Patreon-list-scraping NPM

:boom: Careful: This package is no longer maintained and is only here for historic reasons. This means you should very likely not use it. You have been warned. :boom:

patreon-list-scraping

Programmatically get the current and past Patreons (names, mails, pledges) of your account.

Why?

This uses screen scraping via cheerio to determine your current and past Patreons. This is (sadly) not available via Patreon's official API.

Install

npm install patreon-list-scraping

Usage

Head over to https://patreon.com and make sure you are logged in
Open the developer console (F12) and open the "Network" panel
Click on "Doc", then right click on the first entry and select "Copy -> Copy as cURL (Bash)"
Paste the result, then copy the cookie (everything from -H 'cookie: to ' --compressed). It should look something like this:

__cfduid=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX; amplitude_idpatreon.com=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX; patreon_device_id=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX; __ssid=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX; group_id=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX; __stripe_mid=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX; session_id=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-XXXXX;

Enter this as your cookie below. Make sure that this is not checked into version control. It gives full access to your Patreon account.

const patreonList = require('patreon-list-scraping')

const patreons = await patreonList({
  cookie: '__cfduid=XXXXXXXXX...',

  // False: Return an object with Month -> Patreons
  // True: Return one array of merged Patreons from all months
  unify: false
})

// Keep in mind that this can take a while.