nlamsocial / python-facebook-scraper

Facebook Scraper

What It can Do

Usage

1. Add config.ini

[db]
host=localhost
user=root
passwd=
database=xxx

[facebook]
email=xxx
password=xxx

2. Use main.py to scrape

usage: main.py [-h] -page PAGE -depth DEPTH

Facebook Scraper

optional arguments:
  -h, --help                                        show this help message and exit

required arguments:
  -page PAGE, -p PAGE                               The Facebook Public Page you want to scrape
  -depth DEPTH, -l DEPTH                            Number of Posts you want to scrape

optional arguments:
  -h, --help                                        show this help message and exit
  -p PAGES [PAGES ...], --pages PAGES [PAGES ...]   List the pages you want to scrape for recent posts
  -d DEPTH, --depth DEPTH                           How many recent posts you want to gather -- in multiples of (roughly) 8.