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Rank::Social::Signal - social signal scraper: likes, comments, reposts

Overview of the scraper​

Overview of the scraperRank::Social::SignalRank::Social::Signal – social signals scraper. Collects the number of likes on pinterest and the number of reposts on vk.com.

A-Parser functionality allows saving parsing settings for the Rank::Social::Signal scraper for future use (presets), ), setting a parsing schedule, and much more.

Results can be saved in the form and structure you need, thanks to the built-in powerful templater Template Toolkit which allows applying additional logic to the results and outputting data in various formats, including JSON, SQL and CSV.

Collected data​

  • Number of likes on the social service pinterest.com
  • Number of reposts on the social network vk.com

Capabilities​

  • Counting the number of likes on pinterest.com
  • Counting the number of reposts on vk.com

Queries​

The query should specify a link to the article, for example:

https://a-parser.com/wiki/versions-and-licences/

Examples of output results​

A-Parser supports flexible results formatting thanks to the built-in templater Template Toolkit, which allows it to output results in arbitrary form, as well as in structured formats, such as CSV or JSON

Default output​

Result format:

$query\npinterest_like: $pinterest_like\nvk_share: $vk_share\n

Example result:

https://a-parser.com/wiki/versions-and-licences/  
pinterest_like: 0  
vk_share: 0

Saving in SQL format​

Result format:

[% "INSERT INTO social_signal VALUES('" _ query _ "', '" _ pinterest_like _ "', '" _ vk_share _ "')\n" %]

Example result:

INSERT INTO archive VALUES('https://a-parser.com/wiki/versions-and-licences/', 0, 0)

Dump results to JSON​

Общий формат результата:

[% IF notFirst;
  ",\n";
ELSE;
  notFirst = 1;
END;

obj = {};
obj.query = query;
obj.pinterest_like = p1.pinterest_like;
obj.vk_share = p1.vk_share;

obj.json %]

Начальный текст:

[

Конечный текст:

]

Example result:

[{"query":"https://a-parser.com/wiki/versions-and-licences/","pinterest_like":0,"vk_share":0}]
tip

For the "Initial text" and "Final text" options to be available in the Job Editor, you need to activate "More options".

Possible settings​

note

Common settings for all scrapers

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