https://github.com/sorenlouv/fb-sleep-stats
Use Facebook to track your friends’ sleeping habits
https://github.com/sorenlouv/fb-sleep-stats
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Use Facebook to track your friends’ sleeping habits
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/sorenlouv/fb-sleep-stats
- Owner: sorenlouv
- License: mit
- Created: 2015-12-30T23:46:59.000Z (over 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-09-29T11:33:35.000Z (over 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-05-10T08:02:02.406Z (about 1 year ago)
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://medium.com/@sqrendk/how-you-can-use-facebook-to-track-your-friends-sleeping-habits-505ace7fffb6
- Size: 78.1 KB
- Stars: 1,656
- Watchers: 81
- Forks: 314
- Open Issues: 48
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# fb-sleep-stats: Using Facebook to track your friends' sleep
A small tool to show the potential privacy implications modern social media have. By tracking online/offline status of people on Facebook, it is possible to get an accurate image of their sleep pattern.
Read the blog post: https://medium.com/@sqrendk/how-you-can-use-facebook-to-track-your-friends-sleeping-habits-505ace7fffb6
## Installation
**Prerequisites**
- Git ([how to install](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git))
- Node.js ([how to install](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/installing-node))
**Clone repository**
```
git clone https://github.com/sqren/fb-sleep-stats.git
```
**Configuration**
Open the source code folder:
```
cd fb-sleep-stats
```
Copy the default config file:
```
cp config/default.json config/development.json
```
Update the following values in `config/development.json`
- "c_user": [your numeric Facebook user id](http://findmyfbid.com/)
- "xs": [xs value from Facebook cookie](https://gist.github.com/sqren/0e4563f258c9e85e4ae1)
- "appId": [Facebook App Id](https://gist.github.com/sqren/1ac0f5d316fcbd46d8c1)
*Make sure there are no trailing tabs or spaces in the config file!*
**Install dependencies**
```
npm install
```
**Build browser dependencies**
```
npm run webpack
```
## Starting
You need to have two processes running simultaniously: the scraper and the webserver. Therefore, you must run the following two commands in separate windows/tabs.
**Start scraping**
*This will run continously, polling Facebook every 10 minutes. Keep it running for as long as you want to track sleep.*
```
npm run scrape
```
**Start server**
```
npm start
```
See the result in the browser: [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000)
#Troubleshooting
**I get an error when running "npm run webpack"**
Try re-installing the node-modules:
```
rm -rf node_modules
npm install
npm run webpack
```
**No users show up**
- If you have an ad-blocker, you must disable it for the site.
- You need to run `npm run scrape` and keep it running. When you stop it, it will stop tracking.
**Changes to development.json are not picked up**
- You have to run `npm run webpack`
**How do I update to the latest version?**
After pulling the latest version, you must rebuild the dependencies:
```
git pull
rm -rf node_modules
npm install
npm run webpack
```
**ReferenceError: Promise is not defined**
Update Node.js to the latest stable version of the branch you are on (v5.7.1, v4.3.2 or v0.12.11). After that rebuild dependencies:
```
rm -rf node_modules
npm install
npm run webpack
```
**Cannot parse config file**
Your config file contains invalid json. Find the errors by using a tool like [http://jsonlint.com/](http://jsonlint.com/)
**Where is the data stored?**
You can find the data in JSON-format here: `src/server/services/db.json`.
**Other issues**
If you encounter a bug or have a problem, please go to [Issues](https://github.com/sqren/fb-sleep-stats/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+) and use the search functionality, in case someone else already asked the question. If you can't find anything helpful you are very welcome to create a [new issue](https://github.com/sqren/fb-sleep-stats/issues/new)
# Disclaimer
Facebook reached out to me and informed me, that it is against their terms to access their website by automated means. Additionally I am not allowed to urge anyone to do so. Therefore: I urge you to use this project for educational purpose only, and not use it to access Facebook.