saving file+hashtags

[ahmedalrawi]

Hi,
Thanks for the update! I have Windows 10, and I am running Python from the shell. The script is fetching user's posts now, but is there a way to save the data as a file e.g. JSON or CSV. I tried using filename.json in the end of the command, but it didn't work. Then I used --o filename.json which also didn't work

Regarding hashtag search, it does not seem to be working because of the command argument. I tried alternative formats e.g. gogettr hashtags [#selfie] OR gogettr hashtags [selfie] OR gogettr hashtags #selfie OR gogettr hashtags [OPTIONS] #selfie...etc, but I always get the same error: Error: Got unexpected extra arguments ([OPTIONS].
Thanks!
Ahmed

[milesmcc]

Ah! Sounds like you're using PowerShell/Command Prompt. You need to use Bash or Zsh (the > filename format is a Bash feature). That explains all the weird errors you're getting. It'd definitely be easier if you were using Mac or Linux — perhaps you could run Linux in a VM? Or you could run Bash directly — see https://www.howtogeek.com/249966/how-to-install-and-use-the-linux-bash-shell-on-windows-10/

[ahmedalrawi]

Thanks! I followed the instructions on the site you shared and later installed Ubuntu, but it states here (https://packages.ubuntu.com/) that the gogettr package is not available. Hence, I'm still getting the following error: E: Unable to locate package gogettr

[KonradIT]

So you need to use either pypi or use the command line from source. The readme goes over this, but basically if you want the latest stable build you'd do: pip3 install gogettr. If you want to use the command line from source: https://github.com/stanfordio/gogettr#development

Just make sure you have python v3.8 installed.

[ahmedalrawi]

Thanks! I tried several times but I am having trouble with my Linux environment configuration on Windows, so I gave up. Hence, I am trying now using the python module, but I don't think there is a way to get a user's posts or a specific hashtag, correct? Here are the available options: https://github.com/stanfordio/gogettr/tree/main/tests

[lxcode]

The hashtags API as currently implemented just returns trending news and takes no arguments.

There is a separate hashtag search API, but we currently don't have support for it, and I don't see an option to make it user-specific.

Support for the newer hashtag search would require v2 API support (#27), which uses a cursor instead of an offset. Closing for now.