get the Friends List of a user on Facebook (using java)

Asked Aug 09 '15 at 14:56

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I'm trying do draw a graph of users on FB.

I want to obtain the friends list of some users (which I have access because it is my friends or it is public list).

I tried HTMLunit and I succeded in log in and access the friends page : https://www.facebook.com/userid/friends . On this page only 20 friends will automatically load, and you need to scroll or press spacebar to see more. After some research :

webClient.getCurrentWindow().setInnerHeight(60000); to have a bigger window but it is not working (suggested here : How to Scrolldwon a web page using htmlunit or PanthomJS)
selenium seems to be very very slow for a high number of pages (How to read a page with an infinite scroll bar using selenium's html unit driver for java?)
FB Graph-api does not seems to be a solution for none friend users

I am open to any kind of solution (different idea, library, tool... )

PS: I will not share the data collected, It's for personal use only

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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asked Aug 09 '15 at 14:56

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Hi, where you able to find the solution? If you can share the code over git, I see many people have visited this question, it would be helpful. thanks. – tez Jul 18 '21 at 11:17

get the Friends List of a user on Facebook (using java)

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