Python and selenium based (mobile) Facebook groups scraper, independent of obfuscated css selectors.
A simple selenium-dependent python scraper for Facebook groups.
Requirements:
# pypi
pip3 install fbgs
# local
git clone https://github.com/lesander/facebook-group-scraper.git
cd facebook-group-scraper/
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Cli usage:
# local & pypi
python3 -m fbgs \
--username user@example.com \
--password "example-password" \
--url https://m.facebook.com/groups/group-name \
--output ./path/for/output.json \
--no-shell # toggle to disable default selenium interactive prompt
Programmatic usage:
from fbgs import FacebookScraper
from fbgs.exceptions import ScraperException
try:
scraper = FacebookScraper(
username="user@example.com", password="example-password")
scraper.login()
g = scraper.scrape_group(url="https://m.facebook.com/groups/group-name", out="output-example.json")
scraper.interactive()
except ScraperException as e:
print(f'ScraperException: {e}')
FAQs
Python and selenium based (mobile) Facebook groups scraper, independent of obfuscated css selectors.
We found that fbgs demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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