Facebook graph API can't break down by asset - api

I'm trying to get a breakdown at image and video asset level with Facebook graph API, but whenever I add image_asset or video_asset the response becomes empty, is there anything I am doing wrong or is there some API limitation I should know about? I can't find anything in the docs:
With country breakdown it works fine but when I switch to image_asset or video_asset I get a response like this:
{
"data": []
}

After discussing with FB we have solved a similar issue on our end. Perhaps it is the same for you: It can happen that a campaign in settings has 'dynamic creatives' turned off - in this case no data will be returned by the dynamic creative breakdown (as there is no data), but other breakdowns will provide data, which seems like it is the case for you. You can solve it by just retrieving ad data and then getting the creative data you need related to this ad. Hope this helps!

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Instagram ?__a=1&max_id=<end_cursor> isn't working for public user feeds

I've been using Instagram's undocumented API https://www.instagram.com/<user>/?__a=1 to get a public user feed.
I was also able to get multiple pages via their max_id query parameter like so: https://www.instagram.com/<user>/?__a=1&max_id=<end_cursor>
end_cursor = json_response.graphql.user.edge_owner_to_timeline_media.page_info.end_cursor
(yes, "has_next_page" is true)
They had a recent change to their JSON format and I think they might have broken other functionality.
The "end_cursor" is still there but when I use it I just get back the same Instagram posts as if I wasn't using it.
Just to make sure I'm clear, my issue is that the max_id=<end_cursor> doesn't seem to work anymore for a public user feed. I can still get the first 12 posts, but no more after that.
Anyone else seeing this problem?
here's a JSFiddle example of what I mean:
https://jsfiddle.net/LLsg91ja/33/
04-14-2018 - NO LONGER WORKING - INSTAGRAM DEPRECATED THE '?__a=1' & '?query_id=17888483320059182' - THIS NO LONGER WORKS!
Okay take a look at this for media pagination:
https://instagram.com/graphql/query/?query_id=17888483320059182&id=<user_id>&first=12&after=<end_cursor>
This returns:
['data']['user']['edge_owner_to_timeline_media']['page_info']['end_cursor']
And Media:
['data']['user']['edge_owner_to_timeline_media']['edges']
the 'query_id' is static now so just use: 17888483320059182
'id' is the "instagram user id" so you have to use ?__a=1 to grab ['graphql']['user']['id']
'first' is the number of photos you desire returned. Just use 12 to keep the media return the same.
'after' is the new 'max_id' for use ['data']['user']['edge_owner_to_timeline_media']['page_info']['end_cursor']
I'll test more and respond later.
Responding Later:
It is believed 'pagination' using ?__a=1 has been deprecated. If true then there is no answer which can solve the op's direct question using ?__a=1 for Instagram pagination.
But the code provided in this answer will provide the pagination of Instagram media which does provide the results the op was seeking.
The answer incorporates the 'instagram graphql api' which is the current api (and not the json ?__a=1 hack) so this answer should provide some stability for now.
As used on my live site:
Grab the id=<instagram_user_id> prior the Instagram media request:
profile = https://www.instagram.com/<instagram_username>/?__a=1
media = https://instagram.com/graphql/query/?query_id=17888483320059182&id=<profile['graphql']['user']['id']>&first=12&after=<end_cursor>
You can use this: ?__a=1&page=3

Twitter API update_profile_banner

Can anyone help with using the Twitter API to upload a profile banner using the account/update_profile_banner? I have been searching on Google for so long and can't find any solution, thanks in advance
Based on https://gist.github.com/hayesdavis/97756
It looks like the docs are misleading, unless you are uploading a really small image, I expect it is critical to use multi part form data instead of encoding data in the query params.
Post your example code though, it's bad stackoverflow form to just say it doesn't work without showing the code and errors you are getting.

Google+ HTTP API returns less activities than supposed to

I've been using Google Plus HTTP API for several weeks now and I'm experiencing a strange issue.
When I try to retrieve public activities from this community: https://plus.google.com/communities/115653528125420367824, I always get 4 results, no more. I've tried increasing the maxResult parameter of the request but it doesn't change anything...
And when I use the nextPageToken to retrieve the missing activities, the "items" field of the response is empty.
You can try it yourself with the Google APIs Explorer here: https://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/plus/v1/plus.activities.list?userId=115653528125420367824&collection=public you will see that only 4 activites are returned and the next page of result is empty.
This is really strange and happened recently, it used to work fine. Maybe it is caused by the fact that the content of some activities of this community contains a stringified JSON object. What do you think?
The activities methods are only supported for retrieving posts by users and Google+ Pages. They are not supported for use with Communities and should not be expected to work correctly. There is definitely no guarantee that this behavior while it might have worked or currently works in some cases today will continue to work in the future.

Get members's avatarHash when getting cards from Trello

According to the Trello API documentation, it is possible to return a member's avatarHash as part of the data for the cards on a list. I should be able to use the feed from either of the following:
https://trello.com/1/lists/[LIST_ID]/cards?member_fields=all
https://trello.com/1/lists/[LIST_ID]/cards?member_fields=avatarHash
However, for me anyway, the data is exactly the same with or without the query paramaters. I have also tried adding my application key and a token to the URL, but still no success.
What I actually want to do is get the URI for a member's avatar, and I believe I can build the correct one with the hash. Any help to do this or any pointers as to what I am doing wrong will be greatly appreciated.
Trello's documentation for their API shows that there are optional fields, but it isn't clear or even stated (although fairly obvious after reading) that for the member_fields parameter to be valid, there should also be members=true specified as part of the URI.
I came across this when inspecting the API calls Trello make themselves and having removed everything but member_fields, things even went missing for them, but adding members back in worked as expected.
Right now, my API call is finally working and looks like this:
https://trello.com/1/lists/[LIST_ID]/cards?members=true&member_fields=avatarHash

Graph API not returning image/picture for community pages

Graph API is not returning image("picture" attribute) for objects corresponding to community pages, which used to be returned earlier. For example this https://graph.facebook.com/178790412179919 does not have picture attribute whereas the corresponding page has an image.
Also the FQL query done on the "albums" connection for some objects does not have a "cover_pid" attribute for an album corresponding to type "profile", which again used to work earlier.
Does anybody know if anything has changed in Graph API corresponding to this in last couple of weeks (I am fairly confident it used to work earlier in the expected way). I looked through Facebook API release notes but could not find any changes corresponding to this. Please let me know if this not appropriate post for this forum.
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/page/
picture is a connection, not an attribute. So ...
https://graph.facebook.com/178790412179919/picture
And as the docs say: Returns a HTTP 302 with the URL of the user's profile picture.
Kinda goofy? Yes, but it works exactly as the docs say it does. I suspect they implemented it this way so it could easily be used in an <IMG> tag.
UPDATE:
It still works via FQL. In your case:
https://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?query=SELECT+page_id%2C+pic+FROM+page+WHERE+page_id+%3D+178790412179919&format=json
I can confirm that this PREVIOUSLY worked, but NO LONGER works. Facebook have removed the picture connection from Community Pages.
I suspect the reason is that most of these images are pulled from Wikipedia, and there was a licensing / attribution issue.
Unfortunately, Facebook is no longer a reliable source of images for entities (e.g. bands).