I'm trying to link to Facebook groups in the app from my website. Currently the scheme works for linking to a group with an ID that is a string of numbers, eg. 1808123152733889
fb://profile/1808123152733889 (this works currently)
However some Facebook groups have an ID that is a string of letters, eg. EastBayBerniecrats and I haven't found a scheme that works.
I have tried:
fb://profile/EastBayBerniecrats,
fb://profile?id=EastBayBerniecrats,
fb://groups/EastBayBerniecrats (takes user to list of all subscribed
groups),
and others. I tried each with a "/" at the end and without.
Any ideas?
EDIT: turns out that it suits my purposes to search for the groups id number using a service like this: https://lookup-id.com/
You have found your group id. It's
1808123152733889
You need to use this url scheme:
group?id=[your_group_id]
So, the final link from app to facebook iOS app, should look like:
fb://group?id=1808123152733889
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Is there a way to get the numeric company ID from the URL of a company page on Linkedin? This ID is the one I'll use to query the Linkedin API and get more information on the company.
I need to get the ID from the information provided with the URL, to use it to get the rest of the information related to the company page.
It seems unusual to me that you need to dig in the HTML code to get the company ID you need to use to interact using the Linkedin API, so correct me if I'm wrong.
I know there have been similar request handlers, but I'm wondering why there isn't a handler available to get the company ID like there is to get the profile id from its url:
https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/url=xxxx
I know there is the search company handler, but that is a text based research and I found myself with some inconsistent results from time to time.
I don't want to crawl the company page for the ID since I get blacklisted by Linkedin if I do it too many times from the same IP address.
I am aware of these answers:
how to get companies id from linkedin jsapi
How to get the company id from Linkedin Company URL in PHP?
LinkedIn API for Company Directory
But they seem outdated or marginally related to what I ask and since LI API has changed much over the past year, if there was any development on this.
EDIT: added more info on the kind of ID I am looking for. I had erroneously marked #display's answer as correct but unfortunately it's not what I am looking for. I am referring to the companyId that I'd use to query the Linkedin API concerning that company.
June 2020 Update
Most of the above methods no longer work, including using the jobs page URL and hovering over search results. The 2019 update by #rinogo almost works. To make it easier, paste this script into the console. Of course, updates from LinkedIn may case this to fail eventually.
(() => {
const name = document.location.pathname.replace(/^\/[^\/]*\/([^\/]*)\/?/, '$1');
for (let json of Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('code'))) {
try {json = JSON.parse(json.innerText);} catch (e) {json = null;}
if (json && json.included) {
for (let incl of json.included) {
if (incl.universalName === name && incl.objectUrn) {
return 'Company ID for [' + incl.universalName + '] is [' + incl.objectUrn.substr('urn:li:company:'.length) + ']';
}
}
}
}
return 'Company ID not found';
})();
2020 update
Please see Whatabrain's answer.
2019 update
Arbitrary Pages
The solutions provided previously are outdated. The following is not the best solution, but it will work in a pinch. It does require "crawling", unfortunately. (I know this doesn't answer OP's question, but it should help others who arrive here since this is the top Google result)
View the HTML source for the "home page" of the company whose ID you are trying to discover. Search for the string, https://www.linkedin.com/company/. The first instance of this string on the page is followed immediately by the company ID.
You can verify that you have the right company ID by visiting the entire link (including the Company ID), e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/company/123456.
If this approach stops working at some point, please comment below and I'll update this answer.
UPDATE: I'm using the strategy today (7/2/2019) and am finding that the last instance is currently more reliable due to some changes made by LinkedIn. Ultimately, the overall strategy remains sound. View the source and find some repeatable way to search for the company ID. It may take some experimentation to find a reliable approach.
Pages with admin rights
If you have admin rights to the Page, finding the Company ID is trivial. While signed in, visit your Company Page. The Company ID is used right within the URL.
For example:
Admin URL for Company Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/123123123/admin/
Company ID: 123123123
Or, you can of course use the API to find the Company ID for any Company Page of which you are an admin.
We can obtain the company id from the url of a company page. For this we must have a valid linkedin account.
Once you are in the company page, just check the url
https://www.linkedin.com/company/123456
The numbers given as 123456 is the respective company id.
Hope that you meant this company id.
The way I got the ID is by going to the page, and clicking "View Jobs" (as long as they have some).
Then the URL will have the ID on it:
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search?locationId=OTHERS.worldwide&f_C=12345678
To find your LinkedIn company ID:
Open LinkedIn in a new tab
In your search results, select your company page.
Navigate to the URL at the top of your company page.
Copy the number immediately following 'www.linkedin.com/company/' but before the question mark.
Solution provided by: https://support.klipfolio.com/hc/en-us/articles/216181827-Use-LinkedIn-as-a-data-source
Anyone still looking a solution, please follow:
Go to https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins/company-profile
Type the name of the company in the Company Name box and it will suggest the name.
Once you select the Company page, click on Get Code button.
You will get the company page id with data-id.
Screenshot:
Successfully used this method 2/27/2019.
Search for the company in LinkedIn.com
When located in search window, HOVER over the company name.
