Facebook Graph Api 2.1 get userid from username

Question

I am looking for a solution which can provide me user id from profile url or fb username

example :http://facebook.com/username

get userid of this url

and also when I try to read friends (I have friend related permission), I am getting blank data array ex:

 graph api requ: https://graph.facebook.com/v2.1/me/friends?access_token=xxxxx
 response:
    {
      "data": [
      ], 
      "summary": {
        "total_count": 455
      }
    }

Please let me know how can I get friend list and userid using username in Facebook graph api v2.1

Answer 1

Hi dhiraj you can get all of your friends username, user id and their profile picture by doing this....https://graph.facebook.com/v2.1/me/taggable_friends?access_token=xxxxx....Hope this helps...and please dont forget to upvote if you identify this as an answer

https://graph.facebook.com/v2.1/me/friends?access_token=xxxxx would return the friends who are using your app i.e., who have authenticated your app...where as https://graph.facebook.com/v2.1/me/taggable_friends?access_token=xxxxx will return all of your friends