title: How to retrieve user's birthday data via Facebook Graph API 2.8?
body: <p>I wonder if it's possible to obtain user's birthday via Facebook Graph API 2.8. I am using Graph API Explorer and it requests me to put <code>{user-id}</code>. Can I retrieve the birthday information only knowing the user's name and surname? How should I specify the query? For example, <code>GET/v2.8/"NameSurname"</code></p>
  
  <p>All my attepts to write a request are finishing with this error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
    "error": {
      "message": "(#803) Some of the aliases you requested do not exist: \"NameSurname\"",
      "type": "OAuthException",
      "code": 803,
      "fbtrace_id": "FRE/aemzTRL"
    }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>}</p>
  
  <p><strong>UPDATE:</strong></p>
  
  <p>I was able to only retrieve the data for myself using something like <code>me?fields=name,email,gender</code>. But is it possible to get the same data for another person knowing his/her name and surname?</p>