https://developers.facebook.com/apps/myappid/dashboard/
pip3 install urllib3 pip3 install requests pip3 install facebook-sdk pip3 list
When getting the user access token, check user_posts too.
"""
daterange.py
List my Facebook posts in the given date range.
"""
import sys
import facebook
#Get the user access token from https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer
token = "blahblahblah"
graph = facebook.GraphAPI(access_token = token)
#Get a dictionary of information about myself.
try:
dictionary = graph.get_object("me/feed?limit=68&until=15 june 2018&since=3 april 2018")
except facebook.GraphAPIError as error:
print(error, file = sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
listOfPosts = dictionary["data"]
for post in listOfPosts: #or for post in reversed(listOfPosts):
#post is a dict.
print(f'id = {post["id"]}')
print(f'created_time = {post["created_time"]}')
print(f'message = {post["message"]}')
print()
sys.exit(0)
id = 100003285209008_1688498031269687 created_time = 2018-06-14T08:52:11+0000 message = Flew into JFK, reassembled my bicycle, and was back home in Manhattan's East Village at 4:00 a.m. I saw many beautiful lands and heard many strange creeds, but now at last I'm back at our sea-washed, sunset gates. "I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" id = 100003285209008_1679820198804137 created_time = 2018-06-07T04:39:08+0000 message = Day 65 (Wed Jun 6, 2018): Livermore to San Francisco, California. Cool and humid. id = 100003285209008_1678799532239537 created_time = 2018-06-06T06:25:47+0000 message = Day 64 (Tue Jun 5, 2018): Patterson to Livermore, California. Dispiriting day of detours and Plan B's, ending with a powerful headwind up in the Diablo Range. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_Range etc. id = 100003285209008_1615106041942220 created_time = 2018-04-06T02:08:25+0000 message = Day 3 (Thu Apr 5, 2018): Philadelphia to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. First day without freezing rain, but it snowed on me this morning in Philly and I fought a stiff headwind until late afternoon. Tomorrow: more rain and record lows. id = 100003285209008_1613873898732101 created_time = 2018-04-04T22:34:40+0000 message = Day 2: Trenton to Philadelphia. id = 100003285209008_1612855695500588 created_time = 2018-04-03T22:20:34+0000 message = MERETZKYS ACROSS AMERICA: New York to Nashville to San Francisco!
"""
facebook.py
Read information about the user from the Facebook graph.
"""
import sys
import facebook
#to display the jpg image with tkinter:
import urllib.request
import tkinter
import PIL.ImageTk
#Get the user access token from https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer
token = "blahblahblah"
graph = facebook.GraphAPI(access_token = token)
print(f"type(graph) = {type(graph)}")
#Get a dictionary of information about myself.
try:
dictionary1 = graph.get_object("me?fields=id,name,birthday,friends,gender,photos")
except facebook.GraphAPIError as error:
print(error, file = sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
for key, value in dictionary1.items():
print(f"{key:8} {str(type(value)):14}", end = "")
if key != "photos":
print(f" {value}")
else:
print()
print()
listOfPhotos = value["data"] #value is a dictionary
dictionary2 = listOfPhotos[0] #the most recent photo
id = dictionary2["id"] #the id number of the photo
print(f'dictionary2["id"] = {id}')
print(f'dictionary2["created_time"] = {dictionary2["created_time"]}')
print(f'dictionary2["name"] = {dictionary2["name"]}')
print()
try:
dictionary3 = graph.get_object(f"{id}/picture")
except facebook.GraphAPIError as error:
print(error, file = sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
url = dictionary3["url"]
print(f'dictionary3["mime-type"] = {dictionary3["mime-type"]}')
print(f'dictionary3["url"] = {url}')
print(f'type(dictionary3["data"]) = {type(dictionary3["data"])}')
print(f'len(dictionary3["data"]) = {len(dictionary3["data"])}')
try:
binaryFile = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
except urllib.error.URLError as error:
print(error, file = sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
sequenceOfBytes = binaryFile.read() #not a string of characters
binaryFile.close()
root = tkinter.Tk()
#Display the image.
try:
#The following statement cannot come before the tkinter.Tk().
photoImage = PIL.ImageTk.PhotoImage(data = sequenceOfBytes)
except BaseException as error:
print(error, file = sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
width = photoImage.width()
height = photoImage.height()
root.geometry(f"{width}x{height}")
root.title(dictionary2["name"].split(maxsplit = 4)[:4]) #first four words
#Put the center of the image at the center of the canvas.
canvas = tkinter.Canvas(root, highlightthickness = 0)
canvas.create_image(width / 2, height / 2, image = photoImage)
canvas.pack(expand = tkinter.YES, fill = "both")
root.mainloop()
type(graph) = <class 'facebook.GraphAPI'>
id <class 'str'> 100003285209008
name <class 'str'> Mark Meretzky
birthday <class 'str'> 07/12/1955
friends <class 'dict'> {'data': [], 'summary': {'total_count': 51}}
gender <class 'str'> male
photos <class 'dict'>
dictionary2["id"] = 2346269302159220
dictionary2["created_time"] = 2019-08-11T00:42:56+0000
dictionary2["name"] = A brass plaque shiny enough to reflect an image. Is that part of the message?
dictionary3["mime-type"] = image/jpeg
dictionary3["url"] = https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/67710648_2346269305492553_3937319047070220288_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_oc=AQmIo-velghaYvuPS7Rmx1svlDmqT9LcD9qkrM1jbmYHMuC1QKG10-y3o8ehBJuIHj0&_nc_ht=scontent.xx&oh=42750ed62f3deb67df05857a88841400&oe=5E2D3900
type(dictionary3["data"]) = <class 'bytes'>
len(dictionary3["data"]) = 89223