Bundle, HttpMethod, Callback)Constructs a request with a specific access token, graph path, parameters, and HTTP method. An access token need not be provided, in which case the request is sent without an access token and thus is not executed in the context of any particular user. Only certain graph requests can be expected to succeed in this case.
Depending on the httpMethod parameter, the object at the graph path may be retrieved, created, or deleted.
public GraphRequest(AccessToken accessToken, String graphPath, Bundle parameters, HttpMethod httpMethod, Callback callback) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
accessToken | The access token to use, or null |
graphPath | The graph path to retrieve, create, or delete |
parameters | Additional parameters to pass along with the Graph API request; parameters must be Strings, Numbers, Bitmaps, Dates, or Byte arrays. |
httpMethod | The HttpMethod to use for the request, or null for default (HttpMethod.GET) |
callback | A callback that will be called when the request is completed to handle success or error conditions |
GraphRequest(AccessToken, String, Bundle, HttpMethod, Callback, String)Constructs a request with a specific access token, graph path, parameters, and HTTP method. An access token need not be provided, in which case the request is sent without an access token and thus is not executed in the context of any particular user. Only certain graph requests can be expected to succeed in this case.
Depending on the httpMethod parameter, the object at the graph path may be retrieved, created, or deleted.
public GraphRequest(AccessToken accessToken, String graphPath, Bundle parameters, HttpMethod httpMethod, Callback callback, String version) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
accessToken | The access token to use, or null |
graphPath | The graph path to retrieve, create, or delete |
parameters | Additional parameters to pass along with the Graph API request; parameters must be Strings, Numbers, Bitmaps, Dates, or Byte arrays. |
httpMethod | The HttpMethod to use for the request, or null for default (HttpMethod.GET) |
callback | A callback that will be called when the request is completed to handle success or error conditions |
version | The version of the Graph API |
newDeleteObjectRequest(AccessToken, String, Callback)Creates a new Request configured to delete a resource through the Graph API.
public static GraphRequest newDeleteObjectRequest(AccessToken accessToken, String id, Callback callback) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
accessToken | The access token to use, or null |
id | The id of the object to delete |
callback | A callback that will be called when the request is completed to handle success or error conditions |
newMeRequest(AccessToken, GraphJSONObjectCallback)Creates a new Request configured to retrieve a user's own profile.
public static GraphRequest newMeRequest(AccessToken accessToken, GraphJSONObjectCallback callback) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
accessToken | The access token to use, or null |
callback | A callback that will be called when the request is completed to handle success or error conditions |
newPostRequest(AccessToken, String, JSONObject, Callback)Creates a new Request configured to post a GraphObject to a particular graph path, to either create or update the object at that path.
public static GraphRequest newPostRequest(AccessToken accessToken, String graphPath, JSONObject graphObject, Callback callback) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
accessToken | The access token to use, or null |
graphPath | The graph path to retrieve, create, or delete |
graphObject | The graph object to create or update |
callback | A callback that will be called when the request is completed to handle success or error conditions |
newMyFriendsRequest(AccessToken, GraphJSONArrayCallback)Creates a new Request configured to retrieve a user's friend list.
public static GraphRequest newMyFriendsRequest(AccessToken accessToken, GraphJSONArrayCallback callback) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
accessToken | The access token to use, or null |
callback | A callback that will be called when the request is completed to handle success or error conditions |
newGraphPathRequest(AccessToken, String, Callback)Creates a new Request configured to retrieve a particular graph path.
public static GraphRequest newGraphPathRequest(AccessToken accessToken, String graphPath, Callback callback) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
accessToken | The access token to use, or null |
graphPath | The graph path to retrieve |
callback | A callback that will be called when the request is completed to handle success or error conditions |
newPlacesSearchRequest(AccessToken, Location, int, int, String, GraphJSONArrayCallback)Creates a new Request that is configured to perform a search for places near a specified location via the Graph API. At least one of location or searchText must be specified.
public static GraphRequest newPlacesSearchRequest(AccessToken accessToken, Location location, int radiusInMeters, int resultsLimit, String searchText, GraphJSONArrayCallback callback) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
accessToken | The access token to use, or null |
location | The location around which to search; only the latitude and longitude components of the location are meaningful |
radiusInMeters | The radius around the location to search, specified in meters; this is ignored if no location is specified |
resultsLimit | The maximum number of results to return |
searchText | Optional text to search for as part of the name or type of an object |
callback | A callback that will be called when the request is completed to handle success or error conditions |
newCustomAudienceThirdPartyIdRequest(AccessToken, Context, String, Callback)Creates a new Request configured to retrieve an App User ID for the app's Facebook user. Callers will send this ID back to their own servers, collect up a set to create a Facebook Custom Audience with, and then use the resultant Custom Audience to target ads.
