FB Dump

#!/bin/bash

# NOTICE: This Bash script is currently unable to dump your entire profile. I am
# reading this page...
# https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/using-graph-api/v2.2#fieldexpansion
#
# I think I need to loop through something the FB devs call "pagination" to grab
# my profile in separate segments. I will delete this notice once all is fine. If
# you figure it out before me, feel free to provide me with the knowledge.

#################### README ####################
# Filename:     fb_dump.sh
# Latest ver':  https://pastebin.com/884g3K9x
# Contact:      https://pastebin.com/message_compose?to=J2897
#
# This script will dump your Facebook profile data to a file.
#
# If you're leaving Facebook, this should be useful for those wishing to migrate
# their raw data.
#
# I started thinking of this when the Facebook staff/moderators or bots/algorithm
# began bullying me into using my so called "real name". Even though no one has
# any way of verifying my real name, they still insist that I use it.
#
# The only data I have on Facebook that I would like to keep is my Notes, the
# Links I have posted, and perhaps a few, long, Status Updates I have typed.
#
# I tried a proprietary program called 'Social Safe'. It dumped my entire profile
# to a PDF successfully. But when I tried dumping to the CSV format, it failed to
# export the Links. It also doesn't currently export Notes either; and that's why
# I felt the need to create my own alternative - FB Dump.
#
# After dumping my profile, I hope to recreate it in something not controlled by
# the corporate spyware industry. Freenet or Diaspora seems more suitable for a
# democratic society...
# https://freenetproject.org/
# http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/196017994/diaspora-the-personally-controlled-do-it-all-distr
#
#
# How to use FB Dump:
#
#   1. Set your FB ID.
#   2. Uncomment one of the FIELDS.
#   3. Set the ACCESS_TOKEN.
#   4. Set your desired OUTPUT path correctly.
#
#################### README ####################

# https://graph.facebook.com/<USERNAME>
ID="10151981746917553"

# https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/v2.2/user/feed
#FIELDS="links" # shows only the links that were published by this person.
#FIELDS="posts" # shows only the posts that were published by this person.
#FIELDS="statuses" # shows only the status update posts that were published by this person.
#FIELDS="tagged" # shows only the posts that this person was tagged in.
FIELDS="feed"

# https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/
ACCESS_TOKEN="CAACEgEose0cBALVc3hNxZBmB9VG2IM2V7oehsmat3bmIF6Iufv5GppLKFOYKPHHV3WutZBmZAUwu1B0PRZBaAZCUDZCZAjfziksvTMKH0Q6hGNCvT8hCvzSB5ZCYzjownG1UMF5nri8TCxYFt7QOoLDB5ZCF3doMJZAguUQPNMmoa1G01garv4c36vO0IasOnyF6F2KEukHQOW1QWkGcUoPjFr"

# http://www.useragentstring.com/pages/Mozilla/
USER_AGENT="Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.2) Gecko/20110201"

OUTPUT="/cygdrive/c/Users/John/Code/SH/fb_dump/$FIELDS.dat"

# http://open-source-tricks.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/backup-facebook.html
# http://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html
#curl --user-agent "$USER_AGENT" --output "$OUTPUT" "https://graph.facebook.com/$ID?fields=$FIELDS&access_token=$ACCESS_TOKEN" -s
# http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/
wget --no-verbose --output-document="$OUTPUT" --user-agent="$USER_AGENT" "https://graph.facebook.com/$ID?fields=$FIELDS&access_token=$ACCESS_TOKEN"