How to get count of each fan's likes, comments for posts on Facebook page using Graph API - facebook

I want to create app for get users' interaction with page. Each users like, comments, share specific page post.
I want to get count of total likes, comments and shares done by each user.
I used Graph API to return page
https://graph.facebook.com/PAGE_ID/feed?fields=id,likes,comments{from},shares
i got results similar to this.
{
"data": [
{
"id": "478412518924513_633895136709583",
"likes": {
"data": [
{
"id": "3696534343199936",
"name": "User Name"
},
{
"id": "576343349495810279",
"name": "User name"
}
],
},
"comments": {
"data": [
{
"from": {
"id": "154e3485900543",
"name": "user name"
},
"id": "633895096709587_633907896708307"
},
{
"from": {
"id": "10202701931494709",
"name": "User anme"
},
"id": "633895096709587_633899590042471"
}
],
}
},
How can i get how many likes,comments made by each user?

There are no endpoints you can get these counts from. This means that you have to aggregate the data yourself, namely
1) Iterating over the Page's Feed:
GET /{Page_ID}/feed?fields=id,created_time,likes{id},comments{from{id}},sharedposts&limit=200
and use the paging info to get the next results
See
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/v2.1/page/feed/#read
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/v2.1/post#edges
2) Aggregate the resulting data yourself in your application

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Getting two strange numbers in Facebook Page Insights

I am trying to get facebook page insights using Facebook Graph API, I see some strange numbers in page_cta_clicks_logged_in_total(looks like they are coming in all logged_in metrics)
Following is a sample Insight data from Facebook
{
"name": "page_cta_clicks_logged_in_total",
"period": "day",
"values": [
{
"value": {
"470946356598165": 0,
"156880401338097": 0
},
"end_time": "2017-12-13T08:00:00+0000"
},
{
"value": {
"470946356598165": 0,
"156880401338097": 2
},
"end_time": "2017-12-14T08:00:00+0000"
}
],
"title": "Daily Total CTA click count per Page",
"description": "Daily: Total CTA click count per Page",
"id": "<page_id>/insights/page_cta_clicks_logged_in_total/day"
}
what are the numbers 470946356598165 & 156880401338097
You get these ids with click related metrics (Ex. page_cta_clicks_by_age_gender_logged_in_unique, page_cta_clicks_logged_in_total, page_cta_clicks_logged_in_unique).
These ids are basically ids of the Page Buttons (look at the following image).
You can get the details of the button by doing following API call
https://graph.facebook.com/470946356598165?access_token=[access_token]
i see the following response
{
"id": "470946356598165",
"type": "MESSAGE",
"status": "ACTIVE"
}
You can check the node type of the id, through facebook graph api:
https://graph.facebook.com/470946356598165?metadata=1
https://graph.facebook.com/156880401338097?metadata=1
// response:
{
"id": "470946356598165",
...
"metadata": {
"fields": [
...
],
"type": "pagecalltoaction"
},
}
It gives us hints that the node type is pagecalltoaction, which is Page Call To Action.
See More: How can I know if a node returned from Facebook Graph API is a profile or a page?

page-id/notifications returns an empty array

I'm writing a desktop application using Facebook SDK .NET. This app must do somethink for every post, comment or message sent to a Facebook page. I'm using the page-id/notifications API command:
page-id/notifications?fields=id,title,unread,application,from,message,object&limit=250
This command returns correct unseen count in summary section but data array is empty:
{
"data": [
],
"summary": {
"unseen_count": 2,
"updated_time": "2016-02-05T14:53:10+0000"
}
}
If someone write a new wall post on the page or send a private message to the page, unseen_count is updated but data array is always empty. If someoune write a comment to an exisiting wall post unseen_count is updates and data array is populated with a comment notification (only this type of notification are added to data array):
{
"data": [
{
"id": "notif_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
"title": "yyyyy yyyyyyy commented on his post.",
"unread": 1,
"application": {
"link": "https://www.facebook.com/games/?app_id=xxxxxxxxxxx",
"name": "Feed Comments",
"id": "1967xxxxxxx"
},
"from": {
"name": "Mxxxx Sxxxxxx",
"id": "1020xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
},
"object": {
"created_time": "2016-02-05T14:52:32+0000",
"message": "ABCDEFGHILMNOPQRSTUVZ",
"id": "36xxxxxxxxxxxx0_546xxxxxxxxxxx0"
},
"to": {
"name": "Ixxxxxxx",
"id": "36xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
}
}
],
"paging": {
"previous": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"next": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
},
"summary": {
"unseen_count": 3,
"updated_time": "2016-02-05T14:55:23+0000"
}
}
Is it an API bug or there is something wrong in my API request?
I CANNOT use real time notification.
Thanks
Marco

