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Not everything on GitHub is safe. Since you are running code on your local machine, you must audit the code
Uses the official Facebook Graph API with proper authentication.
The proposed system consists of three primary components:
The script needs Selenium to control the browser. auto post group facebook github
pip install -r requirements.txt
Note: You also need Chromedriver. Most scripts auto-download this; manually download it if not.
Handling authentication tokens within a public or private repository poses significant security risks.
A script that uses Selenium to automate a real browser session. Not everything on GitHub is safe
While there are many paid SaaS (Software as a Service) tools for social media scheduling, developers and tech-savvy marketers often turn to GitHub for solutions. The appeal is obvious:
Add a file post_to_fb.py to your repo:
import requests import osgroup_id = os.getenv("GROUP_ID") access_token = os.getenv("FACEBOOK_ACCESS_TOKEN") Uses the official Facebook Graph API with proper
url = f"https://graph.facebook.com/v18.0/group_id/feed" message = "This is an automated post from GitHub Actions! 🚀"
payload = 'message': message, 'access_token': access_token
response = requests.post(url, data=payload) print(response.json())