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thread-ripper/thread_ripper/scraper.py
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import asyncio
import re
import hashlib
from typing import Tuple, List, Optional
from playwright.async_api import async_playwright, Browser, BrowserContext, Page
from .models import PostSegment, MediaItem, RippedThread
from .stitcher import build_markdown, build_plain_text, build_standalone_html
class ThreadScraper:
def __init__(self, headless: bool = True):
self.headless = headless
self._browser: Optional[Browser] = None
self._playwright = None
async def get_browser(self) -> Browser:
if self._browser is None or not self._browser.is_connected():
if self._playwright is None:
self._playwright = await async_playwright().start()
self._browser = await self._playwright.chromium.launch(
headless=self.headless,
args=[
"--no-sandbox",
"--disable-setuid-sandbox",
"--disable-dev-shm-usage",
"--disable-gpu",
]
)
return self._browser
async def close(self):
if self._browser:
await self._browser.close()
self._browser = None
if self._playwright:
await self._playwright.stop()
self._playwright = None
async def rip(self, url: str, mode: str = "author_only", max_scrolls: int = 5) -> RippedThread:
"""Scrapes and rips a Threads post and its chained continuation posts."""
browser = await self.get_browser()
context: BrowserContext = await browser.new_context(
user_agent="Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
viewport={"width": 1280, "height": 900}
)
page: Page = await context.new_page()
try:
# Navigate and follow redirects
await page.goto(url, wait_until="networkidle", timeout=30000)
canonical_url = page.url
# Small delay for hydration
await page.wait_for_timeout(2500)
# Extract Open Graph metadata
og_title = await page.evaluate("() => document.querySelector('meta[property=\"og:title\"]')?.content || ''")
og_image = await page.evaluate("() => document.querySelector('meta[property=\"og:image\"]')?.content || ''")
og_desc = await page.evaluate("() => document.querySelector('meta[property=\"og:description\"]')?.content || ''")
# Determine original author handle from URL or title
author_handle = ""
author_name = ""
# Check canonical URL for /@username
match_handle = re.search(r"/@([a-zA-Z0-9_\.]+)", canonical_url)
if match_handle:
author_handle = match_handle.group(1)
# Check og:title e.g. "Beth Parent McMillian (@bethmcmilliandesigns) on Threads"
if og_title:
m_title = re.search(r"^(.*?)\s*\(@?([a-zA-Z0-9_\.]+)\)", og_title)
if m_title:
author_name = m_title.group(1).strip()
if not author_handle:
author_handle = m_title.group(2).strip()
if not author_name:
author_name = author_handle or "Threads Author"
# Author profile avatar
author_avatar = og_image if og_image else None
# Progressively scroll to load dynamic replies in the thread
for _ in range(max_scrolls):
await page.evaluate("window.scrollBy(0, 1200)")
await page.wait_for_timeout(1000)
# Query all pressable post containers
containers = await page.query_selector_all("div[data-pressable-container='true']")
raw_segments: List[PostSegment] = []
seen_texts = set()
for idx, c in enumerate(containers):
# 1. Identify post author handle
user_links = await c.query_selector_all("a[href*='/@']")
post_handle = None
post_url = None
for ul in user_links:
href = await ul.get_attribute("href")
if href:
if "/@" in href and not post_handle:
parts = href.split("/@")
if len(parts) > 1:
post_handle = parts[1].split("/")[0].split("?")[0]
if "/post/" in href and not post_url:
post_url = href.split("?")[0]
# Check for "Author" badge
is_author_badge = False
badge = await c.query_selector("xpath=.//*[text()='Author']")
if badge:
is_author_badge = True
# Determine if this segment belongs to the original author
is_author_post = False
if idx == 0:
is_author_post = True
if post_handle and not author_handle:
author_handle = post_handle
elif is_author_badge:
is_author_post = True
elif post_handle and author_handle and (post_handle.lower() == author_handle.lower()):
is_author_post = True
# If author_only mode is on and this is not by the author, skip
if mode == "author_only" and not is_author_post:
continue
# 2. Extract text with dir='auto'
dir_els = await c.query_selector_all("[dir='auto']")
segment_text_parts = []
for del_el in dir_els:
txt = (await del_el.inner_text()).strip()
if not txt:
continue
# Ignore handle, author badge, bullet dots, stats
if txt == post_handle or txt == "Author" or txt == "·" or txt == author_handle:
continue
# Ignore pure stat numbers (e.g., '16.2K', '5d', '2K', '711')
if re.match(r"^(\d+(\.\d+)?[KMkmdh]?|\d+)$", txt):
continue
if txt not in segment_text_parts:
segment_text_parts.append(txt)
combined_text = "\n\n".join(segment_text_parts).strip()
if not combined_text and not is_author_post:
continue
# Deduplicate identical consecutive segments
text_hash = hashlib.md5(combined_text.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
if text_hash in seen_texts and combined_text:
continue
seen_texts.add(text_hash)
# 3. Extract media images inside post (exclude profile pictures)
imgs = await c.query_selector_all("img")
post_images: List[MediaItem] = []
for img in imgs:
src = await img.get_attribute("src")
alt = await img.get_attribute("alt") or ""
if src:
# Exclude small avatars or generic SVG icons
if "profile_pic" in src or "scontent" in src and "206x206" in src:
continue
post_images.append(MediaItem(type="image", url=src, alt_text=alt))
raw_segments.append(
PostSegment(
index=len(raw_segments),
author_handle=post_handle or author_handle,
author_name=author_name if is_author_post else (post_handle or "User"),
author_avatar=author_avatar if is_author_post else None,
url=post_url,
text=combined_text,
is_author=is_author_post,
images=post_images
)
)
# If no segments could be extracted from containers, fallback to OG description
if not raw_segments and og_desc:
raw_segments.append(
PostSegment(
index=0,
author_handle=author_handle,
author_name=author_name,
author_avatar=author_avatar,
url=canonical_url,
text=og_desc,
is_author=True,
images=[]
)
)
# Construct stitched outputs
markdown_out = build_markdown(author_name, author_handle, canonical_url, raw_segments)
plain_text_out = build_plain_text(author_name, author_handle, canonical_url, raw_segments)
html_out = build_standalone_html(author_name, author_handle, author_avatar, canonical_url, raw_segments)
# Generate unique ID for this ripped thread
thread_id = hashlib.md5(canonical_url.split("?")[0].encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()[:12]
title = raw_segments[0].text.split("\n")[0] if raw_segments and raw_segments[0].text else f"Thread by @{author_handle}"
if len(title) > 90:
title = title[:87] + "..."
total_words = sum(len(s.text.split()) for s in raw_segments)
return RippedThread(
id=thread_id,
original_url=url,
canonical_url=canonical_url,
author_handle=author_handle,
author_name=author_name,
author_avatar=author_avatar,
created_at="Recent",
title=title,
segments=raw_segments,
stitched_markdown=markdown_out,
stitched_text=plain_text_out,
stitched_html=html_out,
segment_count=len(raw_segments),
total_words=total_words
)
finally:
await context.close()