PyFacebook is a thin wrapper for accessing Facebook's RESTful API through Python.
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Python - Facebook API - Need a working example
Ok, so i've googled around, i've found threads here on stackoverflow and i've checked the official Facebook wiki and.. and what not..
I now hope that one of you guys sits on a Facebook API sample code for Python.
This is what i've got so far and all…

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Facebook API and Python
Does anyone know of a good platform agnostic example or library that does Facebook authentication and Graph API access via Python?
The official Facebook Python SDK is tied to Google App Engine and Pyfacebook is deeply woven with Django.
I just want…

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How to get (and use) extended permissions in Facebook with Python/Django
I'm trying to write a simple app that lets a user grant my code permission to write to her page's Facebook stream. As I understand it, it should be as easy as:
Have the user click on a button that launches a popup containing the a page in my…

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Facebook Python-SDK VS. PyFacebook?
I'm starting to develop a facebook application using Django.
I'm trying to choose the appropriate API wrapper for my application and I can't decide whether to use PyFacebook (very well documented but no official release) or the official Facebook…

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Have Facebook dropped support for Python?
The Python SDK seems to have been removed from Github. https://github.com/facebook/python-sdk returns a 404.
Have they moved the development somewhere else, dropped support, or is this just a mistake? The developer site still links to Github (see…

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app-engine-patch and pyFacebook not working
I am trying to write a facebook app using app-engine-patch and pyFacebook.
I am using nothing but the examples provided with each tool and for some reason it will not work.
I have combined the two just as described in the accepted answet…

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pyfacebook @facebook.require_login() decorator causing constant auth_token refresh
First time using pyFacebook. I've literally copied the example application and put it up onto my server. I've created an FB app and now when I try to load the app basically what happens is that the browser keeps refreshing. I noticed in the url (for…

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Has the PyFacebook library been deprecated, discontinued or replaced?
Every link I find for the tutorials leads me to this:
http://developers.facebook.com/search?q=User:PyFacebook_Tutorial
Which doesn't work. Couldn't find anything on facebook developers... closest guess is that it was replaced…

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GraphApi module present in pyfacebook or not
i have installed pyfacebook as well as python sdk even the i am getting error as follows
when using this code
import facebook
token = 'my token'
graph = facebook.GraphAPI(token)
profile = graph.get_object("me")
friends = graph.get_connections("me",…

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Facebook status update using pyfacebook
Update status Facebook using Python
I am using this answer to solve my problem.
But this thing asks to authenticate the app , that is ok. But every time I run the script it again opens the browser .. what I want is to post it silently without…

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PyFacebook Infinite Session
I am trying to set a cron task to read updates for a Facebook application. I have prompted the user to grant Offline Access permissions and i have store the session_key in the db.
I am crearing a new Facebook object and besides api and secret key I…

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Facebook Page details and the RESTful API?
Hi I have a list of Facebook Page urls
eg...
http://www.facebook.com/daftpunk
http://www.facebook.com/DavidGuetta
...
What's the best way to:
Check if these urls are actually for Facebook Pages and not Profiles
Collect details such as # of fans…

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Why is my Facebook application with error 104 ("invalid signature")?
I am trying to develop a Facebook application using PyFacebook (hosted on Google App Engine). It's an FBML application (runs in a Facebook canvas instead of an iframe). I'm having problems getting any API calls to function. The sequence looks…

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Update Facebook Page's status using pyfacebook
I am attempting to add functionality to my Django app: when a new post is approved, I want to update the corresponding Facebook Page's status with a message and a link to the post automatically. Basic status update.
I have downloaded and installed…

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Pyfacebook adding extra permission
How and/or where do i add extra permission like email, etc. in pyfacebook while creating a new user?
Side question:
Also, there is a facebook link of the pyfacebook tutorial which appears to be broken. Is there some other link? I did some searching…

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