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Does facebook have an api for searching a user's friend?
Tim
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The Graph API is the primary way to get data into and out of the Facebook platform. It's an HTTP-based API that apps can use to programmatically query data, post new stories, manage ads, upload photos, and perform a wide variety of other tasks.
Go to Tools – Graph API Explorer to generate Access Tokens for various kinds of API that you would like to use in your app. Choose the app and kind of token you need in the drop down menus in the left part of the screen. Then click “Generate Access Token”.
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The Graph API is free to use, for all applicable use cases. Rate Limiting applies though, > developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/advanced/rate-limiting There is no way to “pay” or > otherwise get those limits raised for normal 3rd party apps.
You can search friend's name like this:
select uid, name, sex
from user
where uid in (SELECT uid2 FROM friend WHERE uid1 = me())
and (strpos(lower(name),'TheFriendName')>=0 OR strpos(name,'TheFriendName')>=0)
TheFriendName=Full name or part of the name
Example:
select uid, name, sex
from user
where uid in (SELECT uid2 FROM friend WHERE uid1 = me())
and (strpos(lower(name),'Jack')>=0 OR strpos(name,'Jack')>=0)
You can get the list of friends using the following API call:
Friends: https://graph.facebook.com/me/friends?access_token=...
and then search in the list for the person you are looking for.
Refer to more detailed documentation here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/api
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