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Facebook API endpoint 

 https://graph.facebok.com/{username}

stopped work in recent two weeks. Temporarily pages like www.findmyfacebookid.com didn't return proper results, but now they works fine.

How can I grab userId from Graph API now?

I know about stragne workaround with data-hovercard parameter. Manner described here. However, I find it hard to believe that they use such a odd solution especially I know tools which probably use another way and have not outages. Does anybody know more efficient way to get that data? Your help appreciated.

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You are not supposed to use the username anymore, only the App Scoped User ID you get after authorizing a User. I assume those tools switched to parsing the Facebook User profile, which is not allowed according to the scraping terms.

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