Getting Likes count of each posts on a fan page in Facebook

How do I get the 'like' count of a post on Facebook?
I got a link graph.facebook.com/userid_postid that says says I can do this. But How do I find the user or page ID and the ID of the post?
For example, if take any post on the fan page:
http://www.facebook.com/TipsLearnings of site http://adityabajaj.com
If I make a post on the fan page above, and people like the post, how would I get the number of likes of that post? I want to have that number available to show on a separate website.
You can use FQL
SELECT like_info.like_count, share_info.share_count, comment_info.comment_count FROM stream WHERE post_id = 'your_post_id'
You can get a list of most recent posts a fan page made by using /<PAGE_ID>/posts (which you can find for your page by navigating to http://graph.facebook.com/myown.easytipsandtricks, or just use the username) with a valid access token. From that, you get an object that looks like this:
"data": [
{
"id": "22092443056_115909438544849",
"from": {
"name": "Starbucks",
"category": "Food/beverages",
"id": "22092443056"
},
// ...
"shares": {
"count": 708
},
"likes": {
"data": [
{
"name": "Shanna Gonzales",
"id": "100000244536406"
}
],
"count": 17129
},
"comments": {
"count": 759
}
}
// ... and more posts
Accessing the count subfield of each of those fields should tell you shares, likes and comments, respectively.
You can get the comments/likes count without having to paginate by using the fields parameter in combination with likes.limit(1).summary(true). For example, a search api query for pizza below will give you all public posts and their likes count summarized:
https://graph.facebook.com/search?q=pizza&type=post&fields=id,name,likes.limit(1).summary(true)
results (truncated):
{
"data": [
{
"id": "47883936273_659693910762305",
"name": "Instagram",
"created_time": "2014-02-16T01:15:29+0000",
"likes": {
"data": [
{
"id": "100002243084532",
"name": "Yvette Martin"
}
],
"paging": {
"cursors": {
"after": "MTAwMDAyMjQzMDg0NTMy",
"before": "MTAwMDAyMjQzMDg0NTMy"
},
"next": "https://graph.facebook.com/47883936273_659693910762305/likes?limit=1&summary=1&after=MTAwMDAyMjQzMDg0NTMy"
},
"summary": {
"total_count": 13682
}
}
},
{
"id": "136336876521150_314001148754721",
"name": "Pizza Box Turns into Plates & Storage Unit!",
"created_time": "2014-02-15T21:20:00+0000",
"likes": {
"data": [
{
"id": "100005373008864",
"name": "Liliana Campoli"
}
],
"paging": {
"cursors": {
"after": "MTAwMDA1MzczMDA4ODY0",
"before": "MTAwMDA1MzczMDA4ODY0"
},
"next": "https://graph.facebook.com/136336876521150_314001148754721/likes?limit=1&summary=1&after=MTAwMDA1MzczMDA4ODY0"
},
"summary": {
"total_count": 2792
}
}
}

facebook graph search type=post how to get post's comments

In facebook graph search, type=post
https://graph.facebook.com/search?q=watermelon&type=post&token=XXXXXXXXX
It return data:
{
"data": [
{
"id": "100001477475394_211188005607114",
"from": {
"name": "Jerry Garcia",
"id": "100001477475394"
},
"message": "I like watermelon,fried chicken and koolaid !\nWhat does that make me ? lol",
"type": "status",
"created_time": "2011-09-07T21:33:28+0000",
"updated_time": "2011-09-07T21:33:58+0000",
"likes": {
"data": [
{
"name": "Natalie Hurtado",
"id": "100002486021428"
}
],
"count": 1
}
}
]
}
So how to get this post's comment? (fql also welcome)
and what is the {data->id} (100001477475394_211188005607114), I tried fql.steam query nothing return, so it is not a post_id. how can I get this post id?
Thanks.
add &fields=comments(,other fields)
or make another call to the graph using id/comments
for detail see http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/post/
look for comments

