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How can I access user likes information using Graph API?

I am trying to use facebook Graph API to fetch user details.
Below is my FB.api query :
FB.api('/me', 'GET', { access_token: token, fields:'id,name,email,gender,location,likes' }, function(response) {
console.log(response);
alert(response);
});
With above query i am able to fetch id, name and gender but not location, email and likes.
Version for FB SDK : v2.5
I think the issue is related to some permissions required to fetch such private data of user.
Please suggest what need to be done to get all the data.

You need to ask for the permissions in the login process, with the scope parameter. Here is a list of those: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/permissions
Here´s how to use FB.login with additional permissions:
FB.login(function(response) {
if (response.authResponse) {
//user just authorized your app
document.getElementById('loginBtn').style.display = 'none';
getUserData();
}
}, {scope: 'email,user_likes,user_location'});
Source: http://www.devils-heaven.com/facebook-javascript-sdk-login/
Make sure you read about Login Review too: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/review

Facebook Login via PHP SDK, then use JS SDK

I have developed an application where users login via facebook (PHP SDK); now I would like to add JS SDK too, because I want to implement a generic friend selector (http://facebook-friend-selector.codersgrave.com/) that works with JS SDK. I have two questions about:
1) Can mixing the two SDK lead to problems?
2) I added the JS SDK code as explained in the documentation and tried a simple request
FB.api('/me/friends', function(response) {
alert(JSON.stringify(response));
});
but I get an error (unknown error); I also tried a dialog box
FB.ui({
method: 'feed',
link: 'https://developers.facebook.com/docs/dialogs/',
caption: 'An example caption',
}, function(response){});
but the box appears and suddenly disappears. I think the issue is related to the authentication...I guess, since my users are authenticated via PHP, that I need to pass the access token to JS, but how? This question Passing the Facebook Authorization Token from PHP to Javascript seems to be exactly what I need but I don't understand the answer: it says to store the token in a cookie, but how can JS know about it, which name the cookie should have?
Finally, if I do something like
FB.getLoginStatus(function(response) {
if (response.status === 'connected') {
alert('connected');
var uid = response.authResponse.userID;
var accessToken = response.authResponse.accessToken;
}
});
I actually get a "connected" alert, that means that JS knows that the user is logged in, even if the login was via PHP, so where is the problem?

Solved. My code contained two stupid mistakes, this is the correct code:
function test(){
FB.getLoginStatus(function(response) {
if (response.status === 'connected') {
var uid = response.authResponse.userID;
var accessToken = response.authResponse.accessToken;
FB.api('/me/friends', function(response) {
alert(JSON.stringify(response));
});
}
});
}
Test
In the first version the call to the friends method was outside the getLoginStatus method, so it was called before setting the variable accesToken, furthermore, I haven't the "return false" statement after the test() call.

FB.api error when fb.getLoginStatus works

very frustrated with javascript SDK for facebook.
can someone tell me why this works (gives an alert with my facebook name):
FB.getLoginStatus(function(response) {
if (response.authResponse) {
token = response.authResponse.accessToken;
FB.api('/me', function(response) {
console.log(response);
alert('Your name is ' + response.name);
// do something here they are logged in and have given you perms
});
} else {
// no user session available, someone you dont know
}
});
But this returns an error, "An active access token must be used to query information about the current user.":
FB.api('/me', function(response) {
console.log(response);
alert('Your name is ' + response.name);
});

But this returns an error, "An active access token must be used to query information about the current user."
Well, because you haven’t acquired an access token before calling the method …?
FB.getLoginStatus provides you with a fresh user access token, provided the user has authorized your app before.
But if you skip this step of interaction with Facebook – where do you expect a valid access token to come from?
Right, there is none – and therefore you are getting the error message, stating exactly that …

FQL Javascript Access Token

I've pretty new to using FQL in any form, sorry if this is a simple question, but I can't seem to get around it.
I have this code that's attempting to get a Friend list:
var query = FB.Data.query('SELECT '+response.id+', '+response.name+' FROM friendlist from user where uid=' + response.id);
But the response I keep getting back is
"An active access token must be used to query information about the current user."
When I pull back the response object from the /me query I see all my information such as location, name, work, etc. But I don't see any access token
The code starts like this:
window.fbAsyncInit = function() {
FB.init({appId: '12...0', status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true});
/* All the events registered */
FB.Event.subscribe('auth.login', function(response) {
// do something with response
login();
});
FB.Event.subscribe('auth.logout', function(response) {
// do something with response
logout();
});
FB.getLoginStatus(function(response) {
if (response.session) {
// logged in and connected user, someone you know
login();
}
});
How do I acquire an access token and provide along with the FQL query?
Thanks for any advice ahead of time!

The access token that you have to use in order to do all types of requests to the Graph API (including FQL queries) is given by facebook after the user has succesfuly logged in.
If you are using firebug do a console.log(response) after the user logs in to see the object that you receive.
FB.Event.subscribe('auth.login', function(response) {
console.log(response);
// do something with response
login();
});
It should contain 3 properties: perms, session and status. perms contains a list with permissions granted by the user, the status it's the status of the current user. What matters to you is the session property. This one it's also an object that among others has a access_token property (string) which you can use to do requests to API.
So, your query may look like this:
var query = FB.Data.query('SELECT '+response.id+', '+response.name+' FROM friendlist from user where uid=' + response.id + '&access_token='+response.session.access_token);
If you want to get the session in a better way, use FB.getSession, which returns the current session. More info here.
Good luck !

How to get Facebook user's friends information using JavaScript SDK

I am using the Facebook JavaScript SDK. I am able to get the user's information using:
FB.api('/me', function(response) {
....
});
I get the user's friends using:
FB.api('/me/friends', function(response) {
...
}); //.. it only has two values name and id.
I want to get friends Date of birth and location. Is there a FB.api method to get it or can I get it using FB.Data.query?

First your app needs to have the correct permissions, friends_birthday and friends_location in this case.
Next, use the fields parameter in your Graph API request to request the birthday and location fields:
FB.api('/me/friends', {fields: 'name,id,location,birthday'}, function(response) {
//...
});
Depending on privacy settings on some of the friends' accounts, you may or may not be able to access birthday or location data, so make sure you handle the cases where the info is missing. See this question for why.

Doing:
FB.api('/me/friends', function(response) {
...
}); //.. it only has two values name and id.
You will get:
{data: [{id: "xxxxx", name: "Friend name"}, {id: "xxxxx", name: "Friend name"}]}
Than you could access the resource using received id:
FB.api('/xxxxx', function(response) {
...
}); // {first_name: "Name", gender: "male", id: "xxxxxx",.. etc}

You'll need an authenticated user with the user_birthday, friends_birthday, user_location & friends_location permissions. Then you can do something like:
FB.api('/me/friends', { fields: 'name,id,location,birthday' }, function(result) {
// resut has the data
})
Try it out here.

I barely know anything about FB API but have you looked at this:
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/javascript/FB.Data.query
And this:
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/fql/

You can get complete friend's id and name in an array by using FB.api. One needs to initialize the app using FB.init and later checks if user is logged in using FB.getloginstatus(). then only FB.api is useful.
Here is a link which explains how to fetch friends using Javascript SDK.