iOS5 - How to parse JSON response from Facebook [duplicate] - ios

Question

I am using Facebook Graph API...for fetching the data of news feed of the facebook profile..
and here is the response that i am getting in the console
{
application = {
id = 2309869772;
name = Links;
};
"created_time" = "2011-02-10T09:44:27+0000";
from = {
id = 1845195019;
name = "Paritosh Raval";
};
icon = "http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/v1/yD/r/aS8ecmYRys0.gif";
id = "1845195019_192144087475935";
likes = {
count = 1;
data = (
{
id = 1845195019;
name = "Paritosh Raval";
}
);
};
link = "http://www.facebook.com/AMDAVAD";
name = "once you live in AHMEDABAD u cannot live anywhere else in the world..";
picture = "http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/203562_115963658443669_4129246_n.jpg";
properties = (
{
name = Page;
text = "21,803 people like this.";
}
);
type = link;
"updated_time" = "2011-02-10T09:44:27+0000";
},
{
application = {
id = 2392950137;
name = Video;
};
"created_time" = "2011-02-02T04:18:22+0000";
description = "must watch and explore :))";
from = {
id = 1845195019;
name = "Paritosh Raval";
};
icon = "http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/v1/yD/r/aS8ecmYRys0.gif";
id = "1845195019_194836027209359";
likes = {
count = 1;
data = (
{
id = 100000701228096;
name = "Bhargav Jani";
}
);
};
link = "http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=152586058110610&comments";
name = "It Happens Only in....";
"object_id" = 152586058110610;
picture = "http://vthumb.ak.fbcdn.net/hvthumb-ak-snc4/50893_152586468110569_152586058110610_18299_1832_t.jpg";
properties = (
{
name = Length;
text = "0:54";
}
);
source = "http://video.ak.fbcdn.net/cfs-ak-ash2/70137/56/152586058110610_53804.mp4?oh=481e53b824f6db8e3195fc9c0d07571d&oe=4DAFC300&__gda__=1303364352_7670272db65e93ec75dcaaed16b6d805";
type = video;
"updated_time" = "2011-02-02T04:18:22+0000";
}
And I want to show every data in the organized structure in the console. Can anyone help me with this?

Answer 1

it's unclear what you exactly asking but I try to answer.
First of all you need to parse this response in the method
- (void)request:(FBRequest *)request didLoad:(id)result of Facebook iOS SDK
result can be a string, a NSArray if you have multiple results and NSDictionary
In you console output we can see NSDictionary with included arrays and dictionaries in it.
I have little tutorial about it but it's on russian only and site is down today :( so i just copy one example from my article.
Let say we want to know what facebook user Likes
- (IBAction)getUserInfo:(id)sender {
[_facebook requestWithGraphPath:#"me/likes" andDelegate:self];
}
if we try this Graph API response in browser or output to console we can see what this request returns. It returns dictionary with one and only key - "data" and corresponded array to this key. This array contents dictionary objects again with keys -
«name»,"category","id","created_time". Dont forget request «user_likes» permission before.
So we have parsing method like that:
- (void)request:(FBRequest *)request didLoad:(id)result {
if ([result isKindOfClass:[NSArray class]]) {
result = [result objectAtIndex:0];
}
if ([result objectForKey:#"owner"]) {
[self.label setText:#"Photo upload Success"];
} else if ([result objectForKey:#"data"]){
NSArray *likes = [result objectForKey:#"data"];
NSString *text=#"You don't like Steve";
for (NSDictionary* mylike in likes) {
NSString *mylikeName = [mylike objectForKey:#"name"];
if ([mylikeName isEqualToString:#"Steve Jobs"]) {
text=#"You like Steve";
break;
}
}
[self.label setText:text];
}
};
You can parse you result same way and fill your object's variables and then use it to display information in TableView for example. good luck!