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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?

Show sample output | Add to favourites | Report as malicious

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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 5 weeks and 3 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 5 weeks and 3 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 5 weeks and 3 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 5 weeks and 3 days 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 5 weeks and 3 days 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 5 weeks and 2 days 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 5 weeks and 2 days ago

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

Comment by vlan7 5 weeks and 1 day 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 5 weeks ago

Is there a way to get only online friends?

Comment by RanyAlbeg 3 weeks and 5 days ago

Your point of view

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