Programmatically get amount of facebook likes for a specific
<ol style="color: #acacac; 0px 0px 0px 55px; font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, "Lucida Console", "Liberation Mono", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", monospace, serif; font-size: 12px; 24px; background: #f7f7f7;"><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; ">Programmatically <span style="color: #0600ff; font-weight: bold;">get</span> amount of facebook likes <span style="color: #0600ff; font-weight: bold;">for</span> a specific page</div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> </div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; ">I<span style="color: #666666;">'m building a website in ASP.net/C# and currently I want to get the amount of Facebook likes of a specific page (think of a video/article). I need this value programmatically, because I want to sort on it later, but that'</span>s a different story<span style="color: #008000;">.</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> </div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "><span style="color: #0000ff;">I</span> already know the link Facebook itself provides to <span style="color: #0600ff; font-weight: bold;">get</span> <span style="color: #0600ff; font-weight: bold;">this</span> amount, which <span style="color: #008000;">is</span> posted below<span style="color: #008000;">.</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> </div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "><span style="color: #0000ff;">http</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">:</span><span style="color: #0000ff; font-style: italic;">//past.is/awujl</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; color: #ff0000; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> </div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; ">With www<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">google</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">com</span> being the website, whose links are being counted and can of course be changed to whichever page one needs<span style="color: #008000;">.</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> </div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "><span style="color: #0000ff;">Does</span> anybody know how I can access the xml file, of the URL<span style="color: #008000;">/</span>XML file posted above<span style="color: #008000;">?</span> I<span style="color: #666666;">'ve done some research, but I can'</span>t seem to find an answer that works <span style="color: #0600ff; font-weight: bold;">for</span> me<span style="color: #008000;">.</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> </div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "><span style="color: #0000ff;">EDIT</span><span style="color: #008000;">:</span> I found the answer<span style="color: #008000;">.</span> <span style="color: #0000ff;">I</span> had to navigate through the XML a bit and modify the actual URL used<span style="color: #008000;">.</span> <span style="color: #0000ff;">Working</span> code <span style="color: #008000;">is</span> posted below<span style="color: #008000;">.</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> </div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "><span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">string</span> result<span style="color: #008000;">;</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">string</span> urlToXMLfile, currentURL<span style="color: #008000;">;</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> currentURL <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> Globals<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">NavigateURL</span><span style="color: #008000;">(</span>TabId, <span style="color: #666666;">""</span>, <span style="color: #666666;">"CategoryId="</span> <span style="color: #008000;">+</span> catId, <span style="color: #666666;">"MovieId="</span> <span style="color: #008000;">+</span> Request<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">QueryString</span><span style="color: #008000;">[</span><span style="color: #666666;">"MovieId"</span><span style="color: #008000;">]</span><span style="color: #008000;">)</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> </div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> urlToXMLfile <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #666666;">"https://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?query=select%20%20like_count%20from%20link_stat%20where%20url=%22"</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> urlToXMLfile <span style="color: #008000;">+=</span> currentURL<span style="color: #008000;">;</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> urlToXMLfile <span style="color: #008000;">+=</span> <span style="color: #666666;">"%22"</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> </div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">//XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load(urlToXMLfile);</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">//string test = xdoc.Descendants(XName.Get("like_count")).First().Value;</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> </div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> </div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> XmlDocument doc <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> XmlDocument<span style="color: #008000;">(</span><span style="color: #008000;">)</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> doc<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">Load</span><span style="color: #008000;">(</span>urlToXMLfile<span style="color: #008000;">)</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> </div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> result <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> doc<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">FirstChild</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">NextSibling</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">InnerText</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; initial; "> </div></li><li style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: #ffffff;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: text; 0px 8px; vertical-align: top; color: #333333; border-left- 1px; border-left-style: solid; #dddddd; relative; background: #f8f8f8;"> <span style="color: #0600ff; font-weight: bold;">return</span> result<span style="color: #008000;">;</span></div></li></ol>