how to find name of friends on facebook in python

Question

I've tried this code to find name of friends on facebook in python but it's not working

import facebook

token='my token'

graph= facebook.GraphAPI(token)

profile=graph.get_object("me")  #extracting your own profile

friends=graph.get_connections("me","friends")['data']

friend_list=[friend['name'] for friend in friends]

print friend_list

The error: SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'

can you also include the output (error message or other message) during your execution? — catzilla, Dec 14 '15 at 06:27
You can only get friends who are users of the same app as well, and have granted it `user_friends` permission too. — CBroe, Dec 14 '15 at 08:28
added the error message to your question, because it´s the most important part of it. — luschn, Dec 14 '15 at 15:04

tabassum · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-14T07:08:00.800

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try this :)

token = 'mytoken'

graph = facebook.GraphAPI(token)
profile = graph.get_object("me")
friends = graph.get_connections("me", "friends")

friend_list = [friend['name'] for friend in friends['data']]

print friend_list

edited Dec 14 '15 at 07:08

answered Dec 14 '15 at 07:01

tabassum

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already tried same output is coming – hussain Dec 14 '15 at 07:15
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it will work on my system...which python version u r using??? – tabassum Dec 14 '15 at 08:27

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

That error means you are using Python 3 with code from Python 2, try this:

print(friend_list)

Source: What does "SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'" mean in Python?

Btw, i have no clue about Python (i just inserted the error message into Google), but if friend_list is an array, you may want to try this instead:

print(', '.join(friend_list))

Also, just in case you don´t kow, you can only get access to friends who authorized your App with user_friends too. See this thread for more information: Facebook Graph Api v2.0+ - /me/friends returns empty, or only friends who also use my app

how to find name of friends on facebook in python

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