// Gets basic info about an account on Facebook
func FacebookGetUserInfo(id string, params FacebookParams) FacebookAccount {
var account FacebookAccount
if id != "" {
var buffer bytes.Buffer
buffer.WriteString(fbGraphApiBaseUrl)
buffer.WriteString(id)
buffer.WriteString("?")
// convert struct to querystring params (for now, only pass the access_token, the other stuff doesn't matter for our use here)
userInfoParams := FacebookParams{AccessToken: params.AccessToken}
v, err := query.Values(userInfoParams)
if err != nil {
return account
}
buffer.WriteString(v.Encode())
userInfoUrl := buffer.String()
buffer.Reset()
// set up the request
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", userInfoUrl, nil)
if err != nil {
return account
}
// doo it
resp, err := fbHttpClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
return account
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
dec := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body)
dec.Decode(&account)
// close the response now, we don't need it anymore - it should close right after this anyway because of the defer... but these calls are atomic. so just to be safe.
// i've had too much trouble with unclosed http requests. i'm happy to be paranoid and safe rather than sorry, because i've been sorry and sore before.
resp.Body.Close()
}
return account
}
// Gets the public posts for a given user or page id (or name actually)
func FacebookFeed(territoryName string, harvestState config.HarvestState, account string, params FacebookParams) (FacebookParams, config.HarvestState) {
// XBox page feed for example...
// https://graph.facebook.com/xbox
// 16547831022
// Look for access_token override, if not present, use default fbToken from config
if params.AccessToken == "" {
params.AccessToken = fbToken
}
// If that happens to be empty, just return.
if params.AccessToken == "" {
return params, harvestState
}
var buffer bytes.Buffer
buffer.WriteString(fbGraphApiBaseUrl)
buffer.WriteString(account)
buffer.WriteString("/feed?")
// convert struct to querystring params
v, err := query.Values(params)
if err != nil {
return params, harvestState
}
buffer.WriteString(v.Encode())
feedUrl := buffer.String()
buffer.Reset()
// set up the request
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", feedUrl, nil)
if err != nil {
return params, harvestState
}
// doo it
resp, err := fbHttpClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
return params, harvestState
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
// now to parse response, store and contine along.
data := struct {
Posts []FacebookPost `json:"data"`
Paging struct {
Previous string `json:"previous"`
Next string `json:"next"`
} `json:"paging"`
}{}
dec := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body)
dec.Decode(&data)
//log.Println(data)
// close the response now, we don't need it anymore - otherwise it'll stay open while we write to the database. best to close it.
resp.Body.Close()
// parse the querystring of "next" so we can get the "until" value for params
if data.Paging.Next != "" {
u, err := url.Parse(data.Paging.Next)
if err == nil {
m, _ := url.ParseQuery(u.RawQuery)
if _, ok := m["until"]; ok {
params.Until = m["until"][0]
} else {
// By setting this empty, we'll know not to loop again. This is up to date and should be the last request for this harvest.
params.Until = ""
}
} else {
// log.Println(err)
}
}
// Only attempt to store if we have some results.
if len(data.Posts) > 0 {
// Save, then return updated params and harvest state for next round (if there is another one)
harvestState.ItemsHarvested, harvestState.LastId, harvestState.LastTime = FacebookPostsOut(data.Posts, territoryName, params)
}
return params, harvestState
}