Facebook Query Language
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First appeared | February 2007 |
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Platform | Facebook Platform |
Website | http://developers.facebook.com/ |
Influenced by | |
SQL |
Facebook Query Language (FQL) is a query language that allows querying Facebook user data by using a SQL-style interface,[1] avoiding the need to use the Facebook Platform Graph API.[2] Data returned from an FQL query is in JSON format by default.
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FQL was first made publicly available in February 2007.[3]
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Example
In the following query, four different types of data are retrieved from a single table (status) and for a single user ("me"):
SELECT status_id,message,time,source FROM `status` WHERE uid = me()
References
- ^ "Facebook Query Language (FQL)". Documentation. Facebook. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
- ^ "About Facebook-FQL". Tag info. Stack Overflow. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ^ Steinberg, Ari (February 26, 2007). "Facebook Query Language (FQL)". The Facebook Blog. Facebook. Retrieved 2012-05-18.