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kristjan/fb_uname_to_id.rb

Created April 11, 2011 22:43
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Convert a Facebook username to its ID
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fb_uname_to_id.rb
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'rubygems'
require 'json'
username = ARGV.first
if username.nil?
puts "Usage: #{__FILE__} <fb_username>"
end
info = Net::HTTP.get 'graph.facebook.com', "/#{username}?fields=id"
puts JSON.parse(info)['id']
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