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Rank::Social::Signal - social signals scraper: likes, comments, shares

Overview of the scraper​

Overview of the scraperRank::Social::SignalRank::Social::Signal – a social signals scraper. It collects the number of Pinterest likes and the number of shares on vk.com.

The A-Parser functionality allows you to save Rank::Social::Signal scraping settings for future use (presets), set scraping schedules, and much more.

Saving results is possible in the form and structure you need, thanks to the built-in powerful Template Toolkit templating engine, which allows you to apply additional logic to the results and output data in various formats, including JSON, SQL, and CSV.

Collected data​

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

Capabilities​

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

Queries​

As queries, you need to specify a link to the article, for example:

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

Output results examples​

A-Parser supports flexible result formatting thanks to the built-in Template Toolkit templating engine, which allows it to output results in any form, as well as in structured formats like CSV or JSON

Default output​

Result format:

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

Result example:

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" %]

Result example:

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

Dump results to JSON​

Common result format:

[% 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 %]

Initial text:

[

Final text:

]

Result example:

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

To make the "Prepend text" and "Append text" options available in the Task Editor, you need to activate "More options".

Possible settings​

note

Common settings for all scrapers