zhaohangbo / facebook-page-scraper

Usage

Case 1：Scrape All Default Pages

Run

python scrape_fb_pages.py --page_id all --access_token "your_access_token"

Case 2：Scrape One Specific Page

Run

python scrape_fb_pages.py --page_id 123123 --access_token "your_access_token"

How To Get "access_token"

1. Goto https://developers.facebook.com/tools-and-support/
2. Click "Graph API Explorer"
3. A tempory_token Is Created For You, Copy It

How To Get "page_id"

1. Goto the Facebook Page You Want to Scrape
2. Right Click and Select "View Page Source"
3. In the HTML Souce Code, Find page_id="123123xxx"

Parameters

Parameter	Description
--page_id	"all" means scraping all default pages, OR a specific facebook page_id like "12321xxxxx"
--access_token	temporary access_token for facebook developer
--since_date	date start scraping, "date 7 days ago by default", format YYYY-MM-DD
--until_date	date end scraping, "date today by default", format YYYY-MM-DD

Help Guide

Run

python scrape_fb_pages.py -h

Default Pages

1. open file "scrape_fb_pages.py"
2. all deafult page_id are stored in the list variable called "page_ids"
3. all mappings of page_id and page_name are stored in the dict variable called "page_id_name"

Plot

Run

python pandas_plot.py

Contribution

You are more then welcome! Please open a PR or issues here.