facebook php sdk api query

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Is there a Facebook Graph API query to return names of my friends if I provide a list of IDs? I know I can do it separately for each friend but obviously this would be faster.

Juicy Scripter · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-05 11:42:56Z

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Yes there is a way to get the names from friends connection of user

https://graph.facebook.com/me/friends?fields=name

Using PHP-SDK this can be done like this:

$facebook = new Facebook(array(...));
$facebook->api('/me/friends', array(
  'fields'=>'name'
));

If you want to pass the ids of users to get their names it may be done so:

https://graph.facebook.com/?fields=name&ids=userid_1,userid_2,userid_n

Or the same using PHP-SDK:

$array_of_user_ids = array(4,123,/*etc*/);
$facebook = new Facebook(array(...));
$facebook->api('/', array(
  'ids'=>implode(',', $array_of_user_ids);
  'fields'=>'name'
));

edited Mar 5, 2012 at 11:42

answered Mar 5, 2012 at 11:37

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Dante Cullari Over a year ago

What if there are 2 fields needed?

Alexander Nenkov · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-05 11:37:30Z

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You can do it with

https://graph.facebook.com/me/friends

It returns friends names with their ids.

answered Mar 5, 2012 at 11:37

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