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Follow up to this question for Facebook Friends.getAppUsers using Graph API that pulls friends using app by
https://graph.facebook.com/me/friends?fields=installed

is it possible to get date of joining also with the id’s?

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Quintin Par
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    Just a comment, `me/friends?fields=installed` This is interesting. The installed field is not documented. I wonder how many other fields are not documented on Graph API objects. – DMCS Jan 08 '12 at 11:31
  • @DMCS it's not documented on `user` object documentation but somehow was noted on deprecation note for [`users.isAppUser`](http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/rest/users.isAppUser/) of REST API. – Juicy Scripter Jan 08 '12 at 12:22
  • Yeah, I know! I wish there was a place we can look to find the other "hidden" (aka undocumented) properties there are on the Graph API that are only gettable with the fields= query string. – DMCS Jan 08 '12 at 12:39
  • yup, just like how the [`backdated_time`](http://facebook.stackoverflow.com/questions/8576541/upload-photos-for-past-date) field shocked me two days ago!! – ifaour Mar 19 '12 at 07:56
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    Would you look at that :P All the [big names](http://facebook.stackoverflow.com/users?tab=reputation&filter=all) of [FSO](http://facebook.stackoverflow.com/) in one place :) – Lix Mar 19 '12 at 14:25
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    @Lix, I would rather link to this [stat](http://stackoverflow.com/tags/facebook/topusers) (where I'm still ahead of DMCS!) ;-) – ifaour Mar 20 '12 at 21:36
  • @ifaour - I really can't stand looking at FB questions anymore :P Dunno if you are on meta at all - but we are trying to change some things that might help let us keep our sanity with all the Facebook madness :P Check it out- http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/126114/stack-overflow-and-facebook-policy-matters-on-topic/126117#126117 – Lix Mar 20 '12 at 21:44
  • @Lix, Yes I'm aware of the controversy that is happening on Meta. I also upvoted, favorite and commented on OffBySome [question](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/121547/is-it-time-to-re-evaluate-the-facebook-stack-overflow-partnership). Now let's keep this conversation relevant to the question ;). I would love to see Igy answering this question. – ifaour Mar 21 '12 at 07:39

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No, Currently it is not possible to get date of joining of user to app.

But you can do one thing whenever any fb user registers/ connects with facebook application, store current date/time with his facebook id in your system. And when you want display date of joining then map friends id with your database table.

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Nope, you can't do this :( Even trying to get all their news feed and choosing the first or most backdated one won't work anymore. A very funny and probably irrelevant attempt could be by searching the user's inbox for a "welcome to facebook" message.

Also, if you could tell us why you need this information, you might be able to get suitable alternatives.

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    I would like this too because I want to use Facebook to help verify a person is real. I.e. if they've had a facebook account for over a year with over 20 friend connections it's unlikely to be a bot as FB would probably have deactivated it. It's far from full proof but is certainly better than asking them to send a birth certificate in – sradforth Mar 12 '13 at 17:12
  • :) yes, I definitely agree though I'm not sure the OP intends to do that. – Chibueze Opata Mar 13 '13 at 09:30