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7676** Note:** If you get a ` UnicodeEncodeError ` try adding ` --encoding utf-8 ` .
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78+ ### Practical example: donwload comments of a post
79+
80+ ``` python
81+ """
82+ Download comments for a public Facebook post.
83+ """
84+
85+ import facebook_scraper as fs
86+
87+ # get POST_ID from the URL of the post which can have the following structure:
88+ # https://www.facebook.com/USER/posts/POST_ID
89+ # https://www.facebook.com/groups/GROUP_ID/posts/POST_ID
90+ POST_ID = " pfbid02NsuAiBU9o1ouwBrw1vYAQ7khcVXvz8F8zMvkVat9UJ6uiwdgojgddQRLpXcVBqYbl"
91+
92+ # number of comments to download -- set this to True to download all comments
93+ MAX_COMMENTS = 100
94+
95+ # get the post (this gives a generator)
96+ gen = fs.get_posts(
97+ post_urls = [POST_ID ],
98+ options = {" comments" : MAX_COMMENTS , " progress" : True }
99+ )
100+
101+ # take 1st element of the generator which is the post we requested
102+ post = next (gen)
103+
104+ # extract the comments part
105+ comments = post[' comments_full' ]
106+
107+ # process comments as you want...
108+ for comment in comments:
109+
110+ # e.g. ...print them
111+ print (comment)
112+
113+ # e.g. ...get the replies for them
114+ for reply in comment[' replies' ]:
115+ print (' ' , reply)
116+ ```
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79118## Post example
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