Photos
Query Photos associated with a Target. Accessing Photo information typically requires the user_photos permission.
Table Specific Information
Photos in Facebook are photos that are uploaded by a user (for example, to a page) and are part of a photo album.
Select
When querying photos, specify a target. The target represents the user, page, album, or event that photos are being retrieved for. For example:
SELECT * FROM Photos WHERE Target = 'facebook'
If no target is specified, the currently authenticated user will be used as the target.
When querying photos, elements may be retrieved by specifying either the CreatedTime or the UpdatedTime. For example:
SELECT * FROM Photos WHERE Target='thesimpsons' AND CreatedTime >= '1/1/2012' AND CreatedTime <= '10/1/2012'
Columns
Name | Type | Description |
ID [KEY] | String | The Id of the photo. |
Target | String | The Id or username of the target you are retrieving posts for or are posting to. This may be an album, event, page, or user. |
FromId | String | Id of the user who uploaded the photo. |
FromName | String | Name of the user who uploaded the photo. |
FromPicture | String | Photo of the user who uploaded the photo. |
FromCategory | String | Category of the user who uploaded the photo. FromCategory may only be retrieved if the other From* fields are not selected. |
Link | String | A link to the photo on Facebook. |
Name | String | The name of the photo. |
Picture | String | A link a thumbnail of the photo. |
Source | String | The source image of the photo. |
Height | Integer | The height of the photo. |
Width | Integer | The width of the photo. |
Position | Integer | The position of the photo in the album. |
Icon | String | A link to the icon Facebook displays when photos are published to the stream. |
PlaceId | String | The Id of the location associated with the post, if any. |
PlaceName | String | The name of the location associated with the post, if any. |
Images | String | An aggregate of four different images for the photo. |
CommentsCount | Integer | The number of comments for the photo. |
LikesCount | Integer | The number of times the photo has been liked. |
CommentsData | String | An aggregate of comments for this photo. |
LikesData | String | An aggregate of likes data. |
CreatedTime | Datetime | When the photo was uploaded. |
UpdatedTime | Datetime | When the photo was last updated. |