Facebooker talk - Apr 2009 - how can I get the friends of a fb user only using his facebook id

hello,

with facebooker can I get a list of someone''s facebook friends, only
using
his facebook id?
If yes, then please let me know how... (and don''t read further)

If this is not possible, then here is my problem:
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I have a flash movie embedded in the canvas page of my Facebooker
application.

The movie gets information from an xml file, which is generated by .rxml
file, but this rxml file has no information related to the current facebook
user and his session. So I can only pass some data that comes from the
<fb:swf> flashvars through the flash movie to the .rxml in the form of url
arguments. One possible things to pass is fb_sig_user, which is the facebook
id of the user. Other available flashvars are listed in the wiki:
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Fb:swf

So, I need to have info about the facebook user''s friends in the .rxml
file.
How can I achieve this?


Thanks a lot!!!
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Hi Petar,

I use Facebooker & Rails to generate XML for my Flash apps as well.  
It''s a pretty simple and effective solution, but it''s not your
only
choice anymore.

If you''re handy with Actionscript 3, you''ve now got the option
of
using the Facebook API directly from your Flash app. Google hosts the  
project. This wasn''t available until relatively recently, so I
can''t
say how well it works.

If you still want to use your server as an intermediary between  
Facebook data and your app, you''re on the right track; XML makes this  
a breeze. You''ve got two options for getting user data: you can use  
the standard API or use FQL. Either one will allow you to grab a list  
of a user''s friends. From there, you can use a nice .each loop &  
construct your XML.

To be frank, doing this kind of thing is pretty intrinsic to  
integrating Facebook data into your Flash app, so you''d probably be  
better off taking a look at the various resources available; they will  
help much more than a simple response on a mailing list. Pragmatic  
Bookshelf has a number of resources available including a book and  
some screencasts (http://www.pragprog.com).

Sorry for the RTFM answer, but I really think in this case it is  
probably your best bet. There''s a lot more you can do with Facebooker,
so it''s really worthwhile.

Regards,
Tres


Tres Wong-Godfrey
Brainzai!
Games for your Brain


On Apr 22, 2009, at 8:02 AM, Petar Kalpakliev wrote:
> hello,
>
> with facebooker can I get a list of someone''s facebook friends,
only
> using his facebook id?
> If yes, then please let me know how... (and don''t read further)
>
> If this is not possible, then here is my problem:
> -------------------------------------------
> I have a flash movie embedded in the canvas page of my Facebooker  
> application.
>
> The movie gets information from an xml file, which is generated  
> by .rxml file, but this rxml file has no information related to the  
> current facebook user and his session. So I can only pass some data  
> that comes from the <fb:swf> flashvars through the flash movie to  
> the .rxml in the form of url arguments. One possible things to pass  
> is fb_sig_user, which is the facebook id of the user. Other  
> available flashvars are listed in the wiki:
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Fb:swf
>
> So, I need to have info about the facebook user''s friends in  
> the .rxml file. How can I achieve this?
>
>
> Thanks a lot!!!
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