https://github.com/kevinzg/facebook-scraper/blob/master/README.md
import json
from facebook_scraper import get_posts
def export_posts_as_json(posts, file_path):
with open(file_path, ‘w’, encoding=’utf-8′) as file:
json.dump(posts, file, ensure_ascii=False, indent=4)
try:
posts = []
for post in get_posts(
‘hk01wemedia’,
pages=3,
extra_info=[‘likes’, ‘comments’, ‘shares’],
cookies=”facebook_cookies.txt”,
):
post_data = {
‘post_id’: post[‘post_id’],
‘image’: post[‘image’],
‘video’: post[‘video’],
‘post_url’: post[‘post_url’],
‘username’: post[‘username’],
‘reactions’: post[‘reactions’],
‘text’: post[‘text’],
‘likes’: post[‘likes’],
‘comments’: post[‘comments’],
‘shares’: post[‘shares’],
‘shared_post_url’: post[‘shared_post_url’],
‘shared_text’: post[‘shared_text’],
}
posts.append(post_data)
#print(post[‘text’][:50])
# Export posts as JSON
export_posts_as_json(posts, ‘posts.json’)
except Exception as e:
print(f”An exception occurred: {e}”)
