Facebook Cookbook

Groups Table

Problem

What’s the schema for the group table?

Solution

The group table stores the groups that have been created in the Facebook Groups app. Its fields are listed in Table 8-11. Queries to this table will only return data the current user is allowed to see (meaning you can’t request groups that the current loggedinuser can’t see). More information about this table, including an up-to-date listing of fields, can be found at http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Group_(FQL).

Table 8-11. group table fields

Name	Type	Index	Description
gid	int	•	Group ID of this group.
name	string		Name of this group.
nid	int		Network ID that this group belongs to, if any.
pic_small	string		URL of the small picture for this group (max width of 50 px and max height of 150 px). Might be empty if this field wasn’t set by the creator.
pic_big	string		URL of the big picture for this group (max width of 200 px and max height of 600 px). Might be empty if this field wasn’t set by the creator.
pic	string		URL of the picture for this group (max width of 100 px and max height of 300 px). Might be empty if this field wasn’t set by the creator.
description	string		Description of this group.
group_type	string		Type of group. Can be any one of Business, Common Interest, Entertainment & Arts, Geography, Internet & Technology, Just for Fun, Music, Organizations, Sports & Recreation, or Student Groups.
group_subtype	string		Subtype of this group. Subtypes are tied to the type, and each has between 3 and 20 options. ...