Packagecom.facebook.graph.net
Classpublic class FacebookRequest

Main class to send requests to the Facebook API.


Public Properties
 PropertyDefined by
  data : Object
[read-only] Any resulting data returned from Facebook.
FacebookRequest
  rawResult : String
[read-only] Returns the un-parsed result from Facebook.
FacebookRequest
  success : Boolean
[read-only] Returns true if this request was successful, or false if an error occurred.
FacebookRequest
Public Methods
 MethodDefined by
  
FacebookRequest(url:String, requestMethod:String = "GET", callback:Function = null)
Instantiates a new FacebookRequest.
FacebookRequest
  
call(method:String, values:Function = null, callback:* = null):void
Makes a request to the Facebook Graph API.
FacebookRequest
  
callURL(callback:Function, url:String = "", locale:String = null):void
FacebookRequest
  
close():void
Cancels the current request.
FacebookRequest
  
toString():String
FacebookRequest
Protected Methods
 MethodDefined by
  
isValueFile(value:Object):Boolean
FacebookRequest
  
objectToURLVariables(values:Object):URLVariables
FacebookRequest
Property detail
dataproperty
data:Object  [read-only]

Any resulting data returned from Facebook.

Implementation
    public function get data():Object

See also

success
rawResultproperty 
rawResult:String  [read-only]

Returns the un-parsed result from Facebook. Usually this will be a JSON formatted string.

Implementation
    public function get rawResult():String
successproperty 
success:Boolean  [read-only]

Returns true if this request was successful, or false if an error occurred. If success == true, the data property will be the corresponding decoded JSON data returned from facebook. If success == false, the data property will either be the error from Facebook, or the related ErrorEvent.

Implementation
    public function get success():Boolean
Constructor detail
FacebookRequest()constructor
public function FacebookRequest(url:String, requestMethod:String = "GET", callback:Function = null)

Instantiates a new FacebookRequest.

Parameters
url:String — The URL to request data from. Usually will be https://graph.facebook.com.
 
requestMethod:String (default = "GET") — The URLRequestMethod to be used for this request.
  • GET for retrieving data (Default)
  • POST for publishing data
  • DELETE for deleting objects (AIR only)
 
callback:Function (default = null) — Method to call when this request is complete. The signaure of the handler must be callback(request:FacebookRequest); Where request will be a reference to this request.
Method detail
call()method
public function call(method:String, values:Function = null, callback:* = null):void

Makes a request to the Facebook Graph API.

Parameters
method:String
 
values:Function (default = null)
 
callback:* (default = null)
callURL()method 
public function callURL(callback:Function, url:String = "", locale:String = null):voidParameters
callback:Function
 
url:String (default = "")
 
locale:String (default = null)
close()method 
public function close():void

Cancels the current request.

isValueFile()method 
protected function isValueFile(value:Object):BooleanParameters
value:Object

Returns
Boolean
objectToURLVariables()method 
protected function objectToURLVariables(values:Object):URLVariablesParameters
values:Object

Returns
URLVariables
toString()method 
public function toString():String

Returns
String — Returns the current request URL and any parameters being used.