facebook get friends' birthdays using python

Question

I just wanted to get my friends' birthday on facebook using its python api

I tried the query in https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/ with "me/friends?fields=birthday", which works fine, but in my python code it says "GraphAPIError: An active access token must be used to query information about the current user."

I posted my code here:

import facebook

token = 'a token' # token omitted here, this is the same token when I use in https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/ 

graph = facebook.GraphAPI(token)
fb = graph.request("me/friends?fields=birthday")
# while graph.request("me/friends") works well


print fb

someone helps?

You need to get a valid token, not your own randomly generated string. [This thread](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14611240/how-to-connect-to-facebook-graph-api-from-python-using-requests-if-i-do-not-need) suggests how. — Domi, Nov 04 '13 at 03:18

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 05 '13 at 01:17

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Actually, this works...

args = {'fields' : 'birthday,name' }
friends = graph.get_object("me/friends",**args)

quirkily

answered Nov 05 '13 at 01:17

Coderzelf

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 14 '14 at 19:13

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I tweaked it a little and this works partially.

from facepy import GraphAPI
graph=GraphAPI('AccessToken')
friends=[]
friends= graph.get("me/friends?fields=birthday") 
print friends

However, it returns only some birthdays(returned just 3 of the 600+ friends I have).

answered May 14 '14 at 19:13

siva

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< 0.5% coverage? Not really an answer, is it? – indivisible May 14 '14 at 19:42
@mbs I think it is because of the privacy control in Facebook. I ran the same code in Facebook and got the same output. – siva May 15 '14 at 06:09
I managed to get all birthdays using an older version of the API(v 1.0). – siva Jun 10 '14 at 08:53

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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You should supply ID there.There a same question. looking for: (OAuthException - #2500) An active access token must be used to query information about the current user

edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

Community

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answered Nov 04 '13 at 03:20

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"me" actually works for graph.request("me/friends"), please see edits – Coderzelf Nov 04 '13 at 03:22
or try to supply User ID. – Alan Nov 04 '13 at 03:52
If I use User ID instead of "me", it actually works for "$ID$/friends" but fails in request like "$ID$/friends?fields=birthday" and says "?" can not be recognized – Coderzelf Nov 05 '13 at 00:44

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