How can I get fan page likes count using graph api?

Question

How can I get fan page likes count using graph api? Earlier it was here:

but now it's return only:

{
   "name": "Fanpagename",
   "id": "0000000000"
}

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 27 '16 at 13:11

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For the graph api version 2.7, the term to get likes count is changed, Now you will have to write

https://graph.facebook.com/FANPAGE_ID?access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN&fields=name,fan_count

FANPAGE_ID can be the username or the page_id of any fb page. ACCESS_TOKEN must be replaced with access token.

answered Jul 27 '16 at 13:11

stackMonk

If i am fetching this information pragmatically for a public page. How to generate the access token on the fly? I cannot use any user Id, as it would be run by a cron at back-end. – Sonal Feb 08 '17 at 02:05
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if you are requesting server side then, create an app on fb and use app_ID|app_token as your access token, you can use it as long as you do not hit the threshold requesting limit – stackMonk Feb 08 '17 at 05:05

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 19 '18 at 13:33

You need to add the fields you want to get now:

https://graph.facebook.com/FANPAGE_ID?access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN&fields=name,likes

Edit: Since v2.7 of the Graph API, "likes" has been renamed to "fan_count". More information: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/changelog

The would be the new API call:

https://graph.facebook.com/FANPAGE_ID?access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN&fields=name,fan_count

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