Facebook Methods description: photos.get
Returns all visible photos according to the filters specified. This may be used to find all photos in which a user is tagged, return photos in a specific album, or to query specific pids.
Parameters
| string | api_key | The application key associated with the calling application. |
| string | session_key | The session key of the logged in user. |
| float | call_id | The request’s sequence number. Each successive call for any session must use a sequence number greater than the last. We suggest using the current time in milliseconds, such as PHP’s microtime(true) function. |
| string | sig | An MD5 hash of the current request and your secret key, as described in the authentication guide. |
| string | v | This must be set to 1.0 to use this version of the API. |
| string | format | Optional - desired response format. Either “XML” (default) or “JSON”. |
| string | callback | Optional - wrap the response inside a function call. This is primarily to enable cross-domain javascript requests using the <script> tag, sometimes known as “JSONP“. This works with both XML and JSON. |
| int | subj_id | Optional - Filter by photos tagged with this user |
| int | aid | Optional - Filter by photos in this album |
| array | pids | Optional - Filter by photos in this list. This is a comma-separated list of pids. |
This method returns all visible photos satisfying the filters specified. The method can be used to return all photos tagged with user, in an album, query a specific set of photos by a list of pids, or filter on any combination of these three. It is an error to omit all three of the subj_id, aid, and pids parameters. They have no defaults.
Example Return XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<photos_get_response xmlns="http://api.facebook.com/1.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://api.facebook.com/1.0/ http://api.facebook.com/1.0/facebook.xsd" list="true">
<photo>
<pid>34585991612804</pid>
<aid>34585963571485</aid>
<owner>1240077</owner>
<src>http://ip002.facebook.com/v11/135/18/8055/s1240077_30043524_2020.jpg</src>
<src_big>http://ip002.facebook.com/v11/135/18/8055/n1240077_30043524_2020.jpg</src>
<src_small>http://ip002.facebook.com/v11/135/18/8055/t1240077_30043524_2020.jpg</src>
<link>http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30043524&id=8055</link>
<caption>From The Deathmatch (Trailer) (1999)</caption>
<created>1132553361</created>
</photo>
<photo>
<pid>34585991612805</pid>
<aid>34585963571485</aid>
<owner>1240077</owner>
<src>http://ip002.facebook.com/v11/135/18/8055/s1240077_30043525_2184.jpg</src>
<src_big>http://ip002.facebook.com/v11/135/18/8055/n1240077_30043525_2184.jpg</src>
<src_small>http://ip002.facebook.com/v11/135/18/8055/t1240077_30043525_2184.jpg</src>
<link>http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30043525&id=8055</link>
<caption>Mexico City, back cover of the CYHS Student Underground 1999.</caption>
<created>1132553362</created>
</photo>
</photos_get_response>
Response
If no such photos are found, the method will return an empty photos_get_response element. Note the following size constraints on photos returned:
- src - URL of photo, with max width 130px and max height 130px. May be blank.
- src_big - URL of photo, with max width 604px and max height 604px. May be blank.
- src_small - URL of photo, with with max width 75px and max height 225px. May be blank.
Privacy note: Photos will be visible on the Facebook Platform only if the photo owner has not turned off access to the Platform
FQL Equivalent
This function is similar to doing the following FQL query, with the appropriate parameters filled in:
SELECT pid, aid, owner, src, src_big, src_small, link, caption, created
FROM photo
WHERE pid IN (SELECT pid FROM photo_tag WHERE subject=subj_id) AND
aid=aid AND pid IN (pids)
Error codes
| 1 | An unknown error occurred. Please resubmit the request. |
| 2 | The service is not available at this time. |
| 4 | The application has reached the maximum number of requests allowed. More requests are allowed once the time window has completed. |
| 5 | The request came from a remote address not allowed by this application. |
| 100 | One of the parameters specified was missing or invalid. |
| 101 | The api key submitted is not associated with any known application. |
| 102 | The session key was improperly submitted or has reached its timeout. Direct the user to log in again to obtain another key. |
| 103 | The submitted call_id was not greater than the previous call_id for this session. |
| 104 | Incorrect signature. |
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