Using an external (Python...) library to fetch FB posts

Obligatory "Fuck you, Zuckerberg"

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diff --git a/bin/get-fb-content.py b/bin/get-fb-content.py
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+++ b/bin/get-fb-content.py
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+import json
+import logging
+import sys
+from os import path
+
+from facebook_scraper import get_posts
+
+
+BASEDIR = path.dirname(__file__)
+
+posts = []
+for post in get_posts(sys.argv[1], cookies=path.join(BASEDIR, '../config/facebook.com_cookies.txt'), pages=3):
+    posts.append({
+        'id': post['post_id'],
+        'time': str(post['time']),
+        'texts': [t.strip() for t in post['text'].split('\n') if t]
+    })
+
+print(json.dumps(posts))