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Pulls the Facebook fan count and Twitter follower count for the specified accounts.
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var f_page = "wvumountaineers"; // the page name for your fan page, e.g. the 'wvumountaineers' part of http://facebook.com/wvumountaineers
var t_page = "westvirginiau"; // the account name for your main twitter account
function add_commas(number) {
if (number.length > 3) {
var mod = number.length % 3;
var output = (mod > 0 ? (number.substring(0,mod)) : '');
for (i=0 ; i < Math.floor(number.length / 3); i++) {
if ((mod == 0) && (i == 0)) {
output += number.substring(mod+ 3 * i, mod + 3 * i + 3);
} else {
output+= ',' + number.substring(mod + 3 * i, mod + 3 * i + 3);
}
}
return (output);
} else {
return number;
}
}
// when document is ready load the counts
$(document).ready(function(){
// grab from facebook
$.getJSON('https://graph.facebook.com/'+f_page+'?callback=?', function(data) {
var fb_count = data['likes'].toString();
fb_count = add_commas(fb_count);
$('#fb_count').html(fb_count);
});
// grab from twitter
$.getJSON('http://api.twitter.com/1/users/show.json?screen_name='+t_page+'&callback=?', function(data) {
twit_count = data['followers_count'].toString();
twit_count = add_commas(twit_count);
$('#twitter_count').html(twit_count);
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<noscript>The following counts are dynamically populated by JavaScript. You can also directly visit the sources to find the counts at http://facebook.com/[pagename] and http://twitter.com/[accountname]</noscript>
Facebook fan count: <span id="fb_count"></span><br />
Twitter follower count: <span id="twitter_count"></span><br />
<br />
<em>You could put these spans in nice little badges or something...</em>
</body>
</html>
@sethadam1
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I rewrote this in PHP to avoid the javascript dependency.

http://dev.firsttube.com/fans-followers.php

@dmolsen
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dmolsen commented Nov 16, 2010

@sethadam1 thanks for letting me know :) I've also updated my blog post to link to your PHP code as well.

@yashmistrey
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but facebook count is showing 0 ?

@dmolsen
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dmolsen commented Nov 6, 2011

@yashmistrey hrm, i just tested the gist as it is above and it works. what facebook page are you targeting?

@logeshpaul
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Awesome! It works perfectly. Thanks for the code

@joshmoto
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joshmoto commented Aug 3, 2012

See I find I prefer the javascript version cause you can fire it onload - where as the php version is great, but if there any lag on twitter or facebook, your site experiences it.

@vinniejames
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Any one able to get the twitter count working with API 1.1 ?

@x85301
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x85301 commented Nov 19, 2013

Twitter count shows nothing?

@irfan16
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irfan16 commented Nov 23, 2013

hey hi,
Thanks for great post,
but twitter followers can't show i use API 1.1 but there is nothing any one help?
THankx

@arifsclick
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I like this script. As a web developer I have done a like checker website. I am using that there.

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ghost commented Feb 1, 2014

Twitter for the script does not work, please fix it

@Zeokat
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Zeokat commented Mar 9, 2014

Zeokat thanks for the pirce of code, but as paulvilla said, Twitter part not works.

@seeRead
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seeRead commented Jun 17, 2014

This technique won't work with how Twitter has updated their API. You have to use OAuth or get crafty with a proxy.

@enkhee
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enkhee commented Jun 23, 2014

Twitter API update please .. Don't work twitter

@umbreonight
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Not working, also getting error on toString method

@CHANDRA-BHUSHAN-SAH
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Is there any way to get Facebook fan count with secure request i.e. without "https" request as you made in twitter request that starts with http not https?

@shameermohamed
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the script is not working for me. Showing the count as 0 always.

@v0ff4k
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v0ff4k commented Jul 15, 2017

both of this social network's API is updated. So this code is outdated !

@georgeka98
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georgeka98 commented Sep 30, 2020

Not working

Access to fetch at 'https://cdn.syndication.twimg.com/widgets/followbutton/info.json?screen_names=test' from origin 'http://www.lvh.me:8000' has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. If an opaque response serves your needs, set the request's mode to 'no-cors' to fetch the resource with CORS disabled.

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