How to retrieve user country using facebook Graph API? - facebook-graph-api

Question

I want to retrieve the logged in user country, and insert it into a div.
I succeed making it with the user Name, Gender and Age range, but somewhy I can't retrieve the country.
Here is my code:
function testAPI() {
console.log('Welcome! Fetching your information.... ');
FB.api('/me?fields=name,email,gender,age_range,picture,country', function (response) {
document.getElementById('status').innerHTML = response.name + ",";
document.getElementById('status1').innerHTML = response.gender + ",";
document.getElementById('status2').innerHTML = (response.age_range.min) + "-" + (response.age_range.min + 1) + " years old";
document.getElementById('status3').innerHTML = response.country;
}
Thanks!

Answer 1

To complete what Lix said:
You can do it with only one call to Graph API, by calling
/me?fields=name,email,gender,age_range,picture,location{location}
Indeed, the location object under the user object is a Page object, which has a Location object.
So, this will give you something like this:
"location": {
"location": {
"city": "Ramat Gan",
"country": "Israel",
"latitude": 32.0833,
"longitude": 34.8167,
"zip": "<<not-applicable>>"
}
}
This avoids you to make a double call to Graph API.

Answer 2

I believe the parameter you are looking for is location instead of country.
/me?fields=name,email,gender,age_range,picture,location
In order to query this data, you'll need your users to grant you the user_location permission.
This will give you value of the user submitted field - take note that this parameter might not always be populated since it depends on the user actually submitting this information - if they have not provided it - you will not be able to retrieve it.
The object will look something like this:
"location": {
"id": "112604772085346",
"name": "Ramat Gan"
},
Once you have the location object (which will most likely be a page), you can query that object to retrieve the country:
/112604772085346?fields=location
This will give you more information including the country.
{
"location": {
"city": "Ramat Gan",
"country": "Israel",
"latitude": 32.0833,
"longitude": 34.8167,
"zip": "<<not-applicable>>"
},
"id": "112604772085346"
}

Answer 3

Fields in Fb API are now concatenable, so, for a detailed info of User's location you need:
scope="public_profile,user_location"
fields="name,location{location{country, country_code, city, city_id, latitude, longitude, region, region_id, state, street, name}}"

Answer 4

v2.11 query:
/me?fields=hometown,location
permission:
user_hometown
user_location
result:
{
"hometown": {
"id": "XXXXREDACTED",
"name": "Manila, Philippines"
},
"location": {
"id": "XXXXREDACTED",
"name": "Manila, Philippines"
},
"id": "XXXXREDACTED"
}