https://github.com/deepakmahakale/facebook_birthday_export

A script to get the birthdays from Facebook and create a CSV which can be easily imported in Google calendar
https://github.com/deepakmahakale/facebook_birthday_export

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A script to get the birthdays from Facebook and create a CSV which can be easily imported in Google calendar

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/deepakmahakale/facebook_birthday_export
• Owner: deepakmahakale
• Created: 2019-08-26T15:22:54.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-12-02T08:56:53.000Z (12 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-22T08:28:57.863Z (29 days ago)
• Topics: facebook, facebook-birthdays-export, python
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://deepakmahakale.com/facebook_birthday_export/
• Size: 359 KB
• Stars: 26
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 12
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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Facebook Birthday Export

===

Facebook has recently removed the feature to download the birthday calendar.

This script will allow you to get all the birthdays in a CSV format (with some manual efforts) which you can the easily import to Google Calendar.

You can also visit [https://deepakmahakale.com/facebook_birthday_export](https://deepakmahakale.com/facebook_birthday_export)

## Update: Chrome extension is now available

[Social Birthdays Export](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/social-birthdays-export/enpcedkgdcblopaldlgcajgebojbnhao)

## Steps

1. Login to Facebook

2. Visit [Facebook's events page](https://www.facebook.com/events/birthdays)

3. Scroll to the bottom of the page till you have birthdays from all the months

4. Right click on **Today's Birthday** or **Upcoming Birthdays**

5. Select **Inspect** from the dropdown

6. In html inspector right click on div with `id="birthdays_content"` and select "copy" > "Copy element"

  ![facebook_inspect](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14993828/63705538-009e7d80-c84b-11e9-9f13-5c8da95996a0.png)

8. Paste the content in `facebook_html.txt` and run the following command

    ```shell

    python birthday_parser.py

    ```

9. Import the **birthdays.csv** generated by the program to Google Calendar

### References:

[CSV Format for Google Calendar](https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37118?hl=en)