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social-media Scenario 2 — Reddit — Extract Post Data

Written by RTILA X Engineering Team

Beginner ~4 min

What You'll Learn

Collect engagement metrics (likes, shares)

Real-World Use Case

Building a social media report

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EXPECTED OUTPUT

RTILA X PROJECT JSON 

    {
  "name": "Extract_Reddit_Posts",
  "settings": {
    "urls": [
      "https://learn.rtila.com/scenarios/social-media/2"
    ]
  },
  "datasets": {
    "reddit_posts": {
      "item_selector": "css=.reddit-post",
      "properties": [
        {
          "name": "title",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=.post-title"
        },
        {
          "name": "upvotes",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=.post-upvotes"
        },
        {
          "name": "comment_count",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=.post-comment-count"
        },
        {
          "name": "subreddit",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=.post-subreddit"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "command": "wait_for_selector",
      "params": {
        "selector": "css=.reddit-post"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "extract_data",
      "params": {
        "dataset": "reddit_posts"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Reddit-style posts are collected with one dataset. Upvote and comment counts are read as text and can later be cast for calculations.

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