# -----------------------
# Web application example
# -----------------------
def simple_web_app(request, api_key, secret_key):
fb = Facebook(api_key, secret_key, request.GET['auth_token'])
fb.auth.getSession()
friend_ids = fb.friends.get()
info = fb.users.getInfo(friend_ids, ['name', 'pic'])
print ''
for friend in info:
print '%(name)s' % friend
print ''
def web_app(request):
"""Get the user's friends and their pictures. This example uses
the Django web framework, but should be adaptable to others."""
# Get api_key and secret_key from a file
fb_file = open('facebook_keys.txt').readlines()
api_key = fb_file[0].strip()
secret_key = fb_file[1].strip()
fb = Facebook(api_key, secret_key)
# Use the data from the cookie if present
if 'session_key' in request.session and 'uid' in request.session:
fb.session_key = request.session['session_key']
fb.uid = request.session['uid']
else:
try:
fb.auth_token = request.GET['auth_token']
except KeyError:
# Send user to the Facebook to login
return HttpResponseRedirect(fb.get_login_url())
# getSession sets the session_key and uid
# Store these in the cookie so we don't have to get them again
fb.auth.getSession()
request.session['session_key'] = fb.session_key
request.session['uid'] = fb.uid
try:
friend_ids = fb.friends.get()
except FacebookError, e:
# Error 102 means the session has expired.
# Delete the cookie and send the user to Facebook to login
if e.info['code'] == u'102':
del request.session['session_key']
del request.session['uid']
return HttpResponseRedirect(fb.get_login_url())
else:
# Other Facebook errors are possible too. Don't ignore them.
raise
info = fb.users.getInfo(friend_ids, ['name', 'pic'])
# info is a list of dictionaries
# you would never do this in an actual Django application,
# it's just an example of accessing the results.
links = []
for friend in info:
html = '%(name)s' % friend
links.append(html)
return render_to_response('template.html', {'links': links})
# ---------------------------
# Desktop application example
# ---------------------------
def desktop_app():
from facebook import Facebook
# Get api_key and secret_key from a file
fbs = open(FB_SETTINGS).readlines()
facebook = Facebook(fbs[0].strip(), fbs[1].strip())
facebook.auth.createToken()
# Show login window
facebook.login()
# Login to the window, then press enter
print 'After logging in, press enter...'
raw_input()
facebook.auth.getSession()
info = facebook.users.getInfo([facebook.uid], ['name', 'birthday', 'affiliations', 'sex'])[0]
for attr in info:
print '%s: %s' % (attr, info[attr])
friends = facebook.friends.get()
friends = facebook.users.getInfo(friends[0:5], ['name', 'birthday', 'relationship_status'])
for friend in friends:
if 'birthday' in friend:
print friend['name'], 'has a birthday on', friend['birthday'], 'and is', friend['relationship_status']
else:
print friend['name'], 'has no birthday and is', friend['relationship_status']
arefriends = facebook.friends.areFriends([friends[0]['uid']], [friends[1]['uid']])
photos = facebook.photos.getAlbums(friends[1]['uid'])
print photos