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Apps and scripts that make exported Facebook data easier to handle and organise

108 points by alentodorov 9y ago

kroltan 9y ago
The parallax effect is confusing and causes clipping on the "Latest Apps" text.
- programbreeding 9y ago
  Example: https://i.imgur.com/XxgA34D.png https://i.imgur.com/XxgA34D.png
  - alentodorov 9y ago
    Thanks for the heads-up. Removed it.
    - pvg 9y ago
      And 'these instructions'. And 'to this repo'.
bebe3000 9y ago
What I really miss is a message reading and search program that handles megabytes of text in DOM without freezing the browser.
- codejoust 9y ago
  I built a elasticsearch importer for fb messages and a simple web frontend that did this pretty well for many many megabytes of messages. Wouldn't mind cleaning it up if people were interested in using it. [edit: will upload here later: https://github.com/iainnash/messenger-explorer/ https://github.com/iainnash/messenger-explorer/]
  - alentodorov 9y ago
    Will you be OK of including your project to the list?
Froyoh 9y ago
Are these usable offline?
- alentodorov 9y ago
  Except for "FB Photo Explorer" they all work client-side / offline. I think I should add this to each app or script on the homepage.
collio 9y ago
So wait, Facebook is not trustworthy enough to handle your personal data but a random website on the internet is ?
- ocdtrekkie 9y ago
  One is a local application, one is a Ruby script, one is a client-side browser application which doesn't send any data. Only one app listed on this site so far needs to bring your data to a server, and they at least say they don't retain it after processing. I did notice that the one client-side only one says they're working on building a storage app, which presumably, the client-side browser app will eventually be usable as their import tool.
- beamatronic 9y ago
  Right, how do I know there isn’t an HTTP POST buried in these scripts somewhere?
ocdtrekkie 9y ago
I think it'll be pretty handy to have a list of tools like this. I personally want a little web app (selfhostable, obviously) that I can easily both store and browse my old exports.
crawfordcomeaux 9y ago
I'm looking for a script to download all data from a group. Anyone got anything for this?
mwg986 9y ago
It should read "Download all your data first using THESE instructions." right?
jwomers 9y ago
Contact info summary is great. Something I'd love to have is exporting friends' birthdays into my calendar. That and contact info is really all I need from Facebook.
lucideer 9y ago
A website targeted at liberating your data from Facebook, and it's running on Google AMP... nice. I know they're not equivalent in any way, but some consideration for the audience might be expected given the general topic of the day.
jackvalentine 9y ago
FB Photo Exporter only downloads photos you've been tagged in and that you've uploaded. Also fails if you disallow it from seeing your email address with a "someone is already using that email address" error.

108 points by alentodorov 9y ago

kroltan 9y ago

The parallax effect is confusing and causes clipping on the "Latest Apps" text.

programbreeding 9y ago
Example: https://i.imgur.com/XxgA34D.png https://i.imgur.com/XxgA34D.png
- alentodorov 9y ago
  Thanks for the heads-up. Removed it.
  - pvg 9y ago
    And 'these instructions'. And 'to this repo'.

bebe3000 9y ago

What I really miss is a message reading and search program that handles megabytes of text in DOM without freezing the browser.

codejoust 9y ago
I built a elasticsearch importer for fb messages and a simple web frontend that did this pretty well for many many megabytes of messages. Wouldn't mind cleaning it up if people were interested in using it. [edit: will upload here later: https://github.com/iainnash/messenger-explorer/ https://github.com/iainnash/messenger-explorer/]
- alentodorov 9y ago
  Will you be OK of including your project to the list?

Froyoh 9y ago

Are these usable offline?

alentodorov 9y ago
Except for "FB Photo Explorer" they all work client-side / offline. I think I should add this to each app or script on the homepage.

collio 9y ago

So wait, Facebook is not trustworthy enough to handle your personal data but a random website on the internet is ?

ocdtrekkie 9y ago
One is a local application, one is a Ruby script, one is a client-side browser application which doesn't send any data. Only one app listed on this site so far needs to bring your data to a server, and they at least say they don't retain it after processing. I did notice that the one client-side only one says they're working on building a storage app, which presumably, the client-side browser app will eventually be usable as their import tool.
beamatronic 9y ago
Right, how do I know there isn’t an HTTP POST buried in these scripts somewhere?

ocdtrekkie 9y ago

I think it'll be pretty handy to have a list of tools like this. I personally want a little web app (selfhostable, obviously) that I can easily both store and browse my old exports.

crawfordcomeaux 9y ago

I'm looking for a script to download all data from a group. Anyone got anything for this?

mwg986 9y ago

It should read "Download all your data first using THESE instructions." right?

jwomers 9y ago

Contact info summary is great. Something I'd love to have is exporting friends' birthdays into my calendar. That and contact info is really all I need from Facebook.

lucideer 9y ago

A website targeted at liberating your data from Facebook, and it's running on Google AMP... nice. I know they're not equivalent in any way, but some consideration for the audience might be expected given the general topic of the day.

jackvalentine 9y ago

FB Photo Exporter only downloads photos you've been tagged in and that you've uploaded. Also fails if you disallow it from seeing your email address with a "someone is already using that email address" error.