For multi-photo upload, how do I get it using API? - facebook-graph-api

Question

I was trying to get the photos from facebook using the graph api, however, it seems like it will not include theose multi-photo upload images.
I have use graph api explorer to check, I put down
/<album id>/photos
It seems only retrieve the single photos and does not show the multi-photo upload images in the list.
How do I retrieve those multi-photo upload images using graph api?

Answer 1

From my understanding of the Graph which I won't deny is a bit limited compared to most. FB Graph api is a one to one upload. In order to upload multiple files you have to come up with a logic that suits your apps needs. Essentially building your own "queue" like logic so one photo will send after the other after the other.

Answer 2

Session.openActiveSession() only get the basic permissions such as "user_about_me", "basic_info" and "user_photos". To prove this, you could get the permissions from access token via Session.getActiveSession().getPermissions().
Thus, if you want to show multi-photo upload, you need to request additional permission "user_status". Below is the sample code, it works for me.
Session.openActiveSession(this, true, new Session.StatusCallback() {
//callback when session changes state
#Override
public void call(Session session, SessionState state, Exception exception) {
if (session.isOpened()) {
List<String> PERMISSIONS = Arrays.asList("user_photos","user_status");
session.requestNewReadPermissions(new Session.NewPermissionsRequest(PictureStreamMainActivity.this, PERMISSIONS));
Request.executeMeRequestAsync(session, new Request.GraphUserCallback() {
// callback after Graph API response with user object
#Override
public void onCompleted(GraphUser user, Response response) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
mMeId = user.getId();
}
});
}
}
});