stefanjf / Facebook-to-Neo4j-Graph

Python script to transfer Facebook friends to a Neo4j graph

This script no longer works with the new Facebook user tokens. (Cannot get friends list from API)

Facebook to Neo4j Graph

Python script to get Facebook friends and output them to a Neo4j graph. Neo4j is a highly scalable, robust graph database.

##Install Dependencies

pip install facebook-sdk
pip install py2neo
pip install requests json

##Facebook User Token A user access token is required in order to get friends and mutual friends from the Facebook Graph API.

One option is to create a dummy app at developer.facebook.com to generate a token. Once the app is created, go to Tools -> Access Tokens to retrieve the user token.

##Start Neo4j Server Head to neo4j.org to download and install neo4j on your system.

##Execute python script

###1. Add Facebook Token

TOKEN = 'INSERT FACEBOOK TOKEN HERE'

###2. Configure Neo4j Server IP If the neo4j server is running on localhost, no action is needed. If the server is running on a different computer, insert the relevant IP address.

#Remote Neo4j Server:
graph_db = neo4j.GraphDatabaseService('<Server Address>')

#Localhost:
graph_db = neo4j.GraphDatabaseService()

###3. Run facebookToNeo4j.py

python facebookToNeo4j.py

###4. View Graph Database In a browser, go to http://localhost:7474 to view your Facebook graph.

Note: If the graph nodes display the Facebook id instead of the friend's name, you can click on any node and in the pop-up choose "Style" -> "caption" -> "name" to switch.