Suggested Friend

Returns suggested friends on Under Armour and Facebook for a given user.

Resource URIs

Collection URI: /v7.1/friend_suggestion/

Item

Item Properties

Name Description Type HTTP Support
reasons A list of the reasons this user is being suggested. reason GET: Required

Reason object

An object that includes the suggestion source and weight as factored into the total suggestion score, e.g:

{"source": "facebook", weight: 1}

mutual_friends Links to the list of users the requesting user and this suggestion have in common. Includes a count of all mutual friends. user Links to the user being suggested. Includes the user’s display_name. profile_picture Links to the profile image for the suggested user.

Collection

Collection methods

GET Retrieve a list of friend suggestions.

Collection query parameters

Name Description Type Required
user The user to retrieve suggestions for. user id or href Required

Pagination parameters

Embedded collections

suggestions A collection of suggested friend items with properties as described under Item properties and links as described under Item links

Usage

GET Suggested Friends for a user

Request: GET /v7.1/friend_suggestion/?user={id}
Response: 200
{
    "_embedded": {
        "suggestions": [
            {
                "reasons": [
                    {
                        "source": "native",
                        "weight": 1.0
                    }
                ],
                "_links": {
                    "profile_picture": [
                        {
                            "href": "/v7.1/user_profile_photo/{their_id}/",
                            "id": "{their_id}",
                            "name": "user_profile_photo"
                        }
                    ],
                    "mutual_friends": [
                        {
                            "count": 4,
                            "href": "/v7.1/user/?mutual_friends_for={their_id},{your_id}"
                        }
                    ],
                    "user": [
                        {
                            "href": "/v7.1/user/{their_id}/",
                            "display_name": "Friend, A.",
                            "id": "876537"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            },
            ...
        ]
    },
    "_links": {
        "self": [
            {
                "href": "/v7.1/friend_suggestion/?limit=20&user={your_id}&offset=0"
            }
        ],
        "documentation": [
            {
                "href": "https://developer.underarmour.com/docs/"
            }
        ],
        "next": [
            {
                "href": "/v7.1/friend_suggestion/?limit=20&user={your_id}&offset=20"
            }
        ]
    }
}