Facebook extraction → Sheets

Automating comment extraction for community management

Context

Social media & community client (anonymized) running event contests on Facebook. The goal was to automatically collect identifiers shared by participants across hundreds of comments and store them in a spreadsheet, keeping the comment link for traceability and winner selection.

Objectives

Automate extraction of Facebook comments
Generate a usable Google Sheet
Detect duplicates and validate formats
Provide a simple UI

Approach

Python tool with a simple UI to enter a Facebook post ID. Comments are retrieved via the Facebook Graph API with pagination handling. Numeric identifiers are extracted, validated and duplicates detected. Results are automatically written to a Google Sheet via the Google Sheets API, with a link provided to the user. Logs and an execution report ensure traceability.

Deliverables

Functional, documented Python tool
Facebook Graph API integration
Google Sheets API integration
User guide

Results achieved

Significant time savings for winner selection
Reliable extracted data
Repeatable and autonomous process
Full automation of the contest workflow

Duration

1 week

Role

Developer: end-to-end design and development, API integrations, testing, documentation and user onboarding.

Scope

End-to-end development of the Python tool: design, Facebook and Google Sheets API integration, user interface, testing, documentation and user support.

Tech stack

Python Facebook Graph API Google Sheets API OAuth2

Keywords

automation, API integration, Python, community management, Facebook, Google Sheets

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