remove facebook ids

README.md

@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ Each record has two sections: `id` and `social`. The `id` section identifies the
 * instagram: The current official Instagram handle of the legislator.
 * instagram_id: The numeric ID of the current official Instagram handle of the legislator.
 * facebook: The username of the current official Facebook presence of the legislator.
-* facebook_id: The numeric ID of the current official Facebook presence of the legislator.
 
 Several legislators do not have an assigned YouTube username.  In these cases, only the youtube_id field is populated.
 
@@ -222,7 +221,7 @@ All values can be turned into URLs by preceding them with the domain name of the
 * `https://youtube.com/user/[youtube]`
 * `https://youtube.com/channel/[youtube_id]`
 * `https://instagram/[instagram]`
-* `https://facebook.com/[facebook or facebook_id]`
+* `https://facebook.com/[facebook]`
 
 Legislators are only present when they have one or more social media accounts known. Fields are omitted when the account is unknown.
 

scripts/alternate_bulk_formats.py

@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ def run():
 	social_media_fields = [
 	("twitter", "twitter"),
 	("facebook", "facebook"),
-	("facebook_id", "facebook_id"),
 	("youtube", "youtube"),
 	("youtube_id", "youtube_id")
 	]
@@ -129,4 +128,4 @@ def run():
 			csv_output.writerow(legislator_row)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-	run()
+	run()

scripts/social_media.py

@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 # run with --verify:
 #   verifies that current usernames are still valid. (tries to catch renames)
 #
-# run with --resolvefb:
-#   finds both Facebook usernames and graph IDs and updates the YAML accordingly.
-#
 # run with --resolveyt:
 #   finds both YouTube usernames and channel IDs and updates the YAML accordingly.
 
@@ -66,7 +63,6 @@ def main():
   do_update = utils.flags().get('update', False)
   do_clean = utils.flags().get('clean', False)
   do_verify = utils.flags().get('verify', False)
-  do_resolvefb = utils.flags().get('resolvefb', False)
   do_resolveyt = utils.flags().get('resolveyt', False)
   do_resolveig = utils.flags().get('resolveig', False)
   do_resolvetw = utils.flags().get('resolvetw', False)
@@ -76,9 +72,7 @@ def main():
   cache = utils.flags().get('cache', False)
   force = not cache
 
-  if do_resolvefb:
-    service = "facebook"
-  elif do_resolveyt:
+  if do_resolveyt:
     service = "youtube"
   elif do_resolveig:
     service = "instagram"
@@ -120,49 +114,6 @@ def main():
   for m in media:
     media_bioguide[m["id"]["bioguide"]] = m
 
-  def resolvefb():
-    # in order to preserve the comment block at the top of the file,
-    # copy it over into a new RtYamlList instance. We do this because
-    # Python list instances can't hold other random attributes.
-    import rtyaml
-    updated_media = rtyaml.RtYamlList()
-    if hasattr(media, '__initial_comment_block'):
-      updated_media.__initial_comment_block = getattr(media, '__initial_comment_block')
-
-    for m in media:
-      social = m['social']
-
-      if ('facebook' in social and social['facebook']) and ('facebook_id' not in social):
-        graph_url = "https://graph.facebook.com/%s" % social['facebook']
-
-        if re.match('\d+', social['facebook']):
-          social['facebook_id'] = social['facebook']
-          print("Looking up graph username for %s" % social['facebook'])
-          fbobj = requests.get(graph_url).json()
-          if 'username' in fbobj:
-            print("\tGot graph username of %s" % fbobj['username'])
-            social['facebook'] = fbobj['username']
-          else:
-            print("\tUnable to get graph username")
-
-        else:
-          try:
-            print("Looking up graph ID for %s" % social['facebook'])
-            fbobj = requests.get(graph_url).json()
-            if 'id' in fbobj:
-              print("\tGot graph ID of %s" % fbobj['id'])
-              social['facebook_id'] = fbobj['id']
-            else:
-              print("\tUnable to get graph ID")
-          except:
-            print("\tUnable to get graph ID for: %s" % social['facebook'])
-            social['facebook_id'] = None
-
-      updated_media.append(m)
-
-    print("Saving social media...")
-    save_data(updated_media, "legislators-social-media.yaml")
-
 
   def resolveyt():
     # To avoid hitting quota limits, register for a YouTube 2.0 API key at
@@ -539,8 +490,6 @@ def main():
     clean()
   elif do_verify:
     verify()
-  elif do_resolvefb:
-    resolvefb()
   elif do_resolveyt:
     resolveyt()
   elif do_resolveig: