benjmichel/likes

Easily query social media likes/followers without tokens (for node)

likes

Easily query social media likes/followers without tokens (for node).

NO TOKENS REQUIRED

Available for:

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Youtube

Installation

$ npm install likes

Example

var likes = require('likes')

likes.twitter('BarackObama', function (err, count) {
  if (err) {
    console.error(err)
    process.exit(1)
  }
  console.log('Barack has', count, 'followers on Twitter')
})

API

How it works

The module uses simple HTTP GET to query the respective counts. So far NO headless browser like phantomjs is employed. As the respective page layout may change, this approach is pretty fragile.

Keep in mind that the respective platform may rate-limit / blacklist you in case of "excessive" usage.

Contribution is very welcomed!