Build a FB Scraper using Macros, PHP cURL or anything else!

In Progress Posted Nov 18, 2013 Paid on delivery
In Progress Paid on delivery

** As FB uses Ajax to load its content, it is important that you make sure that you are able to do this job before placing a bid. **

Summary

This project is to build a scraper using macros – ie. iMacros – or PHP Curl’s for Facebook’s Newsfeed (“NF”) ads.

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Identifying NF Ads

Facebook's NF ads the ones that show between status updates of your friends here: [login to view URL] The challenge is, there's several different formats of NF ads as can be seen here: [login to view URL] What we're looking to do is identify story/update DIVs that contain the word "Sponsored" - as this is the common attribute among all NF ads. Then extract data from those DIVs only.

Here are a few sample NF ads:

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We will provide you with the accounts that are display these ads.

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Logging Into Accounts

When logging in to each account, the macro will need to ensure that the appropriate proxy for each account is used – which we will provide. When switching between accounts, the macro will need to clear all Temporary Internet Files (including Cookies) to ensure that the accounts aren't linked together.

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Extracting NF Ads

The scraper will need to continue scrolling to the bottom of the page, until it encounters the following messages:

* Old FB Format: "Add your friends to see more of their photos and stories in your news feed."

* New FB Format: "There are no more posts to show right now."

It will then need to identify the DIVs that contain the text "Sponsored" and:

* Identify a unique parameter (to keep track of when it was first seen, last seen, times seen)

* Extract all the content within the DIV

* Click the advertiser's link and record all URL redirects

* Load and save any images displayed within the DIV

* Save which account saw the advertisement

* When the advertisement was first seen

* When the advertisement was last seen - if the same ad has been seen several times

* The number of times the advertisement was seen - if the same ad has been several times

However, we do not need to record social information such as the number of likes, comments, etc. All this information will need to be saved in whichever format you prefer.

** As FB uses Ajax to load its content, it is important that you make sure that you are able to do this job before placing a bid. **

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About the project

14 proposals Remote project Active Nov 28, 2013

14 freelancers are bidding on average $1157 for this job

zeke

Dear Customer! I am an expert PHP developer with over 6 years of experience and very interested to work on this project. Available to start immediately and finish as soon as possible. My bid is for fast professional s More

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techwelfare

hi we could do it perfectly with accuracy, please let us know if you want any clarification. if you want us to share our skill and previous work please initiate the chat..

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omanasoft

MY WORK I have developed (in the Java Programming Language) a Generic Web-Scraper Tool - called OpenMana Web Information Miner (OmanaWIM or OWIM) - that can be configured to scrape any information from any website. More

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