FriendVis

A workflow to pipe mutual friend using Facebook old interface

req

• A Facebook acount that temporary unlock 2FA
• python>=3.10 if you don't dare
• pypy>=3.10 optional if you want to bake csv faster for larger and complex friend list
• jq
• msys2 (windows only)

python profile (for stable scraping, and stun itself too, required)

• selenium

pypy/python profile (for fast processing, recommend using colab)

• pandas

setup

• right creds

# .env
FB_USER=chinchon@binbon.co
FB_PASS=yikes_this_is_unreal

• bake cookies

python login.py

• scrape (round 1)

bash ./init.sh

• turn on your 2fa back if you prefer

bake csv (squashier json files)

• pypy mkcsv.py/python mkcsv.py

last step (choose 1/3)

• upload all csv files to colab, tweaking things to work (you nerdy way)
• on windows, install mvcc and pandas (sucks)
• on linux, ignore

then

• install pandas
• run vis.py