Locate ID at the bottom showing where the URL will direct.
Hovered over company name in top arrow, gathered ID in displayed URL at bottom arrow
I have a much easier solution that works! (15/01/2019)
Go to the company's page e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/company/something
Then view the source (CTRL+U in Chrome). Search for the expression "company/". The second match contains the ID! Have fun.
I would like to get a facebook group id by using a URL or specific identifier.
For ex: http://www.facebook.com/groups/chennaifoodies/ should give group id 194462073956868.
Is there way to get the group id by using above URL or identifiers like 'chennaifoodies'?
If I tried https://graph.facebook.com/chennaifoodies, then it gives the fan page id.
I think 'wallflux' has done a wonderful script, so I need a script like that to get group the id.
is there any way to get a group id using graph api or fql?
Thanks.
I don't think you can get the Group ID from the url you mentioned with the group username.
But, you surely can get the same with the url:
http://graph.facebook.com/search?q=chennaifoodies&type=group&access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN
Yes, you'll be needing an active user access token to query this.
Or, the graph API (the same thing)-
/search?q=chennaifoodies
Demo
Is there a simple, reliable and potentially future-proof way to extract a graph ID from the API given any facebook URL? By "any facebook URL" I mean the URL for a personal profile, page, group, etc. All these things have various formats so I imagine there must be something in the graph API to definitively convert a facebook URL into an ID, right?
No, there isn't a way to do this simply within the API. You will need a set of pattern matching to match the various types of urls to extract either the id (album,note,photo,status) or username.
For example
Photos
facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100213582161431&set=p.10100213582161431&type=1&theater
https://graph.facebook.com/10100213582161431
Posts
facebook.com/zuck/posts/10100210345757211
https://graph.facebook.com/10100210345757211
Pages
facebook.com/pages/Joel-Spolsky/106083232757300
graph.facebook.com/106083232757300
Videos
facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150398154330484
graph.facebook.com/0150398154330484
Events
facebook.com/events/138745136241434/
etc ...
Then it gets further complicated that even if you were able to get a silver bullet function that handles all these links your app would need to grant access to numerous permissions in order to access certain objects.
You may be able to get away with most links that have the id at the end but not all. So you can maybe use a regular expression catching links that end in numeric characters.
There is! You are looking for the object_url table, which you can query using FQL or directly with a request. See here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/fql/object_url/
EDIT:
You can also do this, but obviously less optimal:
function getObjectByUrl(url, cb) {
FB.api("/" + url.replace(/^.*?www.facebook.com/, ""), cb);
}
I've been messing around with the graph API and have been able to access my own information just fine. However, when I attempt something like:
https://graph.facebook.com/999999/likes?access_token=xxx (where 999999 is a friend's ID)
I get a blank graph like so:
{
"data": [
]
}
Keep in mind I'm doing this all manually for the time being. This is the URL I used to request permission from my profile:
https://www.facebook.com/dialog/oauth?client_id=xxx&redirect_uri=http://www.google.com&scope=email,read_stream,offline_access,user_likes,friends_likes
It all works hunky-dory and I get my access code, yet I still receive the blank graph. Suggestions?
Thanks.
Have you tried multiple friends? Your friends can configure what information third party applications can have access to, of theirs. For example I could limit applications that you use to not see anything about me, if we were friends.
Also you could check in account --> privacy --> settings --> applications and see if your application in fact has the permissions you think you granted it as a user.
-Kevin
I agree with kevin. You need to request permissions first to get at the info and you also need to be prepared that you will get a blank list.
I suggest that you use an already built api as it will save you a lot of time. I've recently released one here that should get you going in no time at all.
The code looks like this:
Dim FB As New SessionInfo("[access_token]")
Dim Req = New Functions.Requests(FB)
Dim U = Req.GetUserInfo("[userid for friend]")
Response.Write(U.name)
Also you can get a list of friends by calling this
Dim FL = Req.GetFriends()
For Each F In FL
Response.Write(F.name)
Next
I have come to notice that even though an application can request (and be granted) certain permissions, e.g. to access Likes, it doesn't necessarily mean that an application will be able to access this information.
I'm not a 100% certain of this but there might be two instances where e.g. requesting a users Likes results in an empty data set even though the right permissions where requested and granted by the user:
The user has set custom permissions in his/her privacy settings
not make public the information (e.g. Likes). Basically, customized
permission settings overrule the granted permissions that an
application requested.
The user is under 18. https://www.facebook.com/help/?page=214189648617074
I am building a small facebook application, in which I am performing the following:
The user fills out his friend's names (using friend selector), What I want to do next is retrieve the friend's user ID based on their user name. Is it possible? Can I query a user by its name and receive his id?
That's not true! usernames ARE unique too, but the actual name isn't unique!
The username itself is the part from the url e.g.: www.facebook.com/zuck (Page from Mark Zuckerberg) his username is zuck BUT not all user have set a username. For them it shows an userid e.g.: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=123
No because names aren't unique. What you could do though is capture the UIDs that the friend is submitting, because even though it looks like names, what he's really doing is picking out UID's. Then, even without your app being approved, you can query some basic data (first, last, locale, profile url)