Retrieving Basic User Information
There is a wealth of user information that you can retrieve from Live Connect including the user’s name, birthday, email addresses, and list of friends. In this section, I demonstrate how you can retrieve this information by taking advantage of the WL.api() method.
The WL.api() method enables you to interact with the Live Connect REST API. When you call the WL.api() method, you can supply the following four options:
path—A path to a REST object
method—An HTTP method such as GET, POST, MOVE, COPY
body—The body ...
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