Getting number of likes a Facebook page has

Question

I would like to know if there is a simple method for retrieving the number of Facebook likes a Facebook page has.

Would it be in my best interest using the Facebook SDK? Or would such a simple operation be achievable via other methods?

If anyone has any guidance for me, it would be much appreciated if you shared it with me, thanks.

Answer 1

For that basic info, you don´t need to use the Facebook SDK. You just need to retrieve the data of the following URL: http://graph.facebook.com/[vanity-url or page-id]/

Put that in the browser and you will see which information you can get.