I have a list of FB ids, is there a canon way of constructing their FB url without a graph query?
For example, I have ids 3, 4, 5, and i want the Facebook URL for them without using the graph api and save them down
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I've collected info together:
user_link
, see https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/permissions/link
(e.g. https://graph.facebook.com/me?fields=link,name,email)link
from answer. Be aware of field length- in my case it is 202: https://www.facebook.com/app_scoped_user_id/YXNpZADpBWEd0SlhFZAElYa3BQT3U3Tm4xWVRLSlJfYUdUM3Y4YmIwQjBaRkM0VDBMNURQdUhhYk5NRDJoR1ZA5ZA1JOdGNwampsSTQyMDQwbW93bkp0dnZAmOXg3NTFISFVZAQlRscWQ5eEZAvcU4xZAC1B/And finaly: it doen't work without additional Facebook permission check:(
The easiest and the most correct (and legal) way is to use graph api.
Just perform the request: http://graph.facebook.com/4
which returns
{
"id": "4",
"name": "Mark Zuckerberg",
"first_name": "Mark",
"last_name": "Zuckerberg",
"link": "http://www.facebook.com/zuck",
"username": "zuck",
"gender": "male",
"locale": "en_US"
}
and take the link
key.
You can also reduce the traffic by using fields
parameter: http://graph.facebook.com/4?fields=link to get only what you need:
{
"link": "http://www.facebook.com/zuck",
"id": "4"
}
As of now (NOV-2019), graph.api V5.0
graph API says, refer graph api
A link to the person's Timeline. The link will only resolve if the person clicking the link is logged into Facebook and is a friend of the person whose profile is being viewed.
Accepted answer didn't work for me, this does:
https://www.facebook.com/app_scoped_user_id/10152384781676191
The marked answer seems outdated and it won't work.
Facebook now only gives unique ID related to app which isn't equal to userId and profileUrl and username will come out to be empty.
Doing me?fields=id,name,links
is also depreciated after Graph Version 2.4
The only option now is to request for user_links permission from your developer console.
and the pass it in scope when doing facebook login
scope: ['user_link'] }
or by doing an api call
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