About
Used to get your friends birthdays from Facebook and print them on the screen or add them to the Calendar application on Linux.
Language: Python
Os: Linux but may work on Windows
Using: Python bindings for the Facebook API (pyfacebook – http://code.google.com/p/pyfacebook)
Help:
PARAMETERS
Takes only one parameter the location of your calendar file that is read by the Calendar application for its information. If no parameters are given the application just prints your friends name and birthdays
FACEBOOK LOGIN
The application will open a browser where you can login to facebook. Once you have successfully logged in
and see the message: “You may now close this window and return to the application.” Go back to the shell were you executed the application and press the Enter key.
USE
python ./lfcal.py /path/to/your/calendar/file
python ./lfcal.py | grep “Your friends name”
python ./lfcal.py | grep “September” > sep_bith_friend.txt
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Screen shots:
[...] Calender is a Linux command line application that reads a calendar file with dates and prints the information on the screen. A while back I added calendar to bashrc to get all my reminders each time I open a new bash shell something I am guaranteed to do at least once a day when I use my computer. Instead of just displaying birthdays Lfcal can also add each birthday to the calendar file provided as an argument. Now it is possible to be reminded of birthdays without going to Facebook everyday. To find out more about Lfcal click here. [...]