FbParse

Ruby Gem to parse an ID from various Facebook URLs

Requires getting the URL from a specific place, not really acceptable for end user use but is functional enough to provide in a CMSas you can directly instruct end user.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'fb_parse'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install fb_parse

Usage

To return an ID, run FbParse.get_id(url), where url is taken from the address bar on the individual link page.

How to get a correctly formatted URL:

1. Find post on Facebook
2. Click on the date link on the post
3. Copy URL from your address bar

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request