How do you use Facebook From The Command Line With fbcmd in Linux?

Answer 1

fbcmd is a cross-platform tool that lets you use Facebook from the command line. It supports posting a status, uploading photos, creating albums, listing profile information for friends, display events or your stream, share links and lots more.

Install fbcmd in Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install php5-cli php5-curl

cd && wget link_to_fbcmd_update.php(attached in related links)

php fbcmd_update.php

sudo php fbcmd_update.php

sudo php fbcmd_update.php install

And that should complete the installation.

To be able to use fbcmd, you need to give it access to your Facebook account:

- For basic access, run the following command - it should open a new tab in your default web browser, asking you to allow fbcmd to access Facebook:

fbcmd go access

- The second step is to authorize fbcmd to use Facebook in offline mode:

fbcmd go authThis once again opens a new tab in your default browser, which should display a code. Copy that code and run the following command:

fbcmd auth CODE - Replacing "CODE" with the code you've copied from Facebook.

- And finally, to give fbcmd additional permissions, use the following command:

fbcmd addperm

Now everything should be ready. to see all the available fbcmd options, type the following command in a terminal:

fbcmd

Here are a few fbcmd examples:

- update your status:

fbcmd status "insert the status here"

- upload a picture to an existing album called "myalbum":

fbcmd addpic myfile.jpg myalbum "photo description"

- display your Facebook stream:

fbcmd stream