https://github.com/mujadded/facebook_scrapper
The fcebook scrapper gem that dont need the api
https://github.com/mujadded/facebook_scrapper
data data-mining facebook ruby-gem scrapper selenium-webdriver
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The fcebook scrapper gem that dont need the api
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/mujadded/facebook_scrapper
- Owner: Mujadded
- Created: 2019-09-14T15:49:51.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2019-09-22T16:46:06.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-31T03:12:33.009Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: data, data-mining, facebook, ruby-gem, scrapper, selenium-webdriver
- Language: Ruby
- Size: 39.1 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# Welcome to FacebookScrapper Gem 👋
[](https://twitter.com/mujadded)
> This is gem that gives you a way to gather data from facebook without using the api. For example for a bot or maybe for pet project. Using this gem we can scrap data from home or from a group. We can also post in group and also post status. It totally up to you how you want to proceed
## Inspired from
This is inspired from https://github.com/hikaruAi/FacebookBot the bot is a inspiration itself :smile:
## Dependencies
To use this gem properly we need to install selenium webdriver and also the chrome driver
### Selenium gem install
```sh
gem install selenium-webdriver
```
### Chrome driver
To install the chrome driver, please follow:
For Ubuntu:
[Ubutu install](https://tecadmin.net/setup-selenium-chromedriver-on-ubuntu/)
For Mac:
[Mac install](https://www.kenst.com/2015/03/installing-chromedriver-on-mac-osx/)
For Windows:
[Windows install](https://www.kenst.com/2019/02/installing-chromedriver-on-windows/)
## Install
To install the latest gem
```sh
gem install facebook_scrapper
```
## Usage
First initalize the scrapper.
```sh
facebook = FacebookScrapper::Scrapper.new
```
Next step is to log in.
```sh
facebook.login('email', 'password')
```
If you have 2 step authenticate maybe authenticate the device then try again.
To check if log in was successfull
```
facebook.is_logged_in?
```
Then to get posts
```sh
facebook.get_posts_from_home(keywords) // keywords are array of string and optional
facebook.get_posts_from_group_url(url, keywords) // keywords is optional
```
To write the post in url
```sh
facebook.write_post_to_url(url, text) //url you want to post to and text you want to write
```
## Author
👤 **Mujadded Al Rabbani Alif**
* Twitter: [@mujadded](https://twitter.com/mujadded)
* Github: [@mujadded](https://github.com/mujadded)
## Show your support
Give a ⭐️ if this project helped you!
## Contributions
Contributions are most welcome 😍
***
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