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View facebook friend list [hidden or not hidden]

Terminal - View facebook friend list [hidden or not hidden]
lynx -useragent=Opera -dump 'http://www.facebook.com/ajax/typeahead_friends.php?u=4&__a=1' |gawk -F'\"t\":\"' -v RS='\",' 'RT{print $NF}' |grep -v '\"n\":\"' |cut -d, -f2
2010-01-29 15:10:35
User: vlan7
Functions: cut gawk grep
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View facebook friend list [hidden or not hidden]

There's no need to be logged in facebook. I could do more JSON filtering but you get the idea...

Replace u=4 (Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook creator) with desired uid.

Hidden or not hidden... Scary, don't you?

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Terminal - Alternatives
lynx -useragent=Opera -dump 'http://www.facebook.com/ajax/typeahead_friends.php?ninatodorovic&__a=1' |gawk -F'\"t\":\"' -v RS='\",' 'RT{print $NF}' |grep -v '\"n\":\"' |cut -d, -f2
2010-07-16 04:34:51
User: Docmeze
Functions: cut gawk grep
Tags: privacy facebook
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uhm.. this may sound stupid, but how do i get my (anyone elses) userid?

all facebook displays is a username (e.g. in my case 'drazraeltod') that doesn't seem to work

another question: why using lynx instead of wget or curl? did i miss something important?

Comment by DrAzraelTod 172 weeks and 2 days ago

ah.. forget the last part of the question...

i just found a friend without username and he has of course my id in his list :-)

Comment by DrAzraelTod 172 weeks and 2 days ago

We could use wget / curl. No problem. It's our choice. But don't forget to specify the user-agent. Facebook only accepts well-known user-agents...

i.e. if we use wget we should type this syntax:

wget -O - --user-agent='Opera' (...)

P.S. You could also find your uid just placing the mouse cursor on your profile avatar ;)

Comment by vlan7 172 weeks and 2 days ago

Only works if you have the "Public Search Results" checkbox checked, as it apparently makes all this info public.

*unchecks box* didn't know it did that. It certainly doesn't imply it's making all that info public. Gee, thanks, Facebook.

Comment by Groxx 172 weeks and 1 day ago

Dear Groxx,

This must has been changed on facebook 1-2 days before today, because in my previous tests I checked it with my own uid (that always had "public search results" box unchecked) and it always have worked well.

Today I try it one more time and this has changed :)

Anyway, as you sign "Facebook" on your post, thanks to you and all Facebook team for changin' this and to not categorize nevermore the friend list as PAI (Public Information Available), as you name it in Facebook privacy terms ;)

Oh, thanks for remove this:

"when it is viewed by people who are logged in to Facebook. Keep in mind, however, that because Friend List is publicly available, it will be visible to people who are viewing your profile while not logged in."

http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=197943902130

Best regards,

Comment by vlan7 172 weeks and 1 day ago

Online tool to view anyone?s Facebook friends list (hidden or not) based on a user ID: http://mathiasbynens.be/examples/facebook-friends

Comment by mathias 172 weeks and 1 day ago

@vlan7: Groxx is not signing as "Facebook", but rather addressing them in the same manner as "Thanks for the lynx command, vlan7."

Comment by dennisw 172 weeks and 1 day ago

oh! I misunderstood Groxx :$ sorry, I'm not native english.

Comment by vlan7 172 weeks ago

This seems to not work with users who have pages using other locales, eg. ru-ru.facebook.com or es-la.facebook.com

also, mathias, your online form has a bug, it always counts and shows Mark Zuckerberg's ID before listing the friends for the ID you choose.

Comment by monkeyvegas 171 weeks and 5 days ago

Is there a way to get only online friends?

Comment by RanyAlbeg 170 weeks and 4 days ago

When I try this, facebook refuses it because I'm using lynx and, as you said, they only accept well-known user-agents... But I specified Opera as indicated, so I don't see what could be going wrong. Any idea what I should do?

Comment by dcurl34hy 163 weeks ago

I keep getting an error message when I try to run this. I am a total newbie and trying to learn here. I get "__a is not recognized as an internal etc.." What am I doing wrong?

Comment by RLCowboy 156 weeks and 2 days ago

Try this:

wget -O - --user-agent='Opera' 'http://www.facebook.com/ajax/typeahead_friends.php?u=7&__a=1' |gawk -F'\"t\":\"' -v RS='\",' 'RT{print $NF}' |grep -v '\"n\":\"' |cut -d, -f2

Regards,

Comment by vlan7 149 weeks and 1 day ago

im a newbie how can i use this??

Comment by angel76 143 weeks and 5 days ago

Vlan7, I keep getting the same mssage as RLCowboy along the lines of "__a is not recognized as an internal..."! I tried typing in just the facebook ajax typeahead address alone, but I only get something about 0 out of 0.

Do you have a different command that works? Any other ways I could try your original command differently using wget? I really want this to work! Please help, Vlan7! Thank you!

Comment by toulseu 138 weeks and 3 days ago

@DrAzraelTod: to get a number ID just try http://graph.facebook.com/USERNAME

Now, most of fb users have a username and fb doesn't show their ID...

And, regarding this link: is not showing hidden friends anymore :(

Comment by Ferdelanze 82 weeks and 2 days ago

its possible

READ THIS ARTICLES AND THE COMMENTS BELOW

http://rahmankdkl.blogspot.com/2011_11_01_archive.html

Comment by rahmanp786 74 weeks and 6 days ago

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