Facebook Groups Scanner

Facebook Groups Scanner is a bash script that searches for keywords on Facebook Groups (no shit Sherlock!).

The script handles several groups (even private ones) and several keywords.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine.

Dependencies

Nothing fancy:

• GNU bash (tried on Linux , version 4.3.11(1) )
• cURL (tried on Linux, version 7.35.0)

Configuration

A few things need to be set for the script to work properly :

• Facebook account:

login="your.login%40domain.tld"	# Yep, the @ is %40
password="*****" # I know, hardcoded password is bad. But Facebook API....meh.

• Facebook group(s):

aGroups[facebook_group1_id]="Group 1 name"
aGroups[facebook_group2_id]="Group 2 name"
...

The Facebook group ID (or vanity URL) can be found in the group's URL.

For example, for the group "Android Developers And Kotlin... ":

aGroups[883546485084033]="Android Developers And Kotlin Droidcon Github Library"

• Keyword(s):

aKeywords=('keyword 1' 'keyword 2')

Run the script

1. Run the script:

> ./FbGroupScanner.sh 
    01/31/18-00:02:12 - Start
    01/31/18-00:02:12 - Group: Group 1 name
    01/31/18-00:02:12 - Search for 'keyword 1'
    01/31/18-00:02:14 - Search for 'keyword 2'
    01/31/18-00:02:15 - Group: Group 2 name
    01/31/18-00:02:15 - Search for 'keyword 1'
    01/31/18-00:02:17 - Search for 'keyword 2'
    01/31/18-00:02:27 - End

2. Read the results: Open the report-*-*.html file

TODO

• Insert data into a database (it will be much more easy to process report file that way)
• More data (author name, publication date, link to posts, number of reactions, number of comment)
• Better output format (option for RSS maybe?)
• 'Diff' option to add only new entry (RSS in mind again)