The GraphObject in the response will include a "custom_audience_third_party_id" property, with the value being the ID retrieved. This ID is an encrypted encoding of the Facebook user's ID and the invoking Facebook app ID. Multiple calls with the same user will return different IDs, thus these IDs cannot be used to correlate behavior across devices or applications, and are only meaningful when sent back to Facebook for creating Custom Audiences.
The ID retrieved represents the Facebook user identified in the following way: if the
specified access token (or active access token if null) is valid, the ID will represent the
user associated with the active access token; otherwise the ID will represent the user logged
into the native Facebook app on the device. A null ID will be provided into the callback if
a) there is no native Facebook app, b) no one is logged into it, or c) the app has previously
called FacebookSdk.setLimitEventAndDataUsage(android.content.Context, boolean) ;}
with true for this user. You must call this method from a background thread for it to
work properly.
public static GraphRequest newCustomAudienceThirdPartyIdRequest(AccessToken accessToken, Context context, String applicationId, Callback callback) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
accessToken | The access token to issue the Request on, or null If there is no logged-in Facebook user, null is the expected choice. |
context | The Application context from which the app ID will be pulled, and from which the 'attribution ID' for the Facebook user is determined. If there has been no app ID set, an exception will be thrown. |
applicationId | Explicitly specified Facebook App ID. If null, the application ID from the access token will be used, if any; if not, the application ID from metadata will be used. |
callback | A callback that will be called when the request is completed to handle success or error conditions. The GraphObject in the Response will contain a "custom_audience_third_party_id" property that represents the user as described above. |
newCustomAudienceThirdPartyIdRequest(AccessToken, Context, Callback)Creates a new Request configured to retrieve an App User ID for the app's Facebook user. Callers will send this ID back to their own servers, collect up a set to create a Facebook Custom Audience with, and then use the resultant Custom Audience to target ads.
The GraphObject in the response will include a "custom_audience_third_party_id" property, with the value being the ID retrieved. This ID is an encrypted encoding of the Facebook user's ID and the invoking Facebook app ID. Multiple calls with the same user will return different IDs, thus these IDs cannot be used to correlate behavior across devices or applications, and are only meaningful when sent back to Facebook for creating Custom Audiences.
The ID retrieved represents the Facebook user identified in the following way: if the
specified access token (or active access token if null) is valid, the ID will represent the
user associated with the active access token; otherwise the ID will represent the user logged
into the native Facebook app on the device. A null ID will be provided into the callback if
a) there is no native Facebook app, b) no one is logged into it, or c) the app has previously
called FacebookSdk.setLimitEventAndDataUsage(android.content.Context, boolean) with
true for this user. You must call this method from a background thread for it to work
properly.
public static GraphRequest newCustomAudienceThirdPartyIdRequest(AccessToken accessToken, Context context, Callback callback) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
accessToken | The access token to issue the Request on, or null If there is no logged-in Facebook user, null is the expected choice. |
context | The Application context from which the app ID will be pulled, and from which the 'attribution ID' for the Facebook user is determined. If there has been no app ID set, an exception will be thrown. |
callback | A callback that will be called when the request is completed to handle success or error conditions. The GraphObject in the Response will contain a "custom_audience_third_party_id" property that represents the user as described above. |
getDefaultBatchApplicationId()Gets the default Facebook application ID that will be used to submit batched requests. Batched requests require an application ID, so either at least one request in a batch must provide an access token or the application ID must be specified explicitly.
public static final String getDefaultBatchApplicationId() setDefaultBatchApplicationId(String)Sets the default application ID that will be used to submit batched requests if none of those requests specifies an access token. Batched requests require an application ID, so either at least one request in a batch must specify an access token or the application ID must be specified explicitly.
public static final void setDefaultBatchApplicationId(String applicationId) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
applicationId | The Facebook application ID to use for batched requests if none can be determined |
toHttpConnection(GraphRequest)Serializes one or more requests but does not execute them. The resulting HttpURLConnection can be executed explicitly by the caller.
public static HttpURLConnection toHttpConnection(GraphRequest requests) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
requests | One or more Requests to serialize |
toHttpConnection(Collection)Serializes one or more requests but does not execute them. The resulting HttpURLConnection can be executed explicitly by the caller.
public static HttpURLConnection toHttpConnection(Collection requests) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
requests | One or more Requests to serialize |
toHttpConnection(GraphRequestBatch)Serializes one or more requests but does not execute them. The resulting HttpURLConnection can be executed explicitly by the caller.
public static HttpURLConnection toHttpConnection(GraphRequestBatch requests) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
requests | A RequestBatch to serialize |
executeAndWait(GraphRequest)Executes a single request on the current thread and blocks while waiting for the response.
