scrapbook

# scrapbook

Gleam package for the Erlang target that can scrape parts of Facebook.

**Currently this package only supports scraping events!**

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```sh
gleam add scrapbook
```

```gleam
import gleam/io
import scrapbook/event

pub fn main() {
  let event =
    event.scrape_from_url(
      "https://www.facebook.com/events/1137956700212933/1137956706879599/",
    )
  io.debug(event)
}
```

Further documentation can be found at <https://hexdocs.pm/scrapbook>.

All contributions are welcome. If you have any questions, please create an issue in the repository.

## Other information

Facebook's terms of service prohibit automated scraping of their site. Use this package at your own risk.

Read more: [Automated Data Collection Terms](https://www.facebook.com/legal/automated_data_collection_terms)

## Acknowledgements

- [@francescov1](https://github.com/francescov1) for the [facebook-event-scraper](https://github.com/francescov1/facebook-event-scraper) (MIT) TypeScript library, which was an inspiration and the basis for the event scraping logic.