Is the Facebook Graph API easy to use?

Facebook is changing which means that some things might be easier to do programmatically. So developers like me will be able to pass this on to you in the form of an easy to use plugin.For example, according to the documentation at facebook developers > Core Concepts > Graph API you can render the current profile photo for any object by adding the suffix /picture to the object URL. For example, this will render your public profile photo and there are 3 different sizes: square (50×50) , small (50xvariable) and large (200xvariable) Examples of my profile ( http://www.facebook.com/bobbingwide )

Default = Square  (50×50)

<img src=”https://graph.facebook.com/bobbingwide/picture”>

Small (50 x variable height)

<img src=”http://graph.facebook.com/bobbingwide/picture?type=small”> This can actually appear smaller than square even though it’s physically bigger.

Large (200 x variable height)

<img src=”http://graph.facebook.com/bobbingwide/picture?type=large”>

Example of our business page’s profile

<img src=”http://graph.facebook.com/353892582691/picture”>

Sample output for the object URL

This is what you get if you go to http://graph.facebook.com/353892582691 { “id”: “353892582691”, “name”: “www.bobbingwide.com”, “picture”: “http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/27533_353892582691_5748_s.jpg”, “link”: “http://www.facebook.com/pages/wwwbobbingwidecom/353892582691″, “category”: “Website”, “website”: “www.bobbingwide.com\nwww.bobbingwidewebdesign.com\nwww.bobbingwidewebdevelopment.com\n”, “founded”: “2010”, “company_overview”: “Bobbing Wide is a web design – web development company based in Rowlands Castle, Hampshire, UK.\nWe specialise in websites developed in WordPress and Drupal.\n”, “mission”: “To design, develop, support and enhance websites for small businesses in and around Hampshire and West Sussex… or further afield.\nTo maintain a good work life balance”, “products”: “new web sites, website maintenance and support. We design and develop websites ranging from Wonder of WordPress (WoW) websites, right up to full e-commerce sites using Drupal and Ubercart. “, “location”: { “street”: “41 Redhill Road”, “city”: “Rowlands Castle”, “country”: “United Kingdom”, “zip”: “PO9 6DE” }, “phone”: “02392 410090″, “likes”: 41 }