A node.js module to extract social media handles out of websites
A single configurable function that take several websites to extract and returns an array of social media handles.
using npm:
$ npm i social-media-scraper
using yarn:
$ yarn add social-media-scraper
const getHandles = require('social-media-scraper').default
const websites = ['https://your-web-site-1.com', 'https://your-web-site-2.com']
getHandles(website)
.then(handles => handles.map(handle => console.log(handle))
.catch(error => console.error(error))
Returns an array of object containing the website's url containing and object in which the keys are the social network identifiers with the handles extracted attached.
[
{
"https://your-web-site.com/": {
"facebook": ["YourHandle"],
"twitter": ["YourHandle"],
"linkedin": ["YourHandle"],
"pinterest": [],
"tumblr": [],
"soundcloud": [],
"instagram": [],
"youtube": ["YourHandle"],
"snapchat": []
}
}
]
Simply edit the socialMediaScraper.CONFIG array, supported social network are stored in the socialMediaScraper.SUPPORTED_NETWORKS set.
socialMediaScraper.CONFIG = ['twitter', 'facebook', 'my-space']