Facebook Scraping Parameters
Web Scraper API Facebook Scraping Parameters
Configure Facebook scraping parameters using Thordata's Web Scraper API, including parameters such as post URL, event URL, profile URL and more.
Unique :
token ,Access Token (Required)
This parameter is used to verify the legitimacy of the scraping request via an API access token.
Request Example:
"Authorization: Bearer ********************************"
curl -X POST "https://scraperapi.thordata.com/builder" ^
-H "Authorization: Bearer ********************************" ^
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" ^
-d "spider_name=facebook.com" ^
-d "spider_id=facebook_post_by-posts-url" ^
-d "spider_parameters=[{\"url\": \"https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0gNjZBhqCxSqj9xJS5aygNwqFqNEM2fYbTFKKbsvvGdEfTgFyAYWSckvkEHPqAE7gl%26id=61574926580533%26rdid=86oaujwNGCCdPLfj#\"}]" ^
-d "spider_errors=true" ^
-d "file_name={{TasksID}}"Product-Scrape Facebook Post Details
Facebook - Scraping post details via URL
spider_id ,Associated Scraping Tool (Required)
This parameter defines which scraping tool to use.
Request Example:
spider_id=facebook_post_by-posts-url
url ,Post URL (Required)
This parameter is used to specify the post URL to use when crawling Facebook posts.
Request Example:
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0gNjZBhqCxSqj9xJS5aygNwqFqNEM2fYbTFKKbsvvGdEfTgFyAYWSckvkEHPqAE7gl%26id=61574926580533%26rdid=86oaujwNGCCdPLfj#"
Request Example
curl -X POST "https://scraperapi.thordata.com/builder" ^
-H "Authorization: Bearer Token-ID" ^
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" ^
-d "spider_name=facebook.com" ^
-d "spider_id=facebook_post_by-posts-url" ^
-d "spider_parameters=[{\"url\": \"https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0gNjZBhqCxSqj9xJS5aygNwqFqNEM2fYbTFKKbsvvGdEfTgFyAYWSckvkEHPqAE7gl%26id=61574926580533%26rdid=86oaujwNGCCdPLfj#\"}]" ^
-d "spider_errors=true" ^
-d "file_name={{TasksID}}"Product-Scrape Facebook Post Comments
Facebook - Scraping post comments via URL
spider_id ,Associated Scraping Tool (Required)
This parameter defines which scraping tool to use.
Request Example:
spider_id=facebook_comment_by-comments-url
url ,Post URL (Required)
This parameter is used to specify the post URL to use when crawling Facebook posts.
Request Example:
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0gNjZBhqCxSqj9xJS5aygNwqFqNEM2fYbTFKKbsvvGdEfTgFyAYWSckvkEHPqAE7gl%26id=61574926580533%26rdid=86oaujwNGCCdPLfj#"
get_all_replies , All Replies (Optional)
This parameter specifies whether to fetch all replies when retrieving comments.
Request Example:
"get_all_replies": "True"
limit_records , Quantity Limit (Optional)
This parameter specifies the limit of the comment quantity.
Request Example:
"limit_records": "10"
Product-Scrape Facebook profile information
Facebook - Scraping profile via URL
spider_id , Associated Scraping Tool (Required)
This parameter defines which scraping tool to use.
Request Example:
spider_id=facebook_profile_by-profiles-url
url , Profile URL (Required)
This parameter is used to specify the profile URL to scrape.
Request Example:
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0gNjZBhqCxSqj9xJS5aygNwqFqNEM2fYbTFKKbsvvGdEfTgFyAYWSckvkEHPqAE7gl%26id=61574926580533%26rdid=86oaujwNGCCdPLfj#"
Product-Scrape Events information
Facebook - Scraping event information via Event List URL
spider_id , Associated Scraping Tool (Required)
This parameter defines which scraping tool to use.
Request Example:
spider_id=facebook_event_by-eventlist-url
url , Event List URL (Required)
This parameter is used to specify the Event List URL to scrape.
Request Example:
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/nohoclub/events"
upcoming_events_only , Only Scrape Future Events (Optional)
This parameter is used to specify whether to only scrape future events..
Request Example:
"upcoming_events_only": "false"
Facebook - Scraping event information via Event Search URL
spider_id , Associated Scraping Tool (Required)
This parameter defines which scraping tool to use.
Request Example:
spider_id=facebook_event_by-search-url
url , Event Search URL (Required)
This parameter is used to specify the Event Search URL to scrape.
Request Example:
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/events/explore/us-atlanta/107991659233606"
Facebook - Scraping event information via Event URL
spider_id , Associated Scraping Tool (Required)
This parameter defines which scraping tool to use.
Request Example:
spider_id=facebook_event_by-events-url
url , Event URL (Required)
This parameter is used to specify the Event URL to scrape.
Request Example:
"https://www.facebook.com/events/1546764716269782"
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comments_sort, Sorting (Optional)This parameter specifies the sorting criteria for the comments.
Request Example:
"comments_sort": "All comments"