https://github.com/LorenzoMonti/facebook_page_group_comments

Facebook Page and Group's Post Scraper is a script for gathering data using Facebook's Graph API
https://github.com/LorenzoMonti/facebook_page_group_comments

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Facebook Page and Group's Post Scraper is a script for gathering data using Facebook's Graph API

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/LorenzoMonti/facebook_page_group_comments
• Owner: LorenzoMonti
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-05-28T10:59:18.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-06-22T19:30:18.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T13:28:55.129Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: facebook-graph-api, facebook-page, facebook-scraper, json, python3
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 6.84 KB
• Stars: 47
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 15
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Facebook Page and Group's Post Scraper

This is a simple script to gather all comments of a Facebook Page or Group.

The script  outputs the posts in Json file format.

## Initial setup

1. Access to https://developers.facebook.com/ and create a new App.

2. Make sure to have the following permissions active: publish_to_groups, pages_read_user_content, pages_manage_engagement, pages_manage_posts, Page Public Content Access Feature.

3. Create a folder named *posts* on the root directory of the repository.

4. Add *app_id* and *app_secret* in *scrape_post_and_comment.py* script.

5. Add *page_id*, you can find this in the section of the url in page or group searched  (https://www.facebook.com/!!THIS PART!!/).

6. Lauch script and have fun! :) .

## Usage

Once data are scraped, you can find Json files in */posts/* folder.

## Test

You can test every API here: https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/