ordered facebook friend list

friendList.py

import urllib2
import json

# to run:
# from IDE: Run and type start()
# from command line: navigate to folder containing this file
#                   type python
#                   type execfile('friendList.py')
#                   type start()

def start():
    url = 'http://graph.facebook.com/'
    print "Go to facebook.com."
    print "View the source."
    print 'Find "OrderedFriendsListInitialData"'
    print 'Copy everything between ""list":" and "}]],"require":" EXACTLY.'
    print "Include the [] at the ends."
    print '*It should look something like this, but with a lot more numbers: ["1234567","9876543","246810"]'
    links = input("Paste that information here, then hit Enter \n")  
    num = input("How many friends do you want to see out of " + str(len(links)) + "? \n")
    for link in links[:num]:
        try:
            source = json.load(urllib2.urlopen(url+link))
            print str(links.index(link)+1) + ". " + source['name']
        except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
            print str(links.index(link)+1) + ". disabled account"
    return