I would like to scrape 100 or so facebook groups (from which my true account is in) to obtain specific data. Ive done this with other sites a lot via BeautifulSoup and if more extensive to bypass then with selenium. However im wondering if i login to my account and scrape 100 groups on a regular basis (once a day or two) via selenium, that the requests would trigger a lockdown on my account. Has anyone ever tried this?
I also know about the facebook API but it seems like a pain in the ass to use. I vaguely tried it before and there seemed to also be a lock on requests that just kicked you out when you exceeded them. Also it seems the API didnt use your account but a "bot account". In this case the bot account would not have access to all those groups?
What would be the best way to scrape facebook groups? And/or a little clarification on the process from someone who has done some facebook scraping before.
I also know about the facebook API but it seems like a pain in the ass to use. I vaguely tried it before and there seemed to also be a lock on requests that just kicked you out when you exceeded them. Also it seems the API didnt use your account but a "bot account". In this case the bot account would not have access to all those groups?
What would be the best way to scrape facebook groups? And/or a little clarification on the process from someone who has done some facebook scraping before.
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