facebook-messenger-scraper

Facebook Messenger Scraper

Scrapes Group Chat Images / Messages

Config Details

Get Config Details from /ajax/mercury/delivery_receipts.php AJAX call for group thread on https://www.facebook.com/messages

• MESSAGE_COUNT - no larger than 17500
• MESSAGE_START - 2015-9-10 (Year, Month, Day) - North American Format

Example

const fs = require("fs");

const Scrape = require("facebook-messenger-scraper");
const Config = require("./config.json");

(() => {

    const outputFile = "./messages.html";

    try {

        let scraper = new Scrape(Config);

        scraper.requestMessages().then((messages) => {

            // Validate before anything
            Scrape.validate(messages);

            // Get stats of Messages
            let stats = Scrape.getStats(messages);

            // Get List of Images
            let images = Scrape.getImages(messages);

            // Get List of Chats
            let chats = Scrape.getChats(messages);

            // Output Images to HTML file
            let html = Scrape.formatImagesHTML(messages, outputFile);
            fs.writeFileSync(outputFile, html);

        }).catch((error) => {
            console.error(error);
        });

    } catch (error) {
        console.error(error);
    }

})();