A searchable index of your favorite Facebook pages.

Use the facebook-indexer script, which in turn uses the facebook-cli tool, to generate the page index and image files of the Facebook pages that you follow.

The app loads the index of facebook pages from app/data/index.json, where pages are listed by their id and title:

[
  {"id": "117420464947628", "title": "Seattle's Best Coffee"},
  {"id": "131183430264736", "title": "Maxine Hardcastle"},
  {"id": "2036034379955344", "title": "Bodum"},
  ...
]

Thumbnail images are expected to reside in app/data/images/, named only by their id (no extension). Images might be JPEG, PNG, etc. but no distinction is made based on the file format.

To get started right away with a sample index:

cp -r app/data/images-sample app/data/images
cp app/data/index-sample.json app/data/index.json

There's not much there, but you can see how it works.

• Install and configure facebook-cli
• Clone the facebook-indexer repository
• Build the page index with:

  make FORMAT=json ICON_HEIGHT=50
  

• Place the index.json file and the images/ directory in this project's app/data/ folder.

Install dependencies and build the user interface with:

yarn install
yarn build

Then you can open app/index.html in your browser.

However, the data won't load because requesting a file from a file:// URI falls under the policy of blocking cross-origin requests implemented by browsers due to security concerns. Run:

yarn serve

This will start a local server and open the index page in your default browser.

You can upload your searchable index online and share it. Everything is in the app/ directory.

This application is written in Elm. The Elm compiler builds the JavaScript bundle which powers the final product.

To start the source file watcher and local server, run:

yarn start

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