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Hi all,
i did some research and followed the guide by @MAKS SURGUY http://maxoffsky.com/code-blog/integrating-facebook-login-into-laravel-application/ which allows me to retrieve the facebook user URL when they login through the facebook's api.
(Example) https://www.facebook.com/app_scoped_user_id/101529168619xxxxx/ (xxxx is hashed for privacy)
What i want to know is if there is a way i can retrieve this URL instead.
(Example) https://www.facebook.com/bella.xxxx (xxxx is hashed for privacy)
The second URL which i am trying to archive will allow users that are not logged onto facebook to view the person's profile. Through the link. While the first URL requires the user to be logged in to their account on facebook to view the profile.
Thanks in advance.
@bellaratmelia why not use the new L5 Socialite, very easy to setup and works great with Facebook. Facebook API is native and requires a little more heavy lifting. I cann recall who, but someone has ported Socialite to L4.2 if you need it.
https://laracasts.com/series/whats-new-in-laravel-5/episodes/9
It seems you can't get the pretty profile URL from the Facebook OAuth API. Source: stackoverflow, but the linked to Facebook dev page doesn't seem to mention it anymore. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29152500/get-real-profile-url-from-facebook-graph-api-user
It's a shame, as there seems to be no username for Facebook. I like doing example.com/users/$username
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