This should only be used if you have transitioned off the UI thread.
public static GraphResponse executeAndWait(GraphRequest request) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
request | The Request to execute |
executeBatchAndWait(GraphRequest)Executes requests on the current thread as a single batch and blocks while waiting for the response.
This should only be used if you have transitioned off the UI thread.
public static List executeBatchAndWait(GraphRequest requests) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
requests | The Requests to execute |
executeBatchAndWait(Collection)Executes requests as a single batch on the current thread and blocks while waiting for the responses.
This should only be used if you have transitioned off the UI thread.
public static List executeBatchAndWait(Collection requests) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
requests | The Requests to execute |
executeBatchAndWait(GraphRequestBatch)Executes requests on the current thread as a single batch and blocks while waiting for the responses.
This should only be used if you have transitioned off the UI thread.
public static List executeBatchAndWait(GraphRequestBatch requests) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
requests | The batch of Requests to execute |
executeBatchAsync(GraphRequest)Executes requests as a single batch asynchronously. This function will return immediately, and the requests will be processed on a separate thread. In order to process results of a request, or determine whether a request succeeded or failed, a callback must be specified (see the setCallback.setCallback(Callback) method).
This should only be called from the UI thread.
public static GraphRequestAsyncTask executeBatchAsync(GraphRequest requests) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
requests | The Requests to execute |
executeBatchAsync(Collection)Executes requests as a single batch asynchronously. This function will return immediately, and the requests will be processed on a separate thread. In order to process results of a request, or determine whether a request succeeded or failed, a callback must be specified (see the setCallback.setCallback(Callback) method).
This should only be called from the UI thread.
public static GraphRequestAsyncTask executeBatchAsync(Collection requests) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
requests | The Requests to execute |
executeBatchAsync(GraphRequestBatch)Executes requests as a single batch asynchronously. This function will return immediately, and the requests will be processed on a separate thread. In order to process results of a request, or determine whether a request succeeded or failed, a callback must be specified (see the setCallback.setCallback(Callback) method).
This should only be called from the UI thread.
public static GraphRequestAsyncTask executeBatchAsync(GraphRequestBatch requests) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
requests | The RequestBatch to execute |
executeConnectionAndWait(HttpURLConnection, Collection)Executes requests that have already been serialized into an HttpURLConnection. No validation is done that the contents of the connection actually reflect the serialized requests, so it is the caller's responsibility to ensure that it will correctly generate the desired responses.
This should only be called if you have transitioned off the UI thread.
public static List executeConnectionAndWait(HttpURLConnection connection, Collection requests) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
connection | The HttpURLConnection that the requests were serialized into |
requests | The requests represented by the HttpURLConnection |
executeConnectionAndWait(HttpURLConnection, GraphRequestBatch)Executes requests that have already been serialized into an HttpURLConnection. No validation is done that the contents of the connection actually reflect the serialized requests, so it is the caller's responsibility to ensure that it will correctly generate the desired responses.
This should only be called if you have transitioned off the UI thread.
public static List executeConnectionAndWait(HttpURLConnection connection, GraphRequestBatch requests) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
connection | The HttpURLConnection that the requests were serialized into |
requests | The RequestBatch represented by the HttpURLConnection |
executeConnectionAsync(HttpURLConnection, GraphRequestBatch)Asynchronously executes requests that have already been serialized into an HttpURLConnection. No validation is done that the contents of the connection actually reflect the serialized requests, so it is the caller's responsibility to ensure that it will correctly generate the desired responses. This function will return immediately, and the requests will be processed on a separate thread. In order to process results of a request, or determine whether a request succeeded or failed, a callback must be specified (see the setCallback.setCallback(Callback) method).
This should only be called from the UI thread.
public static GraphRequestAsyncTask executeConnectionAsync(HttpURLConnection connection, GraphRequestBatch requests) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
connection | The HttpURLConnection that the requests were serialized into |
requests | The requests represented by the HttpURLConnection |
executeConnectionAsync(Handler, HttpURLConnection, GraphRequestBatch)Asynchronously executes requests that have already been serialized into an HttpURLConnection. No validation is done that the contents of the connection actually reflect the serialized requests, so it is the caller's responsibility to ensure that it will correctly generate the desired responses. This function will return immediately, and the requests will be processed on a separate thread. In order to process results of a request, or determine whether a request succeeded or failed, a callback must be specified (see the setCallback.setCallback(Callback) method)
This should only be called from the UI thread.
public static GraphRequestAsyncTask executeConnectionAsync(Handler callbackHandler, HttpURLConnection connection, GraphRequestBatch requests) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
callbackHandler | A Handler that will be used to post calls to the callback for each request; if null, a Handler will be instantiated on the calling thread |
connection | The HttpURLConnection that the requests were serialized into |
requests | The requests represented by the HttpURLConnection |
getGraphObject()Returns the GraphObject, if any, associated with this request.
