Get Facebook profile picture using API and save it to a project folder

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I want to get the users facebook profile picture and save it to a folder inside the project folder. By using this I can get the facebook pic; it displays the pic. Is there any possible way to download this picture and store inside a particular folder?

function getPhoto() { FB.api('/me/picture?type=normal', function(response) { var str="<br/><b>Pic</b> : <img src='"+response.data.url+"'/>"; document.getElementById("status").innerHTML+=str; });

Can you also access the FB user server-side, as in do you have him authenticated there, you could or upload the response.data.url or just make a FB API call from the server — EaterOfCode
– EaterOfCode, Commented Sep 1, 2014 at 7:05
Why don't you use server side scripting language like PHP for this??? — Manwal
– Manwal, Commented Sep 1, 2014 at 7:08
server side is in python. I didn't write anything there. I just tried out this hayageek.com/facebook-javascript-sdk and it's working. I only want to get the facebook profile pic not other details. — Michelle De Waas Gunawardena
– Michelle De Waas Gunawardena, Commented Sep 1, 2014 at 7:08
You can simply send url of profile pic using ajax to python and save it as you want. @MichelleDeWaasGunawardena — Manwal
– Manwal, Commented Sep 1, 2014 at 7:10
@Manwal I'm kind of new to this python and web development. So if I send the image URL to python can I save the image in a static folder? — Michelle De Waas Gunawardena
– Michelle De Waas Gunawardena, Commented Sep 1, 2014 at 7:20

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:30:50Z

javascript can't access files in the browser, you can do it on the server with nodejs. You can only store cookies in the browser.

Read/write to file using jQuery

teshvenk · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-01 07:13:21Z

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You got facebook profile URL right.. Then send it to backend via Ajax. You problem will be solved.

answered Sep 1, 2014 at 7:13

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Michelle De Waas Gunawardena Over a year ago

I'm kind of new to this python and web development. So if I send the image URL to python can I save the image in a static folder?

teshvenk Over a year ago

Yes.. You can download image using the URL in your python and store it in your folder

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