[Facebooker-talk] fb_name ?

[Mike Mangino]

On Nov 24, 2008, at 2:06 PM, Loïc Chollier wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I don't really understand because in the API documentation, whe can  
> see that no session key is required so why could I not access just  
> to the name of the person ?
>
> Loïc CHOLLIER
> loic at chollier.com
>


You can access the name of the person. When you get the name of the  
person, you get the name in the context of a specific individual. This  
defaults to the current user. Privacy is built-in here.

For performance reasons, you should probably be using the fb:name tag.  
I think the option you want is :ifcantsee

Mike

>
>
> Le 24 nov. 08 à 17:14, Mike Mangino a écrit :
>
>> That's the way the Facebook privacy implementation works. It is  
>> covered in the API documentation for Facebook. There are ways to  
>> display an alternate name (like "Anonymous Coward") instead of a  
>> blank name, but no way to override a user's privacy settings.
>>
>> Mike
>> On Nov 24, 2008, at 8:38 AM, Loïc Chollier wrote:
>>
>>> hi
>>> i have a big problem :'( hum actually i made an app where we can  
>>> post our cooking recipes and i made a tab called "all recipes"
>>> but my problem is that if i'm not friend with the person who  
>>> posted the recipe, so i'm not able to see his name and his picture
>>> is there any way to solve my problem ?
>>> knowing that both of them are in the "france" network
>>>
>>>
>>> Loïc CHOLLIER
>>> loic at chollier.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> Mike Mangino
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>>
>>
>>
>

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