gets page likes and category via fb api

facepalm.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# @depends: pip install git+git://github.com/facebook/python-sdk.git#egg=facebook

import sys, time, datetime, csv, logging, os
from optparse import OptionParser

import facebook

usage = "python facepalm.py -i /where/to/get/input/file"
parser = OptionParser(usage)
parser.add_option('-s', '--sleep', action='store', dest='sleep', default=1, help='sleep (secs) between queries')
parser.add_option('-i', '--input-file', action='store', dest='input', default=False, help='input file')
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()

logger = logging.getLogger('facepalm')
logging.basicConfig(format="%(asctime)-15s %(name)s:%(levelname)s  %(message)s")
logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)

if not options.input:
    sys.exit('No input file provided. See python facepalm.py --help')

GET = ('likes', 'category', 'id')
logger.info('Parsing file "%s"' % options.input)
try:
    input = open(options.input, 'r').read()
    lines = input.splitlines()
except Exception, e:
    logger.error('Failed to parse input file. Is it readable/did you provide right path?')
    sys.exit()

try:
    out_name = '%s/facepalm/%s.csv' % (os.path.expanduser('~'), datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S'))
    out_file = open(out_name, 'w+')
    logger.info('Creating output file "%s"' % out_name)
    out = csv.writer(out_file, delimiter=',', quotechar='"')
except Exception, e:
    logger.error('Failed to create out file %s. Check perms. (%s)' % (out_name, e))
    sys.exit()

graph = facebook.GraphAPI()
out.writerow(['uri'] + list(GET))
try:
    for one in lines:
        logger.info('Sleeping for %d sec to avoid API throttling.' % options.sleep)
        time.sleep(int(options.sleep))
        logger.info('Getting %s' % one)
        try:
            obj = graph.get_object('/%s' % one.split('/')[-1])
            gimme = [one] + [obj[get] for get in GET]
        except Exception, e:
            logger.error('Failed to get data from %s. Moving to next. (%s)' % (one, e))
            continue
        logger.info('Writing data to csv %s' % gimme)
        out.writerow(gimme)
    logger.info('All done. Get your cookies at %s' % out_name)

except KeyboardInterrupt:
    out_file.close()
    sys.exit('Bye ;)')

except Exception, e:
    logging.error('Failed misarable :( (%s)' % e)

finally:
    out_file.close()