A tool for extracting post objects from the CrowdTangle api.
- Install node.js version 14.11 or higher
- Clone this repository
- Navigate to the root of the repository and run
$ npm install
- Navigate to the root of the repository and run to see the help for the CLI
$ node cli -h
-k, --api-credentials <apiCredentials>[required] - The CrowdTangle API key or a file containing KEY-q, --query <query>[required] - The term to search for-d, --destination <directory>[required] - The directory where the result should be stored-p, --filename-prefix <string>[optional, default="posts"] - The name of the result file-f, --from <date>[required] - The date to fetch data from in the format "yyyy-mm-dd"-t, --to <date>[required] - The date to fetch data to (included) in the format "yyyy-mm-dd". To fetch a single day this should be the same as "from"-l, --language <languageCode>[optional] - The iso language code to search for. Eg. "da"-o, --platforms <platforms>[optional] - The platforms to search. Default: "facebook". Possible values are [facebook, instagram, reddit] multiple platforms should be separated by comma-c, --csv[optional] - Generate a csv file along with the json file-z, --development-mode[optional] - Should logging data be printed to the stdout
$ node cli -k "API-KEY" -q "election" -d "/data/crowdtangle", -f "2019-01-01" -t "2020-01-01" -l "da" -o "facebook" -c