How to get an Image from facebook and use ImageResizer MVC4 & C#

Question

So I got this Image from facebook that I want to resize and if possible make it JPG.

Problem: I dont have the right URL for the Image (I think) At the moment I'm using the:

graph.facebook.com/" + json["id"] + "/picture" 

This will give me the link for the Image but not the .jpg session?`

So when I try to use ImageResize on this Image URL it doesn't recognize the url. Wich I understand.. So any idea on how I can get the ImageURL? Thank you.

Answer 1

Actually what I did was:

   public static string GetPictureUrl(string faceBookId)
        {

            WebResponse response = null;
            string pictureUrl = string.Empty;
            try
            {
                WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(string.Format("https://graph.facebook.com/{0}/picture?width=320&height=320", faceBookId));
                response = request.GetResponse();
                pictureUrl = response.ResponseUri.ToString();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                //? handle
            }
            finally
            {
                if (response != null) response.Close();
            }
            return pictureUrl;
        }

This lets me retrieve the URL of the image :)!