GS16 - post collection on VK.com

How to use:

1. Download The Repo GS16_compiled
2. Execute GS16.jar in terminal using the following Arguments:

• updateData: Get all Posts from the groups/persons wall set in 'vk_id_list.txt' or update the already collected data for new posts
  • The data will be saved in the data Folder, containing also a 'groupInfo.json' ❗ dont touch ❗
  • Posts will be saved in files per execution day. Please use this method just once on the initial day because of huge files been written.
• wallSearch: Search for All Keywords from 'vk_keyword_list.txt' in all groups/persons set in 'vk_id_list.txt'
• createGroupInfo: Create a Table with Domain, Name and Url information to every id in 'vk_id_list.txt'
• findIds: Add the ids of the groups in 'vk_domain_list.txt' to 'vk_id_list.txt'
  • the domain list must contain the name part of the groups url if the groups url is not defined by its id, if the url e.g. is 'vk.com/group/patrioten', the list should contain 'patrioten'

Examples:

java -jar GS16.jar wallGet
java -jar GS16.jar wallSearch
...

Important:

The text lists are located at src/inputLists/fooBar.txt 'wallSearch' will create a new Folder named with the current date/time

❗ Actually its not possible to work with own filenames or directorys ❗

Format of output json file:

For 'postLists' with Keyword search

The json contains 3 json Arrays:

1. Groups for information about the owned and linked groups with the following keys:

• gid: id of the group
• is_closed: boolean value, 0 if the group is active
• name: headline name of the group
• photo: small profile foto of the group
• photo_big: profile foto of the group
• screen_name: url name of the group

2. profile information about the post owners in post list:

• first_name
• last_name
• photo: small profile picture of the person
• photo_medium_rec: profile picture of the person
• screen_name: screen name of the person
• sex: gender
• uid: user id of the person

3. The wall array with a list of posts similar to the 'postLists' without Keyword search

This format information just contains the most important tags.

For additional information visit:

• The official vk.com post group object documentation
• The official vk.com user field documentation

For 'postLists' without Keyword search

The json contains an array of post objects with the following keys:

• date: unix date of post creation
• from_id: the post owners id
• id: the posts id
• likes: number of likes the post got
• reposts: number of repostings
• text: the text of the post
• to_id: id of the group or person who owns the wall

Additional to those keys, the post-object could contain Attachements e.g. Photos, Videos. Those attachements contain additional source data of the media:

For foto media:

• src: small preview picture of the shared foto
• src_big: the shared foto

For video media:

• duration: duration of the video in seconds
• image: small preview picture for the video
• image_big: preview picture for the video
• platform: platform e.g. youtube
• title: title of the video

This format information just contains the most important tags.

For additional information visit:

• The official vk.com post object documentation
• The official vk.com attachement field documentation