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Get Latest Employer Using Facebook Graph API

How can I get the latest employer for a registered user using the Graph API? I know I can find all the listed employers using:

https://graph.facebook.com/me/friendlists/work

And I can use the returned number from the "id" field and stick with "/ members" to get the members of that group.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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<?php

$config = array(
'appId' => FB_APP_ID,
'secret' => FB_SECRET_KEY,
'cookie' => true // enable optional cookie support  
);
$facebook = new Facebook($config); 
$user = $facebook->getUser();

$params = array(
'scope' => 'user_work_history',
'redirect_uri' => FB_APP_URL,
);


$loginUrl = $facebook->getLoginUrl($params); 

if ($user) {
  try { 
    $user_profile = $facebook->api('/me');

    var_dump($user_profile["work"][0]["employer"]["name"]); //will display most recent eployer

  } catch (FacebookApiException $e) {
        $user = null;
    }
}
else
{
?>
    <script>top.location.href = "<?php echo $loginUrl?>";
<?php

}


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This functionality appears to be exposed to the user endpoint using additional parameters as appropriate for your search.

For example:

https://graph.facebook.com/me?fields=work


From the documentation :

  • work

    : list of user's work history
    • Permission marks: user_work_history

      orfriends_work_history

    • Returns: an array of objects containing the employer, location, position, start_date, and end_date fields

You can intelligently find the current user user by checking start_date

and end_date

accordingly. For a user other than the current user, replace me

with the required one PROFILE_ID

.

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