This document describes how to integrate Kakao Talk Social APIs into your service with the JavaScript SDK v1 (also referred to as 'Legacy JavaScript SDK').

This API enables you to get the Kakao Talk profile of the user currently logged in.

Note that Kakao Talk profiles may be different from Kakao Account profiles. Refer to Concepts.

Call the Kakao.API.request() function, and set url to /v1/api/talk/profile to request Kakao Talk profile. You do not need to set the HTTP request header and other parameters because the JavaScript SDK v1 proceeds automatically and sends a request instead.

Kakao.API.request({
  url: "/v1/api/talk/profile",
  success: function (response) {
    console.log(response)
  },
  fail: function (error) {
    console.log(error)
  },
})

If the request is successful, the Kakao Talk profile information is returned in JSON format. To see more about the response, refer to REST API.

Opens the Friend picker and returns the information of the Kakao Talk friends selected by the user.

• The JavaScript SDK v1 only supports the full screen type of picker, while the Android and iOS SDK provides both the popup and full screen format of picker.
• To see the supported web browser, refer to Supported web browser.

// Pop-up method
Kakao.Picker.selectFriends({
  title: "Select friends",
  maxPickableCount: 10,
  minPickableCount: 1,
  success: function (response) {
    console.log(response)
  },
  fail: function (error) {
    console.log(error)
  },
})

// Redirect method
// Success: ${returnUrl}?selected=${SelectedUsers}
// Fail: ${returnUrl}?error=${Error}
Kakao.Picker.selectFriends({
  returnUrl: "https://developers.kakao.com", // Required
  title: "Select friends",
  maxPickableCount: 10,
  minPickableCount: 1,
})

If the request is successful, the information of the friends that a user selects from the Friend picker is returned through SelectedUsers.

You can get the list of Kakao Talk friends of the user currently logged in.

You can also add optional parameters for sort order, the number of friends to be retrieved on a page, and so on.

Call the Kakao.API.request() function, and set url to /v1/api/talk/friends to request Kakao Talk friends information. You do not need to set the HTTP request header and other parameters because the JavaScript SDK v1 proceeds automatically and sends a request instead.

Kakao.API.request({
  url: "/v1/api/talk/friends",
  success: function (response) {
    console.log(response)
  },
  fail: function (error) {
    console.log(error)
  },
})

If the request is successful, a list of friends is returned in JSON format. To see more about the response, refer to REST API.

If the request fails because the user has not agreed to provide the Friends list, proceed the followings:

• Check if 'Friends List in Kakao Service(Including profile image, nickname, and favorites)' is set to 'Consent during use' in Consent items.
• Request additional consent to the 'Friends List in Kakao Service(Including profile image, nickname, and favorites)' scope.

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