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Facebook Graph API does not return the event picture

Edit: Seems like Facebook finally fixed this bug!

Could you help me understand why this is happening:

This is a public event with a picture: https://www.facebook.com/events/282054218538223

But when I try to access http://graph.facebook.com/282054218538223/picture, all I get is a default picture.

Here is another public event: http://www.facebook.com/events/266496120103339

But this time, accessing http://graph.facebook.com/266496120103339/picture returns the event photo.

What's the difference between the 2 events?

Solution

  • This answer doesn't explain why the request doesn't work using Graph API but might help someone who needs to to retrieve event profile images.

    With FQL you can retrieve the event profile image like this:

    SELECT pic, pic_small, pic_big FROM event WHERE eid=282054218538223

    using the event id from Robin's first example. This call returns urls to the event profile image in 3 different sizes. It works for both examples in Robin's question, just change the event id.

    Try it in Graph Explorer with Robin's example:

    https://graph.facebook.com/fql?q=SELECT pic,pic_big,pic_small FROM event WHERE eid=282054218538223

    and MoXplod's example:

    https://graph.facebook.com/fql?q=SELECT pic,pic_big,pic_small FROM event WHERE eid=271148229633674

    Make sure you have access token if needed as outlined in the FQL event table.