Method: Forki::UserScraper#find_number_of_followers

Defined in:
lib/forki/scrapers/user_scraper.rb

#find_number_of_followers(profile_details_string) ⇒ Object

Finds and returns the number of people who follow the current page



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# File 'lib/forki/scrapers/user_scraper.rb', line 17

def find_number_of_followers(profile_details_string)
  followers_pattern = /Followed by (?<num_followers>[0-9,.KM ]) people/
  alt_follower_pattern = /(?<num_followers>[0-9,.KM ]+) (f|F)ollowers/
  number_of_followers_match = followers_pattern.match(profile_details_string) || alt_follower_pattern.match(profile_details_string)

  return nil if number_of_followers_match.nil?

  number_of_followers = Scraper.extract_int_from_num_element(number_of_followers_match.named_captures["num_followers"])

  # Note, this is sticking around if we want to use it later
  # if number_of_followers.nil?
  #   number_of_followers_string = JSON.parse(profile_header_str)["user"]["profile_header_renderer"]["user"]["profile_social_context"]["content"].first["text"]["text"]
  #   number_of_followers = Scraper.extract_int_from_num_element(number_of_followers_string)
  # end

  number_of_followers
end