Facebook Stats

Create a csv with the statistics of a group, page or the user's timeline.

How to get it

1. Download the binary and unzip it.
2. Build the binary yourself:

git clone https://github.com/BraisGabin/facebook-stats.git
cd facebook-stats
gradle distZip

The binary is generated at build/distributions/

How to use it

facebook-stats <output_file_path> <fb_user_id_group_id_or_page_id> <fb_access_token> [max_posts]

Where:

• output_file_path is the name that you want for the csv file generated.
• fb_user_id_group_id_or_page_id is the id of the user, group or page that you want to get the stats. It's allways a long number. How can I know that id?.
• fb_access_token is the Facebook access token that the script is going to use to get access to the information. How can I get that?.
• If you want the stats for a user the access token must have the read_stream permission.
• If you want the stats for a close or private group the access token must have the user_groups permission.

How to know a Facebook id

There is not a cannonical way to find a Facebook id. I'm going to list 3 different ways from easier to harder.

1. Go to the user, group or page timeline and look at the url in your browser. If it's the way: https://www.facebook.com/19292868552 the number 19292868552 is the id that you are looking for.
2. If the url is different you can use the page: Lookup-ID.com. Paste the url in that web and it'll show you the id that you are looking for.
3. If Lookup-ID.com doesn't show you the id you can find it yourself:
4. At the page click with the left botton of your mouse and select Show source code.
5. It'll appear a page with the HTML of the page. Press Ctrl + F (cmd + F in Mac OS X) to open the find tool.
6. Find for profile_id=, group_id= or page_id=. The option depends on the type of id you are looking for.
7. The id is going to be just after that text.

How to get a Facebook access token

There are different ways to get an access token but one of the easiest ones is using the Graph API Explorer:

1. Go to the Graph API Explorer page.
2. Click at Get Token > Get Access,
3. Click the permissions you want to grant, remember:

• If you want the stats for a user the access token must have the read_stream permission.
• If you want the stats for a close or private group the access token must have the user_managed_groups permission and you must be admin.

4. Click at Get Access Token.
5. Copy the Access Token that appears at the top of the page. It's a very long with lettera and numbers.