Thank you Arne, the problem was that I was not passing the ID as a
string, but as an integer.
I also changed the request to
req.add(req.newFetchPersonRequest(friendId), 'friend'); and that has
worked perfectly. Thanks for your help.
On Apr 23, 8:02 am, "Arne Roomann-Kurrik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> Can you try dumping the error that is returned by the request? Try doing
> something like this:
>
> function loadFriend(friendId) {
> var req = opensocial.newDataRequest();
> req.add(req.newFetchPersonAppDataRequest(friendId), 'friend');
> req.send(respondToFriend);
>
> };
>
> function respondToFriend(data) {
> if (data.get('friend').hadError()) {
> alert(data.get('friend').getErrorMessage());
> }
> var friend = data.get('friend').getData();
> var thumb = friend.getField(opensocial.Person.Field.THUMBNAIL_URL);
> html = new Array();
> html.push('<img src="' + thumb + '" />');
> _gel('friend_profile').innerHTML = html;
>
> };
>
> loadFriend("101671739618776309584");
>
> Note that the ID has to be a string, not a number. When I run the above
> code, I get the message: "unsupported id: 101671739618776309584"
>
> ~Arne
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 2:27 PM, BenP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm building my first iGoogle Gadget in the new Open Social Sandbox
> > and am having trouble getting a friend's profile from their ID.
>
> > I have all of my friends in an ordered list, and want to click an
> > individual friend and send a request to get that friend's profile,
> > sending their ID (getID())
>
> > My code is:
>
> > href="javascript:loadFriend(101671739618776309584);"
>
> > function loadFriend(friendId)
> > {
> > var req = opensocial.newDataRequest();
> > req.add(req.newFetchPersonAppDataRequest(friendId),
> > 'friend');
> > req.send(respondToFriend);
> > };
>
> > function respondToFriend(data)
> > {
> > var friend = data.get('friend').getData();
> > var thumb =
> > friend.getField(opensocial.Person.Field.THUMBNAIL_URL);
> > html = new Array();
> > html.push('<img src="' + thumb + '" />');
> > _gel('friend_profile').innerHTML = html;
> > };
>
> > But this doesn't work.
>
> > The data.get('friend') returns an Object but
> > data.get('friend').getData() returns null.
>
> > I have tried both newFetchPersonAppDataRequest and
> > newFetchPersonRequest. I've read the documentation and the API states:
> > "Object newFetchPersonRequest(id, opt_params)
> > Creates an item to request a profile for the specified person ID. When
> > processed, returns a Person object."
>
> > How do I get the full profile of a Single Friend from their ID? I've
> > searched everywhere, but all I can find is Lists of friends.
>
> > Thanks, Ben
>
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