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A Python package capable of crawling Facebook page information.

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Introduction

facebook-page-info-scraper is a Python package that provides a convenient way to crawl information from Facebook pages. you’ll have the power to scrape Facebook data with unlimited calls. Whether you’re a researcher, a data enthusiast, or a developer building Facebook-related projects, this library can significantly simplify your data extraction process. It uses Selenium for web scraping and provides functionalities to retrieve page details such as page name, Category, Address, email, followers count, and more.

Dictionary Contents {#dictionary-section}

This section provides an overview of the dictionary contents.

Dictionary Fields

  • page_name: The name of the page.

  • location: The location of the page.

  • email: The email associated with the page.

  • phone_number: The phones number associated with the page

  • social_media_links: Links to the page’s social media accounts.

  • page_website: The websites link associated with the page

  • page_category: The category of the page.

  • page_followers: The page number of followers.

  • page_following: The number of following.

  • page_likes: The page number of likes.

  • page_rate: The page rates number.

  • review_number: The page reviews number.

This section provides an overview of the dictionary keys and types.

Dictionary Keys

  • page_name: string

  • location: string or None

  • email: string or None

  • phone_number: string or list of strings or None

  • social_media_links: string or list of strings or None

  • page_website: string or list of strings or None

  • page_category: string

  • page_followers: string

  • page_following: string

  • page_likes: string

  • page_rate: string

  • review_number: string

Installation

Use pip to install the package:

pip install facebook_page_info_scraper

Usage

To use the package, import the FacebookPageInfoScraper class and create an instance:

 from facebook_page_info_scraper import FacebookPageInfoScraper

 # providing the page URL
 page_url = 'https://www.facebook.com/example-page'

 # Create an instance of the scraper
 scraper = FacebookPageInfoScraper(link=page_url)

 page_info = scraper.get_page_info()

 # Print page details
 print(page_info)

 page_info = {
    'page_name': 'Example Page',
    'location': 'Some Location',
    'email': 'example@example.com',
    'phone_number': '+33 536337',
    'social_media_links': 'www.instagram.com/example',
    'page_website': 'http://example.com',
    'page_category': 'Some category',
    'page_likes': '36,565',
    'page_followers': '38,225'
    'page_following': '120'
    'page_rate': '33'
    'review_number': '4.6'
}

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvement, please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request on the GitHub repository.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more information.

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