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Facebook Python Login Script
#!/home/drspock/scripts/FBInvite/bin/python
import argparse
import requests
import pyquery
def login(session, email, password):
'''
Attempt to login to Facebook. Returns user ID, xs token and
fb_dtsg token. All 3 are required to make requests to
Facebook endpoints as a logged in user. Returns False if
login failed.
'''
# Navigate to Facebook's homepage to load Facebook's cookies.
response = session.get('https://m.facebook.com')
# Attempt to login to Facebook
response = session.post('https://m.facebook.com/login.php', data={
'email': email,
'pass': password
}, allow_redirects=False)
# If c_user cookie is present, login was successful
if 'c_user' in response.cookies:
# Make a request to homepage to get fb_dtsg token
homepage_resp = session.get('https://m.facebook.com/home.php')
dom = pyquery.PyQuery(homepage_resp.text.encode('utf8'))
fb_dtsg = dom('input[name="fb_dtsg"]').val()
return fb_dtsg, response.cookies['c_user'], response.cookies['xs']
else:
return False
if __name__ == "__main__":
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Login to Facebook')
parser.add_argument('email', help='Email address')
parser.add_argument('password', help='Login password')
args = parser.parse_args()
session = requests.session()
session.headers.update({
'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:39.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/39.0'
})
fb_dtsg, user_id, xs = login(session, args.email, args.password)
if user_id:
print '{0}:{1}:{2}'.format(fb_dtsg, user_id, xs)
else:
print 'Login Failed'
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I will fix and repost over the weekend. I've been away for a very long time.

@alek-tech
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Thanks man, and welcome back.

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renelc30 commented Jul 4, 2022

is FB login doable with the facebook session policy? @UndergroundLabs ? if so I can try to make it work

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on commented May 28, 2023

is FB login doable with the facebook session policy? @UndergroundLabs ? if so I can try to make it work

it definitely is

@emanalqudah
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error: the following arguments are required: email, password
i am trying to put username and password but it gives error

@emanalqudah
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Working 2 april 2019. Thanks!

it doesn't work!!!!how it works with you ,please.??

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python-life commented Nov 24, 2023 via email

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T31337 commented Mar 18, 2024

File "C:\Users\Admin\Dev\Python\PyProject\fb-login.py", line 57, in
fb_dtsg, user_id, xs = login(session, args.email, args.password)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: cannot unpack non-iterable bool object

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This Might Be A Parsing Error Due To {and} in user password?

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