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chandra
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FB Connection error

‎10-03-2016 01:44 PM

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Does anyone know why I am getting this error. I know this is my username  in my FB URL 

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v-caliao-msft
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‎10-05-2016 01:37 AM

Hi @chandra,

 

Based on my research, the issue is caused by that facebook: v2.0 api no longer allows lookup by username. That´s why you can´t query users by their username anymore. The only way to get access to data of a user is by authorizing that user and using the /me endpoint.

 

Reference
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30886468/facebook-cannot-query-users-by-their-username-solution
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy/issues/350

 

Regards,

Charlie Liao

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v-caliao-msft
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‎10-05-2016 01:37 AM

Hi @chandra,

 

Based on my research, the issue is caused by that facebook: v2.0 api no longer allows lookup by username. That´s why you can´t query users by their username anymore. The only way to get access to data of a user is by authorizing that user and using the /me endpoint.

 

Reference
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30886468/facebook-cannot-query-users-by-their-username-solution
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy/issues/350

 

Regards,

Charlie Liao

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