Facebook Graph API - Get like count on page/group photos

I've been testing graph API and ran into a problem. How can I get like count from photos of a page/group?
I'm administrator/creator of a group. When entering in https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/ certain photo ID from that group it brings almost all data, even comments, but not the like count. For like part it needs (according to docs) access token despite the fact that anyone can access that info.
How to get access token of my page/group with required permissions and how to use it to get info I need?
If possible I would like to get JSON from a single address if it is possible.
This is possible with a page (even without an access token!) and here's how:
Visit the page on the graph
Get the page's id by going to the page's url:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/platform/19292868552
The number on the end of the URL is the page's id. Take that id and use it with the graph explorer (here) or just visit it directly.
Visit the page's albums
Now appending albums to that url will give you all the albums the page has, including wall photos:
https://graph.facebook.com/19292868552/albums
The output looks like this:
{
"data": [
{
"id": "10150160810478553",
"from": {
"name": "Facebook Platform",
"category": "Product/service",
"id": "19292868552"
},
"name": "Bringing Operation Developer Love to Europe",
"description": "Blog post: http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/479\n\nVideos and presentations uploaded here: http://developers.facebook.com/videos/",
"location": "Berlin, Paris, London",
"link": "https://www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid=10150160810478553&id=19292868552&aid=285301",
"cover_photo": "10150160811078553",
"count": 32,
"type": "normal",
"created_time": "2011-04-06T23:05:44+0000",
"updated_time": "2011-04-06T23:33:20+0000",
"comments": {
..... etc ....
Selecting an album
For each object in the data array there is an id and a name. Using these two fields you can select the album that contains the photos you want. The first album in this result is "Bringing Operation Developer Love to Europe". Lets look at this albums photos.
Seeing Photos
If you've followed the answer up to this point the next step should be fairly obvious. Use the id for the album you want and append photos to the graph url:
https://graph.facebook.com/10150160810478553/photos
Seeing a Photo's likes
Much like selecting an album, simply use an id in the output of the above step and append likes to the url to see a photos likes:
https://graph.facebook.com/10150160813853553/likes
Output:
{
"data": [
{
"id": "1163036945",
"name": "Aditya Pn"
},
{
"id": "1555885347",
"name": "Nadin M\u00f6ller"
},
{
"id": "100001643068103",
"name": "Umut Ayg\u00fcn"
},
{
"id": "100000165334510",
"name": "Alessandra Milfont"
},
{
"id": "100001472353494",
"name": "Sayer Mohammad Naz"
},
{
"id": "1051008973",
"name": "Jenson Daniel Chambi"
},
{
"id": "100000233515895",
"name": "Ruby Atiga"
},
Using this output you can simply count the number of entries in the data array to get the like count.
Note that all of this is possible from using the graph explorer by clicking on ids in the output box and the connections sidebar (except for the last /likes connection, which will hopefully be added soon. I hope this helps. Also, you do not need an access token to do any of this because pages are public. Hope this helps!
You can get the comments/likes count without having to paginate through all likes by using the fields parameter in combination with likes.limit(1).summary(true). For example, a search api query for pizza below will give you all public posts and their likes count summarized:
https://graph.facebook.com/search?q=pizza&type=post&fields=id,name,likes.limit(1).summary(true)
results (truncated):
{
"data": [
{
"id": "47883936273_659693910762305",
"name": "Instagram",
"created_time": "2014-02-16T01:15:29+0000",
"likes": {
"data": [
{
"id": "100002243084532",
"name": "Yvette Martin"
}
],
"paging": {
"cursors": {
"after": "MTAwMDAyMjQzMDg0NTMy",
"before": "MTAwMDAyMjQzMDg0NTMy"
},
"next": "https://graph.facebook.com/47883936273_659693910762305/likes?limit=1&summary=1&after=MTAwMDAyMjQzMDg0NTMy"
},
"summary": {
"total_count": 13682
}
}
},
{
"id": "136336876521150_314001148754721",
"name": "Pizza Box Turns into Plates & Storage Unit!",
"created_time": "2014-02-15T21:20:00+0000",
"likes": {
"data": [
{
"id": "100005373008864",
"name": "Liliana Campoli"
}
],
"paging": {
"cursors": {
"after": "MTAwMDA1MzczMDA4ODY0",
"before": "MTAwMDA1MzczMDA4ODY0"
},
"next": "https://graph.facebook.com/136336876521150_314001148754721/likes?limit=1&summary=1&after=MTAwMDA1MzczMDA4ODY0"
},
"summary": {
"total_count": 2792
}
}
}
/me/feed returns a LIKES field
I used a solution where I simply find the number of items in the array which display LIKES
Object.keys(item.likes.data).length
This returns the "length" of an object -- which is equal to the number of likes.
http://graph.facebook.com/223766074374957
there is a likes property in the response
{
"name": "Bejeweled Blitz",
"is_published": true,
"website": "https://apps.facebook.com/bejeweledblitz/",
"username": "bejeweledblitz",
"products": "Bejeweled Blitz\nBejeweled\nPlants vs. Zombies\nPeggle\nZuma\nChuzzle\nBookworm Adventures\n \nFor a complete list, please visit www.popcap.com\n ",
"about": "We're the award-winning hit, Bejeweled Blitz! The lightning-fast puzzle game where you have just 60-seconds to match as many gems as you can! Start Blitzing now!",
"general_info": "Speed is the name of the game in Bejeweled Blitz! Bejeweled Blitz is a speedier take on the classic Bejeweled match-3 gem game mechanic. Your goal is to make as many matches as you can in 60-seconds to really make your score soar! But you won't be going it alone! There are special ways to enhance your Bejeweled Blitz game - like Boosts (power-ups like Scrambler, which moves all the gems around the board or +5 seconds, to add 5 seconds more gem-matching time!) and the popular, Rare Gems. Rare Gems are like extra-special power-ups that can REALLY take your game to the next level!",
"talking_about_count": 22487,
"category": "App page",
"id": "223766074374957",
"link": "https://www.facebook.com/bejeweledblitz",
"likes": 5796324,
"cover": {
"cover_id": 383412771743619,
"source": "http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/417018_383412771743619_1056862875_n.jpg",
"offset_y": 0
}
}