Data.getCookies
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Description
This method returns all cookies for a given user and application.
Cookies only apply to Web applications; they do not apply to desktop applications.
Parameters
| Required | Name | Type | Description | |
| required | uid | int | The user from whom to get the cookies. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| optional | name | string | The name of the cookie. If not specified, all the cookies for the given user get returned. |
Response
Returns the data corresponding to the cookie(s) associated with the application for the specified user.
Example Return XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<data_getCookie_response xmlns="http://api.facebook.com/1.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://api.facebook.com/1.0/ http://api.facebook.com/1.0/facebook.xsd">
<uid>508508326</uid>
<name>Foo</name>
<value>Bar</value>
<expires>0</expires>
<path>/tmp/</path>
</data_getCookie_response>
FQL Equivalent
FQL queries take the form: SELECT <fields> FROM <table> WHERE <conditions>
This function is similar to doing the following FQL query, with the appropriate parameters filled in:
SELECT uid, name, value, expires, path
FROM cookies
WHERE uid=508508326 AND name='Foo'
Error Codes
| Code | Description | |
| 1 | An unknown error occurred. Please resubmit the request. | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | The service is not available at this time. | |
| 4 | The application has reached the maximum number of requests allowed. More requests are allowed once the time window has completed. | |
| 5 | The request came from a remote address not allowed by this application. | |
| 101 | The API key submitted is not associated with any known application. | |
| 104 | Incorrect signature. |
Notes
- This method does not require a
session_key. Desktop applications should not call this method. - You can call this method using a session secret, and not the application secret (for example, for a Facebook Connect site).
