Select a group object using the Graph API using a group alias?

Question

How can I get data with a group alias?

Take, for example, this group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/toroneradio/ . Fulfilling the request https://graph.facebook.com/toroneradio returns me:

"message": "(# 803) Some of the aliases you requested do not exist: toroneradio"

Fulfilling a request to the graph API with the group ID: https://graph.facebook.com/173246339390721 works fine.

This works great for pages. I looked at the FQL group table, but the name is not searchable. ( FQL group table ) We also searched for some kind of documentation and found nothing in Bugtracking FB.

Is there a way to get the programmatic group identifier from a group alias or directly to get a group graph object?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Easy way

• If you have not already done so, join the Facebook group that you want to get the group ID
• Use the Facebook Graph API Explorer
• Access to the list of groups through http://graph.facebook.com/me/groups

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Answer 2

FQL:

SELECT id FROM profile WHERE username='groupname' AND type='group'

Answer 3

! : http://graph.facebook.com/search?q=[ALIAS]&type=group