How does one retrieve the fan_count for a Facebook application page using the Graph API?

Question

I need to retrieve the number of fans for a given Facebook application. Using the GraffitiWall application example in the Facebook Graph API, that page displays a fan total numb

Answer 1

You can also get fan_count using the REST API:

% wget https://api.facebook.com/method/pages.getinfo?access_token=[...]&fields=fan_count,name&page_ids=2439131959&format=json
[{"page_id":2439131959,"name":"Graffiti","fan_count":1263811}]

as described in the Facebook Developer wiki.