facebook-page-post-scraper
Data
social media scraper
SHOW HN2016
facebook-page-post-scraper
Scrape all posts from a Facebook Page, with individual Reaction counts
github.com#facebook scraper#facebook page posts#reaction counts#data export
75points
7comments
#509of 2,264 in 2016
Top 23%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Privacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
Objections
Scraping Facebook may be illegal or risky given past lawsuits such as Power Ventures
From 1 comment
Please be aware that Facebook has sued previous scrapers out of existence and left the founder holding a bag of $3 million in personal liability. See Facebook, Inc. v. Power…
cookiecaper on HN
Privacy concerns about scraping data
From 1 comment
I added the Privacy note for this reason, particularly in light of the OKCupid incident.
minimaxir on HN
Requests
Support scraping posts without reaction data, including text, images and links
From 1 comment
What if I just want the text/images/links from the posts, not any reaction? Does this work with personal profiles?
fiatjaf on HN
Download posts from closed groups
From 1 comment
How to download posts from closed groups?
geek--god on HN
Questions
Does it work with personal profiles?
From 1 comment
What if I just want the text/images/links from the posts, not any reaction? Does this work with personal profiles?
fiatjaf on HN