facebook election scraper

facebook_scrape.rb

require 'koala'

AUTH_TOKEN = ENV["AUTH_TOKEN"]
START_TIME = Date.new(2012,11,5).to_time.to_i
END_TIME   = Date.new(2012,11,8).to_time.to_i

@facebook  = Koala::Facebook::API.new(AUTH_TOKEN)
friends = @facebook.get_connections("me", "friends").sort_by {|friend| friend["name"]}

friends = friends[161..(friends.count - 1)]

friends.each do |friend|
  posts = @facebook.fql_query( 
    "SELECT post_id FROM stream 
    WHERE source_id = #{friend['id']} 
    AND created_time > #{START_TIME} 
    AND created_time < #{END_TIME}"
  )
  posts.each do |post|
    sleep 1
    real_post = @facebook.get_object(post['post_id'])

    next if real_post['message'].nil? || real_post['message'] == ""
    next unless ['status', 'link'].include? real_post['type']

    puts "#{friend["name"]}: #{real_post["message"]}"

    comment_hash = @facebook.get_object(post['post_id'])['comments']
    comment_hash["data"].each do |comment|
      puts "... #{comment["from"]["name"]}: #{comment["message"]}"
    end if comment_hash['count'].to_i > 0
  end
end