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Facebook: Basic User Data from Authentication
Basic information is the minimum set of information allowed to an application from a user - it includes access to using the graph api to get a lot of social data!!! But, somethings like email and newsfeed are not given in basic.
If you have only requested the "basic" information for your application like here:
https://www.facebook.com/dialog/oauth?
client_id=YOUR_APP_ID&redirect_uri=YOUR_CANVAS_PAGE
You get the following information------the signed_request parameter will contain the following information on subsequent requests to your app from this user.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| user | A JSON array containing the locale string, country string and the age object (containing the min and max numbers of the age range) for the current user. |
| algorithm | A JSON string containing the mechanism used to sign the request. |
| issued_at | A JSON number containing the Unix timestamp when the request was signed. |
| user_id | A JSON string containing the Facebook user identifier (UID) of the current user. |
| oauth_token | A JSON string that you can pass to the Graph API |
| expires | A JSON number containing the Unix timestamp when the oauth_token expires. |
BASIC INFO ---- Critical: Graph API
you can use the oauth_token and the Graph API to access further information!!!!!!
SEE https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/user
- Name
- Gender
- Profile Picture
- List of Friends