Facebook iOS SDK: how to get user's Facebook status? - objective-c

Question

I am getting very hardtime using the Facebook iOS SDK reference because I am not an expert coder. I just have this simple question.
I know the following code brings me the user information...
[facebook requestWithGraphPath:#"me" andDelegate:self];
but where does it go? How can I, let's say, get the User's First Name or status and set it up as the value of a label?
I would be thankful gazillion times if someone writes me the whole code in answer.

Answer 1

When you call this method, here's what the SDK expects:
self implements FBRequestDelegate
self has a method request:didLoad
Here's a quick code sample:
---- MyClass.h BEGIN ----
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "FBConnect.h"
#interface MyClass : NSObject <FBSessionDelegate, FBRequestDelegate>
#property (nonatomic, retain) Facebook *facebook;
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *userStatus;
#end
---- MyClass.h END ----
---- MyClass.m BEGIN ----
#import "MyClass.h"
#implementation MyClass
#synthesize facebook;
#synthesize userStatus;
- (id)init {
self = [super init];
if (self) {
facebook = [[Facebook alloc] initWithAppId:#"App ID Here" andDelegate:self];
}
return self;
}
- (void)fbDidLogin {
NSLog(#"Facebook logged in!");
[facebook requestWithGraphPath:#"me" andDelegate:self];
}
- (void)request:(FBRequest *)request didLoad:(id)result {
NSLog(#"Request loaded! Result: %#", result);
SBJSON *parser = [[SBJSON alloc] init];
NSDictionary *jsonResponse = [parser objectWithString:result error:nil];
userStatus = [jsonResponse objectForKey:message];
[parser release];
NSLog(#"User's status message: %#", userStatus);
}
#end
---- MyClass.m END ----
Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Umair,
After getting the access token you can use this code:
NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"https://graph.facebook.com/me?access_token=youracesstoken"]];
NSError *err = nil;
NSURLResponse *resp = nil;
NSData *response = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:&resp error:&err];
if (resp != nil) {
NSString *stringResponse = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:response encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSLog(#"stringResponse---%#",stringResponse);
// stringResponse will be in JSON Format you need to use a JSON parser (Like SBJSON or TouchJSON)
}