FQL Query not returning all data

Question

I'm new to Facebook's Query Language and am currently having an issue getting data to return from my queries. I'm using an application token to query Facebook about a user who has given permissions to the application. What follows are the permissions requested, the JavaScript implementation, and the returned output (sanitized to cover personal info):

Permissions:

user_about_me, user_activities, user_birthday, user_education_history, user_friends, user_hometown, user_interests, user_likes, user_location, user_photos, user_religion_politics, user_work_history, email, read_friendlists

JavaScript:

FB.api(
{
    access_token : accessToken,
    method: 'fql.query',
    query: 'SELECT uid, name, email, pic, about_me, activities, books, education, hometown_location, interests, movies, music, political, profile_blurb, religion, tv, work' + 
        ' FROM user' +  
        ' WHERE uid IN (' + tokens + ')'
    },
    function(response) {
        alert(JSON.stringify(response));
    }
);

Output:

[{
    "uid": ID,
    "name": NAME,
    "email": EMAIL,
    "pic": PIC,
    "about_me": null,
    "activities": "",
    "books": "",
    "education": [],
    "hometown_location": null,
    "interests": "",
    "movies": "",
    "music": "Disturbed, System of a Down, The Bouncing Souls",
    "political": null,
    "profile_blurb": null,
    "religion": null,
    "tv": "",
    "work": []
}]

This data set is returned when I run the query from my site or via the Graph API Explorer using the application token. However, when I use the Graph API Explorer with an access token, I receive more information back (education,hometown, religion, politcal, work, etc).

My question is am I doing something wrong or cannot I not access certain data with an application token? The documentation (https://developers.facebook.com/docs/opengraph/using-actions/#appaccesstoken - Other Capabilities of an App Access Token) led me to believe I could access this data without issue seeing as how the application was granted permission. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

CBroe CBroe · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-04T00:11:00

It explicitly says there:

“While an App Access Token is largely for the purposes of publishing information back to Facebook on behalf of the user, there is a limited set of information that can be retrieved from Facebook using an App Access Token.”

Basic Profile Info of a User (ID, Name, Username, Gender)

A User’s Friends and their IDs

Permissions granted by the User to your App

So it clearly says that you can not access everything that you can access with a user access token with an app access token instead.

FQL Query not returning all data

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