public final JSONObject getGraphObject() setGraphObject(JSONObject)Sets the GraphObject associated with this request. This is meaningful only for POST requests.
public final void setGraphObject(JSONObject graphObject) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
graphObject | The GraphObject to upload along with this request |
getGraphPath()Returns the graph path of this request, if any.
public final String getGraphPath() setGraphPath(String)Sets the graph path of this request.
public final void setGraphPath(String graphPath) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
graphPath | The graph path for this request |
getHttpMethod()Returns the HttpMethod to use for this request.
public final HttpMethod getHttpMethod() setHttpMethod(HttpMethod)Sets the HttpMethod to use for this request.
public final void setHttpMethod(HttpMethod httpMethod) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
httpMethod | The HttpMethod, or null for the default (HttpMethod.GET). |
getVersion()Returns the version of the API that this request will use. By default this is the current API at the time the SDK is released.
public final String getVersion() setVersion(String)Set the version to use for this request. By default the version will be the current API at the time the SDK is released. Only use this if you need to explicitly override.
public final void setVersion(String version) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
version | The version to use. Should look like "v2.0" |
setSkipClientToken(boolean)This is an internal function that is not meant to be used by developers.
public final void setSkipClientToken(boolean skipClientToken) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
skipClientToken |
getParameters()Returns the parameters for this request.
public final Bundle getParameters() setParameters(Bundle)Sets the parameters for this request.
public final void setParameters(Bundle parameters) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
parameters | The parameters |
getAccessToken()Returns the access token associated with this request.
public final AccessToken getAccessToken() setAccessToken(AccessToken)Sets the access token to use for this request.
public final void setAccessToken(AccessToken accessToken) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
accessToken | The access token to use for this request |
getBatchEntryName()Returns the name of this requests entry in a batched request.
public final String getBatchEntryName() setBatchEntryName(String)Sets the name of this request's entry in a batched request. This value is only used if this request is submitted as part of a batched request. It can be used to specified dependencies between requests. See Batch Requests in the Graph API documentation for more details.
public final void setBatchEntryName(String batchEntryName) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
batchEntryName | The name of this requests entry in a batched request, which must be unique within a particular batch of requests |
getBatchEntryDependsOn()Returns the name of the request that this request entry explicitly depends on in a batched request.
public final String getBatchEntryDependsOn() setBatchEntryDependsOn(String)Sets the name of the request entry that this request explicitly depends on in a batched request. This value is only used if this request is submitted as part of a batched request. It can be used to specified dependencies between requests. See Batch Requests in the Graph API documentation for more details.
public final void setBatchEntryDependsOn(String batchEntryDependsOn) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
batchEntryDependsOn | The name of the request entry that this entry depends on in a batched request |
getBatchEntryOmitResultOnSuccess()Returns whether or not this batch entry will return a response if it is successful. Only applies if another request entry in the batch specifies this entry as a dependency.
public final boolean getBatchEntryOmitResultOnSuccess() setBatchEntryOmitResultOnSuccess(boolean)Sets whether or not this batch entry will return a response if it is successful. Only applies if another request entry in the batch specifies this entry as a dependency. See Batch Requests in the Graph API documentation for more details.
public final void setBatchEntryOmitResultOnSuccess(boolean batchEntryOmitResultOnSuccess) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
batchEntryOmitResultOnSuccess | The name of the request entry that this entry depends on in a batched request |
getCallback()Returns the callback which will be called when the request finishes.
public final Callback getCallback() setCallback(Callback)Sets the callback which will be called when the request finishes.
public final void setCallback(Callback callback) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
callback | The callback |
setTag(Object)Sets the tag on the request; this is an application-defined object that can be used to distinguish between different requests. Its value has no effect on the execution of the request.
public final void setTag(Object tag) | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
tag | An object to serve as a tag, or null |
getTag()Gets the tag on the request; this is an application-defined object that can be used to distinguish between different requests. Its value has no effect on the execution of the request.
public final Object getTag() executeAndWait()Executes this request on the current thread and blocks while waiting for the response.
This should only be called if you have transitioned off the UI thread.
public final GraphResponse executeAndWait() executeAsync()Executes the request asynchronously. This function will return immediately, and the request will be processed on a separate thread. In order to process result of a request, or determine whether a request succeeded or failed, a callback must be specified (see the setCallback.setCallback(Callback) method).
This should only be called from the UI thread.
public final GraphRequestAsyncTask executeAsync() MAXIMUM_BATCH_SIZEpublic static final int MAXIMUM_BATCH_SIZETAGpublic static final String TAG