Python - Facebook Check For Duplicate Post Before Posting
I'm working on a small python script to automate a daily post to a page my wife manages. It downloads a pic, merges with a header, and posts to the page with a URL and some text. My idea is ultimately to drop this on a Linux box I have and schedule it to fire once a day. If I do go to automate it, I'm wondering if there's a way to check and make sure the post hasn't already been done. The text is consistent (and unique as it has the date in it). Is there a way to have the script search the page for the text before posting? Searches so far haven't yielded much.
Based on the approach you are asking for, it doesn't appear to be possible to run a query of a user's posts and specific search text without being a Facebook Partner according to the discussion on this other post.
Suggestion:
If your automated script is a single instance and the only one making the posts, would a simple history that is updated and managed locally to your script suffice?
#Pseudo code # Obviously, it would make sense to make this history data structure # persistent across runs of your script published_posts = set() def publish_post(text: str): if text in published_posts: console.log("Post already previously published!") return resp = api.post(text) if resp.status != 200: console.log("Post unsuccessful!") raise Exception(resp.status) published_posts.add(text)