Friend Service Tasks #

Common objectives you can achieve using the Friend Service include:

Pragma currently supports the Friend API in the Unreal SDK. Unity implementation is available through FriendServiceRaw.cs.

Initialize the Friend service (Required) #

Before you can issue any Friend service calls using the Friend API, you must initialize the service using the Friend API Initialize method. After you receive a successful response, you can begin using the Friend service API.

Player->FriendApi().Initialize(
    FOnCompleteDelegate
);

The Initialize method triggers the OnChanged events, providing you with a list of friends and invites.

Related events:

Related errors:

Send a friend invite #

A player can send an invite to another player using the player’s social ID or display name. Social IDs and display names may be visible in game instances, on leaderboards, or communicated through methods outside of Pragma, such as via social media. Developers can access the SocialId and DisplayName via the Unreal UPragmaPartyPlayer object. Pragma recommends sending invites by socialId if possible because display names can easily change. However, display names may be preferable if manually typing in a value.

When called, SendFriendInviteByDisplayName and SendFriendInviteBySocialId add a pending sent invite to the inviter’s friend list, and a pending received invite to the invitee’s friend list.

Invites do not expire.

Send a friend invite by social ID #

To send a friend invite using the invitee’s social ID, use the Friend API’s SendFriendInviteBySocialId method.

Player->FriendApi().SendFriendInviteBySocialId(
    SocialId,
    FOnCompleteDelegate
);

SendFriendInviteBySocialIdV1(SendFriendInviteBySocialIdV1Request request,
            Protocol.OnComplete<SendFriendInviteBySocialIdV1Response> callback)

Send a friend invite by display name #

To send a friend invite using the invitee’s display name, use the Friend API’s SendFriendInviteByDisplayName method.

Player->FriendApi().SendFriendInviteByDisplayName(
    DisplayName,
    FOnCompleteDelegate
);

SendFriendInviteV1(SendFriendInviteV1Request request,
            Protocol.OnComplete<SendFriendInviteV1Response> callback)

Related events:

Accept a friend request #

To accept a friend invite, use the Friend API’s AcceptFriendInvite method with the inviter’s social ID. When accepted, the inviter and invitee are added to each other’s friend list.

Player->FriendApi().AcceptFriendInvite(
    InviterSocialId,
    FOnCompleteDelegate
);

RespondToFriendInviteV1(RespondToFriendInviteV1Request request,
            Protocol.OnComplete<RespondToFriendInviteV1Response> callback)

To view pending friend invites, use GetReceivedInvites.

Related events:

Decline a friend request #

To decline a friend invite, use the Friend API’s DeclineFriendInvite with the inviter’s social ID.

Player->FriendApi().DeclineFriendInvite(
    InviterSocialId,
    FOnCompleteDelegate
);

RespondToFriendInviteV1(RespondToFriendInviteV1Request request,
            Protocol.OnComplete<RespondToFriendInviteV1Response> callback)

To view pending friend invites, use GetReceivedInvites.

Related events:

View friend list and invite data #

You can access friend list and invite data in the following ways:

  • Listen to events that communicate friend and invite information:

    • OnFriendListChanged
    • OnSentInvitesChanged
    • OnReceivedInvitesChanged

  • Use the following Get methods:

    • Unreal:
      • GetFriends
      • GetSentInvites
      • GetReceivedInvites
    • Unity:
      • GetFriendListV1

    See: Friend SDK methods and Friend events for more details.

Remove a friend #

To remove a player from your friend list, use the Friend API’s RemoveFriend with the player’s social ID. This call removes each player from the other player’s friend list.

Player->FriendApi().RemoveFriend(
    SocialId
    FOnCompleteDelegate
);

RemoveFriendV1(RemoveFriendV1Request request,
            Protocol.OnComplete<RemoveFriendV1Response> callback)

Related events:


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