Facebook Graph API - group URL to ID

Question

While some group URLs come in the format of www.facebook.com/groups/%ID%/ other come in the format of www.facebook.com/groups/%SOME_STRING%/. For example http://www.facebook.com/groups/2261122614/ vs. http://www.facebook.com/groups/fbdevelopers/.

In the former case it's very easy to programmatically extract the Graph API ID from the URL. How can that be done for URLs of the latter case?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 07 '15 at 22:02

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Just figured this out! Do this:

answered Apr 07 '15 at 22:02

tekNorah

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That´s not 100% correct because it will return an array of Groups witch are related to the ALIAS! I mean, it´s a search and doest not return the exactly group! – Daniel Aug 01 '16 at 21:12

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 06 '17 at 16:34

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I'm using this website. It works for groups and profiles http://findmyfbid.com/

answered Jan 06 '17 at 16:34

Stéphane

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 23 '12 at 23:32

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answered Mar 23 '12 at 23:32

wallflux

Thanks but it doesn't return an id for http://www.facebook.com/groups/fbdevelopers/ . See http://www.wallflux.com/feed/146797922030397 – Daniel Zohar Mar 27 '12 at 14:06
The ID is 146797922030397. If you uncheck the checkbox it would have returned you just the number, not the whole wallflux. – wallflux Mar 28 '12 at 16:18
Nice! The question is how can I do independently of Wallflux using only the Graph API. As far as I see, they do not provide the code used for their service. – Daniel Zohar Apr 13 '12 at 08:41

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