[Breaking Bug] get_post is not returning any posts about facebook-scraper

[TBKRK]

I have the same problem since December 2nd. Previously I could receive posts from one account, now I only receive empty []. Configuring start_url does not solve the problem.
I use cookies, but changing to "credentials", even with other user or different IP doesn't help.
Has Facebook made any changes?

[eric09230]

But I keep getting banned. So I'm using this https://github.com/shaikhsajid1111/facebook_page_scraper instead.
No more banned message.

[moda20]

@eric09230 I figured what the issue is. it seems for my case m.facebook layout has completely changed and this repo is not made to scrap that.
the fix was to use startUrl props to specifically use the mbasic.facebook version which still works well with this repo. (start_url="https://mbasic.facebook.com/?v=timeline"). the v=timeline argument is mandatory as the repo doesn't go there on it's own.

the second issue is one with high res images of posts, the image link has changed and the repo needed a small update, i updated it on my fork : https://github.com/moda20/facebook-scraper

[moda20]

@eric09230 I tried that but it's not working for me at all, still getting the same zero posts.

[eric09230]

Maybe you can try issue #1066
It's working for me.

[moda20]

@kevinzg @eric09230 It seems the code references the layout used by mbasic facebook, not the m.facebook. but the URL used to start the scrapping is m.facebook which results in completely different UI and no posts returned. Can someone look into this ?

[eric09230]

Did you login properly?I also can't get any post but after I login by cookie.json I can see the post has been scrapt.

[moda20]

@eric09230 Yes i did login, i plan on trying with a different account btu i fear facebook will ban me an my actual account. i will try the other repo and see

[ooker777]

if it doesn't require an API key, then how come you have to login? And where is the login info stored?

Plus that the last commit is Oct-10, how come it can be broken from then?

[LuciaIllari]

it seems for my case m.facebook layout has completely changed and this repo is not made to scrap that. the fix was to use startUrl props to specifically use the mbasic.facebook version which still works well with this repo. (start_url="https://mbasic.facebook.com/?v=timeline"). the v=timeline argument is mandatory as the repo doesn't go there on it's own.

Sorry to bug, but when you say adding a starting url works, for example how would you incorporate that in this code:

for post in get_posts('nintendo', pages=1): print(post['text'][:50])

Would you mind explaining how you are incorporating the start_url?

[moda20]

@LuciaIllari using the nintendo example, use the start url like this :

for post in get_posts(account="nintendo", start_url="https://mbasic.facebook.com/nintendo?v=timeline",
              cookies='<Path to your cookies file>')) : 
    print(post['text'][:50])

[bluusun]

Repo stopped working for me getting Facebook Page data about two weeks ago - I get no posts found now.

[Zhigalin]

same here cant scrape a thing

[moda20]

@bluusun @Zhigalin please check this fork that i am working on : https://github.com/moda20/facebook-scraper
it's not a drop in replacement however please check the readme before trying the old examples