facebook friends exporter

usage

1. open your browser and go to https://www.facebook.com/friends/list

2. scroll down until the page finishes loading all of your friends. (Keep scrolling until you reach the bottom.)

3. open the developer console

   • Chrome / Edge: Ctrl+Shift+J or F12 → Console tab
   • Firefox: Ctrl+Shift+K
   • Safari: Cmd+Option+C

Note

some browsers require you to allow pasting into the console first. if prompted, type allow pasting and press Enter.

4. copy the JavaScript code below and paste it into the console, then press Enter:

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triple click and CTRL + C to copy

this is minified so that it can be copied easily, use a beautifier if you're curious what it does.

!function(){let e=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('[data-visualcompletion="ignore-dynamic"]')).reduce((e,t)=>{let a=t.querySelector('svg[data-visualcompletion="ignore-dynamic"]')?.getAttribute("aria-label"),o=t?.getElementsByTagName("a")[0]?.getAttribute("href");return a&&o&&e.push({name:a,url:o}),e},[]);if(!e)return console.error("No data found");let t=prompt("Choose an option:\n1 – Show data as table\n2 – Download JSON file\n3 – Do both");if(!t||isNaN(+t))return console.error("Invalid action");if("1"===t)console.table(e);else if("2"===t||"3"===t){"3"===t&&console.table(e);let a=JSON.stringify(e,null,2),o=new Blob([a],{type:"application/json"}),n=URL.createObjectURL(o),r=document.createElement("a");r.href=n,r.download="facebook_friends.json",document.body.appendChild(r),r.click(),document.body.removeChild(r),URL.revokeObjectURL(n)}}();

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Authors

• Ruri

Licenses

• MIT License

Credits

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/75321453