socialsignals v1.0.8

Social Signals

This module enables easy access to the social media metrics publicly provided by

• Facebook Likes Shares Comments Clicks
• Twitter * Occurrences of a URL in tweets
• Google Plus * +1s

Getting facebook like counts with nodejs is easier than ever.

Installation

npm install socialsignals

Find this package at:

• Github: https://github.com/justusbluemer/socialsignals
• npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/socialsignals

Methods

facebook(url, callback)

Fetches the facebook data for url.

Arguments

• url The url to fetch Facebook social signals for
• callback(err, data) A callback which is called after the operation is complete

Data

{
	total_count: 19109,
	like_count: 4756,
	comment_count: 4589,
	share_count: 9764,
	click_count: 1004
}

Examples

var social = require('socialsignals')

social.facebook('https://github.com/', function(err, signals){
	console.log(signals)
})

twitter(url, callback)

Fetches the Twitter data for url.

Arguments

• url The url to fetch Twitter social signals for
• callback(err, data) A callback which is called after the operation is complete

Data

{
	count: 44336
}

Examples

var social = require('socialsignals')

social.twitter('https://github.com/', function(err, signals){
	console.log(signals)
})

googleplus(url, callback)

Fetches the Google+ data for url.

Arguments

• url The url to fetch Google+ social signals for
• callback(err, data) A callback which is called after the operation is complete

Data

{
	count: 5498
}

Example

var social = require('socialsignals')

social.googleplus('https://github.com/', function(err, signals){
	console.log(signals)
})

License

Created by Justus Blümer

License: MIT