README.md

PyCrowdTangle

A Python Wrapper To Retrieve Data From The CrowdTangle API

https://pypi.org/project/PyCrowdTangle

Install

pip install PyCrowdTangle

Update

pip install PyCrowdTangle -U

Example

Usage

ct_get_posts

import PyCrowdTangle as pct

#retrieve data from CrowdTangle
# get the api_token from https://apps.crowdtangle.com/
# you can locate your API token via your crowdtangle dashboard
# under Settings > API Access.

data = pct.ct_get_posts(api_token="AKJHXDFYTGEBKRJ6535")

import pandas as pd

df = pd.DataFrame(data['result']['posts'])

#show results
df.head()

ct_get_links

import PyCrowdTangle as pct

#retrieve data from CrowdTangle
# get the api_token from https://apps.crowdtangle.com/
# you can locate your API token via your crowdtangle dashboard
# under Settings > API Access.

data = pct.ct_get_links(link= 'http://www.queenonline.com/', platforms='facebook',
                     start_date='2019-01-01',api_token="AKJHXDFYTGEBKRJ6535")

import pandas as pd

df = pd.DataFrame(data['result']['posts'])

#show results
df.head()

ct_get_lists

import PyCrowdTangle as pct

#retrieve data from CrowdTangle
# get the api_token from https://apps.crowdtangle.com/
# you can locate your API token via your crowdtangle dashboard
# under Settings > API Access.

data = pct.ct_get_lists(api_token="AKJHXDFYTGEBKRJ6535")

#show results
print(data)

Acknowledgements

CooRnet has been developed as part of the project Social Media Behaviour research project activities.

The project is supported by a the Social Media and Democracy Research Grants from Social Science Research Council (SSRC). Data and tools provided by Facebook.