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General Questions

How do I get a Facebook Application Access Token?

var fb = new FacebookClient();
dynamic result = fb.Get("oauth/access_token", new { 
	client_id     = "app_id", 
	client_secret = "app_secret", 
	grant_type    = "client_credentials" 
});

How do I exchange code for access token?

var fb = new FacebookClient();
dynamic result = fb.Get("oauth/access_token", new {
	client_id     = "app_id",
	client_secret = "app_secret",
	redirect_uri  = "http://yoururl.com/callback",
	code          = "code"		
});

How do I extend the expiry time of the access token?

var fb = new FacebookClient();
dynamic result = fb.Get("oauth/access_token", new {
	client_id         = "app_id",
	client_secret     = "app_secret",
	grant_type        = "fb_exchange_token",
	fb_exchange_token = "EXISTING_ACCESS_TOKEN"
});

For more information see https://developers.facebook.com/roadmap/offline-access-removal/

How do I debug the access token?

var fb = new FacebookClient();
dynamic result = fb.Get("debug_token", new {
	access_token = "your App Access Token or a valid User Access Token from a developer of the app",
	input_token  = "the Access Token to debug"
});

For more information see https://developers.facebook.com/docs/howtos/login/debugging-access-tokens/

I get "window.opener is null or not an object" when running Silverlight application.

The built-in Visual Studio Cassini Web Server is not supported. Use IIS or IIS express.

Does Facebook SDK for .NET support Facebook Chat?

Facebook SDK for .NET doesn't support the Facebook chat (nor do we have any plans to support it in the future). Facebook chat is based on the xmpp protocol thus any existing XMPP .NET libraries would work with Facebook Chat.

How do I check if a property exists?

Internally a json object of key value pair is IDictionary<string,object>. Any methods of it can be called.

var fb = new FacebookClient();
var result = (IDictionary<string,object>)fb.Get("4");
bool containsNameProperty = result.ContainsKey("name");

If you are using dynamic you can call ContainsKey without explicit casting.

var fb = new FacebookClient();
dynamic result = fb.Get("4");
bool containsNameProperty = result.ContainsKey("name");

Arrays can be casted to IList<object>.

How do I get the user id from the access token?

Since the access token is encrypted for security reasons you will need to make a request to the server to extract the user id.

var fb = new FacebookClient("access_token");
dynamic result = fb.Get("me?fields=id");
var id = result.id;

It is highly recommended to save the user id along with the access\token and access token expiration date.

I get Attempt to access the method failed: .<>f__AnonymousType0``1.get_q() when using anonymous objects as parameter in Windows Phone 7.

This is due the the security limitations in Windows Phone 7, to solve this issue make sure to add [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Facebook")] in AssemblyInfo.cs file.