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backing up non-deleted friends?, replied by znerp

znerp — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:48:32 +0000

harpa413 wrote:
i see an earlier thread says it can only watch 400 friends

Well that was the case, but this was fixed as of 29th August. See the About page for details of fixes.

periodically FB drops one of my friends without either of us having requested un-friending

Well that should be picked up by this script.

since FB appears to believe that letting me have a list of my friends is somehow a violation of privacy

You can't see your own friends list?

you must have nearly all the pieces i would need

Well yeah, all of the pieces are there.

not just ones that have changed?

I don't know what you mean by that. This script does store all friends, and never checks for any friends who have changed.

can you tell me anything more about what i'd need? i'm particularly wondering how it is that your script has been limited to reading 400 records -- what's going on there?

Well as I said, everything you would want is here and this is clearly not limited to 400 friends (I don't understand why you read an old topic that has since been fixed but not newer ones where it is clear that this does now work for people with >400 friends).

backing up non-deleted friends?, replied by harpa413

harpa413 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:18:42 +0000

thanks for your script! i see an earlier thread says it can only watch 400 friends (first 400 in alpha order by first name), which makes it not as useful for me as i had hoped, but it's still a nifty tool.

my actual quest is to find a way to back up my friends list, since i discover that periodically FB drops one of my friends without either of us having requested un-friending. and since FB appears to believe that letting me have a list of my friends is somehow a violation of privacy, it looks like they're not going to make that easy anytime soon.

i'm thinking that since the string you're storing (visible in about:config) contains all the pieces of data i would want about anyone -- i'd be fine with just name and profile URL -- you must have nearly all the pieces i would need to write a script to scrape _all_ friends, not just ones that have changed?

can you tell me anything more about what i'd need? i'm particularly wondering how it is that your script has been limited to reading 400 records -- what's going on there?

thanks.

Help with Photos of ... part of the script, replied by znerp

znerp — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:33:02 +0000

I'm really sorry, it turned out to be a pretty manic one last weekend and I forgot about this. I'll bookmark it to look into this soon.

Help with Photos of ... part of the script, replied by swany28

swany28 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:03:35 +0000

any luck?

can i view albums by using just the user id?, replied by znerp

znerp — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:20:25 +0000

Not that I know of.

can i view albums by using just the user id?, replied by ekz

ekz — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:23:34 +0000

i just wana ask if i can view any albums from a private profile by just using the user id? thanx... :)

Sript is broken as of 4th November due to Facebook changes..., replied by mr-bolica

mr-bolica — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:35:18 +0000

work znerp you rock man :D
thankss alot

Sript is broken as of 4th November due to Facebook changes..., replied by Serentico

Serentico — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:11:33 +0000

Thank you, your work is appreciated.

Sript is broken as of 4th November due to Facebook changes..., replied by znerp

znerp — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:32:13 +0000

Update: the script should be fixed as of the current version.

where does the script store the list, replied by znerp

znerp — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:13:16 +0000

Please see this topic.

where does the script store the list, replied by WhatItIs ThatWeDo

WhatItIs ThatWeDo — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:06:23 +0000

greasemonkey.scriptvals.znerp/Facebook Friends Checker.last checked; Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:10:00 GMT

Recheck time previously 8 hours, now set to 2. Is it a problem if the script runs both on my laptop and and my home server?

http://www.facebook.com/ajax/typeahead_search.php shows a blank page (0 bytes returned)

Changes in facebook?, replied by richar

richar — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:02:54 +0000

@znerp: this http://userscripts.org/topics/38872

Sript is broken as of 4th November due to Facebook changes..., replied by mr-bolica

mr-bolica — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:44:00 +0000

good luck znerp we wait you <3>

Sript is broken as of 4th November due to Facebook changes..., replied by znerp

znerp — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:27:18 +0000

... at the moment I cannot find an easy fix for this. If anyone technically minded knows or can find an alternative location to get a friends list from instead of http://www.facebook.com/ajax/typeahead_search.php then I would be very grateful.

I will work at fixing this and hopefully I should be able to put a fix out in the near future. Please bear with me and please don't complain at me that it isn't working, as that will only make me more reticent to fix it.

Changes in facebook?, replied by znerp

znerp — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:24:26 +0000

mr-bolica: I'm tired of your telling me it doesn't work but refusing to give any detail. If you continue to be so combatant on this then I will not assist you in the future.

Changes in facebook?, replied by mr-bolica

mr-bolica — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:48:46 +0000

znerp
after update not work
the only work version with me
is Sep 4, 2009 20:46
and i can`t role back

Changes in facebook?, replied by znerp

znerp — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:40:59 +0000

@Ofer: Yeah, this seems to be a change in Facebook. It might take a while to fix this.

@richar: Can you please explain what you mean?

Changes in facebook?, replied by richar

richar — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:23:20 +0000

some script commands not working after update this happening to me as in the version of 12 October while the October 25 work properly

Changes in facebook?, replied by jhonyR

jhonyR — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:22:07 +0000

Thanks very much, mate.

Changes in facebook?, replied by znerp

znerp — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:18:58 +0000

Ok, well I'll look into that probably tonight then.

Changes in facebook?, replied by jhonyR

jhonyR — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:08:06 +0000

yeah, i was actually logged in. i'm guessing some change in facebook, i just hope they didn't block it altogether.

Changes in facebook?, replied by znerp

znerp — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:01:31 +0000

Were you logged in to Facebook at the time? I can't test this at the moment, but I suspect that this may happen if you're not logged in (or possibly if you're navigating there from another page that isn't within Facebook).

Changes in facebook?, replied by jhonyR

jhonyR — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:54:34 +0000

Hi,
I tried browsing to http://www.facebook.com/ajax/typeahead_search.php but got a blank page (today, yesterday everything worked..).
Is this something known? is it a change made by facebook? is it only on my comp/user or something?

thanks a lot,
Ofer Padan

Troubleshooting, replied by znerp

znerp — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:33:09 +0000

Assuming you installed the script with no problems, then yes that is the proper way. I added an update checker to do this a few versions ago.

This new version actually implements a change specifically to ensure that problems like the one you had shouldn't happen again; the script should now be more responsive to changes in your friends list.

Troubleshooting, replied by Serentico

Serentico — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:59:42 +0000

I appreciate that. I just got an update request for the script. I've clicked on Install and it went through fine, is that the proper way to update it?

Thanks