Privacy

The Privacy node is returned as part of a number of different types of nodes as a privacy field. Examples include posts, photos and videos.

Reading

Privacy info of a shared object

Example

Graph API Explorer

GET v24.0/...?fields={fieldname_of_type_Privacy} HTTP/1.1 Host: graph.facebook.com

/* PHP SDK v5.0.0 */ /* make the API call */ try {   // Returns a `Facebook\FacebookResponse` object   $response = $fb->get(     '...?fields={fieldname_of_type_Privacy}',     '{access-token}'   ); } catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookResponseException $e) {   echo 'Graph returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();   exit; } catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookSDKException $e) {   echo 'Facebook SDK returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();   exit; } $graphNode = $response->getGraphNode(); /* handle the result */

/* make the API call */ FB.api(     "...?fields={fieldname_of_type_Privacy}",     function (response) {       if (response && !response.error) {         /* handle the result */       }     } );

/* make the API call */ new GraphRequest(     AccessToken.getCurrentAccessToken(),     "...?fields={fieldname_of_type_Privacy}",     null,     HttpMethod.GET,     new GraphRequest.Callback() {         public void onCompleted(GraphResponse response) {             /* handle the result */         }     } ).executeAsync();

/* make the API call */ FBSDKGraphRequest *request = [[FBSDKGraphRequest alloc]                                initWithGraphPath:@"...?fields={fieldname_of_type_Privacy}"                                       parameters:params                                       HTTPMethod:@"GET"]; [request startWithCompletionHandler:^(FBSDKGraphRequestConnection *connection,                                       id result,                                       NSError *error) {     // Handle the result }];

If you want to learn how to use the Graph API, read our Using Graph API guide.

Parameters

This endpoint doesn't have any parameters.

Fields

Field	Description
`allow` token with structure: FriendList and User ID	The IDs of the specific users or friend lists that can see the object (as a comma-separated string). Default
`deny` token with structure: FriendList and User ID	The IDs of the specific users or friend lists that cannot see the object (as a comma-separate string). Default
`description` string	A description of the privacy settings. For custom settings, it can contain names of users, networks and friend lists. Default
`friends` enum	Which category of users can see the object. This field is only set when the 'value' field is CUSTOM. Default
`networks` string	The ID of the network that can see the object, or 1 for all of the user's networks. Default
`value` enum	The privacy value for the object. Default