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I know that this question was raised out several times,
and I even read most of the questions regarding the topic.
But there was a gap of about a month till now, and I'd like to know if there is any process in changing the Timeline Cover picture from the api(via an app).
Do you know any new information about this?
Or is there a solution out there? (except for uploading to cover folder)

Thanks in advance.

funerr
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In fact, there´s no API support for it, but you can upload a photo and then redirect user to: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?preview_cover=PHOTO_ID

Will Soares
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  • Sorry miss a point here. Suppose you redirect, and...? Will it affect an actual timeline photo in any way? – jayarjo Feb 15 '13 at 17:33
  • No... If PHOTO_ID is owned by the user, the link above will display the image as cover in preview mode. User can Save it or Cancel. – Will Soares Feb 27 '13 at 20:49
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There is currently no API to change the cover photo; i'm not aware of plans to change this

Igy
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facebook does not allow an app to upload a picture to the profile album. that is sort of a security restriction and will apply to cover images too, i guess. so you can upload a picture to a new album or any other album, but NOT the profile or timeline cover album.

i doubt that facebook will ever change this, unfortunately.

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  • well, there is a newer way to update the cover AND profile photo of a facebook page, but there is no way to update any of those for a user profile. – andyrandy Oct 23 '12 at 08:04
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Profile Timeline is not yet released for all, so maybe we won't be getting any access via graph api until facebook releases timeline for all.

Syed I.R.
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  • I do have timeline enabled, in my profile. So can I code something to work with it? – funerr Nov 10 '11 at 12:53
  • You have the timeline enabled and some other's have it as well, but it's not officially enabled for all, so i do not think we will have any access to that until they enable timeline for all and nope, as of now there is no way to auto set your images as your cover using graph api, but you can upload an image on their profile and show them instructions on how to set that uploaded image as their cover image, recently we coded this for a client, have a look: http://bit.ly/omitBf – Syed I.R. Nov 10 '11 at 19:00