Hello how i can possible to search name on facebook graph api like "John Doe" instead of username or userid? I'm using requests module of python thanks
Unfortunately facebook-graph API doesn't have endpoints for searching users but you can simply use the fb package for logging-in and automate your search using the module facebook-scraper package
search fb username
you can get the cookies.txt using cookie extension that extracts local cookie file into text.
from facebook_scraper import get_profile
get_profile("zuck") # Or get_profile("zuck", cookies="cookies.txt")
{'About': "I'm trying to make the world a more open place.",
'Education': 'Harvard University\n'
'Computer Science and Psychology\n'
'30 August 2002 - 30 April 2004\n'
'Phillips Exeter Academy\n'
'Classics\n'
'School year 2002\n'
'Ardsley High School\n'
'High School\n'
'September 1998 - June 2000',
'Favourite Quotes': '"Fortune favors the bold."\n'
'- Virgil, Aeneid X.284\n'
'\n'
'"All children are artists. The problem is how to remain '
'an artist once you grow up."\n'
'- Pablo Picasso\n'
'\n'
'"Make things as simple as possible but no simpler."\n'
'- Albert Einstein',
'Name': 'Mark Zuckerberg',
'Places lived': [{'link': '/profile.php?id=104022926303756&refid=17',
'text': 'Palo Alto, California',
'type': 'Current town/city'},
{'link': '/profile.php?id=105506396148790&refid=17',
'text': 'Dobbs Ferry, New York',
'type': 'Home town'}],
'Work': 'Chan Zuckerberg Initiative\n'
'1 December 2015 - Present\n'
'Facebook\n'
'Founder and CEO\n'
'4 February 2004 - Present\n'
'Palo Alto, California\n'
'Bringing the world closer together.'}
credits to : facebook-scraper documentation