Facebook Friends Scraper

This script can scrape list of friends from a Facebook's profile in 1st degree connections and 2nd degree connections. It save a CSV file from the friends. It requires Python 3, Selenium Webdriver and Chrome browser.

Installation

You'll need to have python, pip, and Google Chrome installed to use this tool. Once that's all set up:

1. Clone this repository
2. cd into the cloned folder
3. pip install -r requirements.txt

Set up its config.txt file

Fill your email and password of Facebook's profile.

[credentials]
email=foo@bar.com
password=secret

1st degree friend connections (your friends)

1. Run python facebook-friends.py
2. It will open a browser window and will fill your username & password automatically.
3. You should see your Facebook friends page scroll to the bottom.
4. A CSV file will be created with the data (1st-degree_YYYY-MM-DD_HHMM.csv)

2st degree friend connections (your friend's friends)

Note: This could take days if you have lots of friends!

1. Get your 1st degree connections first, so you have the 1st-degree CSV file.
2. Put the 1st-degree CSV in the same folder as python facebook-friends.py
3. Run python facebook-friends.py 1st-degree_YYYY-MM-DD_HHMM.csv, with the actual filename from the first step.
4. A browser window will open.
5. You should the script looping through your Facebook friend's friend pages.
6. A CSV file will be created with the data (2nd-degree_YYYY-MM-DD_HHMM.csv)