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The script is not getting 'likes,' it's pulling the number of 'shares' for a particular URL. If you want to get to a brand's like-count, you'll need to feed th

The script is not getting 'likes,' it's pulling the number of 'shares' for a particular URL. If you want to get to a brand's like-count, you'll need to feed the Graph API with either the Facebook Username of the account (e.g. "nike", not "http://www.nike.com http://www.nike.com "), or with the Facebook ID# of the brand (e.g. "15087023444").

iamchrisle 14y ago
Ah. Right! Thanks. I'll have to change this today then.
TomAnthony 14y ago
This can be misleading though. This script does get the count you will see on a Facebook 'Like' button which is actually the sum of the 'like','share', and 'comment' counts. For example, the script gets a count of 1,257,333 for www.apple.com: https://graph.facebook.com/?ids=http://www.apple.com https://graph.facebook.com/?ids=http://www.apple.com Which from here we can see is the sum of the 3 values: http://api.facebook.com/restserver.php?method=links.getStats&format=json&urls=http://www.apple.com http://api.facebook.com/restserver.php?method=links.getStats... And by entering www.apple.com as the URL here we can confirm is exactly the figure the Like button shows: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/ http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/ So whilst maybe not 100% accurate in some regards, it is certainly what many people would refer to as the 'like' count (and they'd be confused if you gave a lower number which isn't what the like button on the page showed). This tool is aimed more at URLs than brands.