One of the first data scrapers I wrote for the purpose of statistical analysis was a Facebook Graph API scraper, in order to determine which words are the most important in a Facebook Page status update. However, the v2.0 update to the Facebook API unsurprisingly broke the scraper.Now that v2.4 of the Graph API is released , I gave the Facebook Graph API another look. Turns out, it’s pretty easy to scrape and make into a spreadsheet for easy analysis, although like with any other scrapers, there are a large number of gotchas.FeasibilityIn order to determine if I can sanely scrape a website, I
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