How to get friend's birthday list using facebook api? - facebook

Question

I am trying to get friend birthday list.
But how to find using my api I dont know.

Answer 1

Note: This is no longer possible. See this answer.
Use the OpenGraph API in whatever environment you use to retrieve the information. The birthday is in the user information object, see docs: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/user

Answer 2

You can also use facebook api :
$friends_birthday = $facebook->api("/me/friends?fields=id,name,birthday");
you must also have permission friends_birthday in the scope of your app

Answer 3

Since v2.0 of the Graph API, it´s not possible to get friend birthdays anymore. You can only get the birthday of the authorized user by using the user_birthday permission. See the changelog for more information: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/changelog
There is only one other possibility: If the friend authorized the App with user_birthday, you can get his birthday with the following call: /friend-id?fields=birthday
Of course you need to authorize users with user_friends too, in order to make this work. And you can also just store the birthday of all authorized users and don´t waste an extra API call on it.

Answer 4

Firstly, read the readme on the project page to get started with the SDK.
You'll then need to look at the API reference and more specifically the user profile section.
After you've done all that you'll end up with a JSON object you can parse using the org.json package in the Android SDK.
Hopefully that helps you out.

Answer 5

You have to use FQL to get a list of friend's birthday.
FQL would be (just replace your access token):
"https://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?query=select name, birthday_date from user where uid in (select uid2 from friend where uid1=me())&access_token=your_access_token"

Answer 6

This is the link for Graph API Explorer
https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/?method=GET&path=me go the link and click on Get Access Tocken you can have a pop-up for select permissions
and select your access token.
and at the node section select the fields you want ( example select friends and as a sublink in friends select birthday) and GET a query by clicking on SUBMIT then you can have a friend's birthday and id along with yours as a Json Data.

Answer 7

get the full friend list with Graph api , iterate json data array and then check for birthday=today .. that is

Answer 8

you can get friend list in ios this way:
- (IBAction)pickFriendsClick:(UIButton *)sender {
NSArray *permissions = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:
#"user_birthday",#"friends_hometown",
#"friends_birthday",#"friends_location",
nil];
[FBSession openActiveSessionWithReadPermissions:permissions allowLoginUI:YES completionHandler:nil];
FBRequest *friendRequest = [FBRequest requestForGraphPath:#"me/friends?fields=name,picture,birthday,location,updated_time,email"];
[ friendRequest startWithCompletionHandler:^(FBRequestConnection *connection, id result, NSError *error) {
NSArray *data = [result objectForKey:#"data"];
NSMutableArray *friends= [data mutableCopy];
NSSortDescriptor *sortDescriptor = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:#"updated_time"
ascending:TRUE];
[friends sortUsingDescriptors:[NSArray arrayWithObject:sortDescriptor]];
for (FBGraphObject<FBGraphUser> *friend in friends) {
NSLog(#"%#:%#", [friend name],[friend birthday]);
}}];
}
Thanks.

Answer 9

try this , it require only few lines
FBRequest * request = [FBRequest requestForGraphPath:#"me/friends?
fields=id,name,birthday&limit=5000"];
[request startWithCompletionHandler:^(FBRequestConnection *connection, id result, NSError *error)
{
if(error == nil){
NSLog(#"%#",result);
}
}];

Answer 10

FB.api('me/friends?fields=id,name,birthday') doesnt work as of 09/12/2017.
Below is the debug message from graph explorer tool when i try to hit the endpoint.
Only friends who installed this app are returned in API v2.0 and higher. total_count in summary represents the total number of friends, including those who haven't installed the app
For returning just the friends list of the user, you can try hitting the below endpoint with a valid access token
FB.api('me/friendlists')
But note that you need read_custom_friendlists permission from the user.

Answer 11

Here is the example URL from Facebook Graph API Explorer:
me?fields=email,birthday,friends{birthday}
Android Java Code:
GraphRequest request = GraphRequest.newMeRequest(
accessToken,
new GraphRequest.GraphJSONObjectCallback() {
#Override
public void onCompleted(JSONObject object, GraphResponse response) {
// Insert your code here
}
});
Bundle parameters = new Bundle();
parameters.putString("fields", "email,birthday,friends{birthday}");
request.setParameters(parameters);
request.executeAsync();
iOS SDK:
FBSDKGraphRequest *request = [[FBSDKGraphRequest alloc]
initWithGraphPath:#"/me"
parameters:#{ #"fields": #"email,birthday,friends{birthday}",}
HTTPMethod:#"GET"];
[request startWithCompletionHandler:^(FBSDKGraphRequestConnection *connection, id result, NSError *error) {
// Insert your code here
}];
Javascript SDK:
FB.api(
'/me',
'GET',
{"fields":"email,birthday,friends{birthday}"},
function(response) {
// Insert your code here
}
);
cURL:
curl -i -X GET \
"https://graph.facebook.com/v15.0/me?fields=email%2Cbirthday%2Cfriends%7Bbirthday%7D&access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
You can add more parameters inside the curly braces if you need more details. i.e {birthday, email, first_name, gender, location} and so on.