Facebook made its own database query language, FQL

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facebook made its own query language for databases, FQL
thanks to simple queries you can find out practically everything about everyone ::biggrin24.gif::

can you give an example of building such a query in FQL

http://graph.facebook.com/fql?q=select%20comment_count%2C%20share_count%2C%20like_count%20from%20link_stat%20where%20url%20%3D%20%22http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2013%2F01%2F30%2Ffacebook-twitter-blackberry-10%2F%22

graph.facebook.com/fql?q=select%20comment_count%2C%20share_count%2C%20like_count%20from%20link_stat%20where%20url%20%3D%20%22http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2013%2F01%2F30%2Ffacebook-twitter-blackberry-10%2F%22


try following this link , and you'll find out a lot about the site
and here's the adapted url with the query

select comment_count, share_count, like_count from link_stat where url = "http://mashable.com/2013/01/30/facebook-twitter-blackberry-10/"

here's the full list http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/fql
created: 2013-04-02
updated: 2026-03-10
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