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🧩  Twitter Thread Extraction

Extracts the original Tweet and all replies from Twitter posts. Use this command on a single Tweet page. #extraction

Created by Adrian Larsson
Updated on Nov 9, 04:32
Installed 145 times
RUNS JS CODE

How to Use

IMPORT COMMAND

Content

- type: say
  message: >-
    📌 Use this command on a single Tweet page. You can use this command or JS
    code as a base for creating other commands or automations.
- type: ask
  param: targetMessageCount
  message: How many replies would you like to extract?
  options:
    - label: 50 comments
      value: 50
    - label: 100 comments
      value: 100
    - label: 200 comments
      value: 200
    - $custom
  default: ''
  vision:
    enabled: false
    mode: area
    send: true
    hint: ''
  optionsInvalid: false
- type: js
  code: |2-
      async function scrollAndCollectTweet (targetMessageCount) {
        const config = {
          tweet: 'article[data-testid="tweet"]',
          author: 'div[data-testid="User-Name"] span:first-child',
          authorHandle: '@',
          tweetText: 'div[data-testid="tweetText"]',
          timestamp: 'time',
          stats: 'div[aria-label*="replies"]',
        }

        function findTwitterHandle (element) {
          const xpath = './/span[starts-with(text(), "@")]'
          const result = document.evaluate(
            xpath,
            element,
            null,
            XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE,
            null
          )
          return result.singleNodeValue?.textContent || ''
        }

        async function scrollAndCollectComments () {
          const comments = []
          const uniqueComments = new Set()
          let retries = 0
          const maxRetries = 5

          async function scrollAndWait () {
            window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight)
            await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 500))
          }

          function extractCurrentComments () {
            const commentElements = Array.from(
              document.querySelectorAll(config.tweet)
            ).slice(1)
            let newCommentsFound = false

            commentElements.forEach(comment => {
              const author =
                comment.querySelector(config.author)?.innerText || 'Unknown'
              const time = comment.querySelector(config.timestamp)?.innerText || ''
              const content =
                comment.querySelector(config.tweetText)?.innerText || ''
              const userHandle = findTwitterHandle(comment)

              const commentId = `${time}-${author}-${content}`

              if (!uniqueComments.has(commentId) && author && time && content) {
                const formattedComment = `${time}. ${author} (${userHandle}): ${content}`
                uniqueComments.add(commentId)
                comments.push(formattedComment)
                newCommentsFound = true
              }
            })

            return newCommentsFound
          }

          while (comments.length < targetMessageCount && retries < maxRetries) {
            const newCommentsFound = extractCurrentComments()

            if (comments.length < targetMessageCount) {
              await scrollAndWait()
              if (!newCommentsFound) {
                retries++
              } else {
                retries = 0
              }
            }
          }

          if (comments.length > targetMessageCount) {
            comments.splice(targetMessageCount)
          }

          return comments
        }

        try {
          const result = {
            post: {
              author: document.querySelector(config.author)?.innerText || '',
              username: '@' + window.location.pathname.split('/')[1],
              content: document.querySelector(config.tweetText)?.innerText || '',
              timestamp: document.querySelector(config.timestamp)?.innerText || '',
              stats:
                document.querySelector(config.stats)?.getAttribute('aria-label') ||
                '',
            },
            comments: await scrollAndCollectComments(),
            url: window.location.href
          }

          window.scrollTo(0, 0)

          return result
        } catch (error) {
          window.scrollTo(0, 0)
          return null
        }
      }

      return scrollAndCollectTweet(targetMessageCount)
  param: array
  timeout: 15000
  args: targetMessageCount
  silent: true
- type: say
  message: |-
    **Data Array:**

    {{array}}
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Please review the command carefully and only install if you trust the creator.

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