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#!usr/bin/env python3 | |
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- | |
# | |
# @author Nastasia Vanderperren | |
# | |
# get the info of a fb page, group or account | |
# returns a json file | |
# | |
from argparse import ArgumentParser | |
from facebook_scraper import get_group_info, get_profile, get_page_info | |
from json import dumps | |
from datetime import date | |
def write_info(info, account): | |
today = date.today().strftime("%Y%m%d") | |
json_file = dumps(info, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False) | |
with open('{}_{}_info.json'.format(today, account), 'w') as output_file: | |
output_file.write(json_file) | |
output_file.close() | |
def get_fb_info(args): | |
account = args.account | |
cookies = args.cookies if args.cookies else None | |
friends = args.friends | |
type = args.type | |
info = None | |
if type == 'group': | |
info = get_group_info(account, cookies=cookies, friends=friends) | |
if type == 'account': | |
info = get_profile(account, cookies=cookies) | |
if type == 'page': | |
info = get_page_info(account, cookies=cookies) | |
write_info(info, account) | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
parser = ArgumentParser() | |
parser.add_argument('account', help="name of the account", type=str) | |
parser.add_argument('--cookies', help="cookie file for getting data of a private account", required=False) | |
parser.add_argument('--friends', help="extract friends of accounts", action='store_true', required=False) | |
parser.add_argument('--type', help="which type of account would you like to scrape", choices=['account', 'group', 'page'], required=True) | |
args = parser.parse_args() | |
get_fb_info(args) |
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