FB poster

A python script for posting stuff on facebook.

How To

Steps:

1. Create a YAML config file. (See configuration part below)
2. Create your links file. Remember to separate the post message and the link with a message separator. (See links file below)
3. Run with python fb_poster.py <config file path>.

Configuration

Description:

• message_separator - The character used to separate the post message and the link
• user_id - The fb user id (the group id for a group, or "me" for your profile)
• access_token - An fb access token with a long expiry duration
• links_file_path - The absolute file path to the links file

Sample:

message_separator: "|"
user_id:           "206072162773141"
access_token:      "SOMEVERYLONGACESSTOKENWITHALONGEXPIRYDURATION"
links_file_path:   "/path/to/links/links.txt"

Links File

You will have to create a file for the messages and links you want to post. This is just a plain text file.

The script posts one item from the file for each run. It will read the first line from the file and post it. If the posting is successful, it removes the line from the file. But if the posting fails, the script "freezes" the content in the file so that no content will be lost.

Each line will be composed of three parts (1) a status message (2) a separator character (3) the link to the file

Sample:

This is a cool script!|https://github.com/paologlim/fb_poster
A badass song|http://tinysong.com/M4xV
Sleep, sleep, sleep|http://www.dextronet.com/blog/why-you-cant-sleep/

References

• How to post to an fb group
• How to get an access token with a long expiry duration

Todo

• Replace os.popen3 with subprocess
• Auto renew access token