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Facebook video downloader

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# Facebook Downloader
A program for downloading videos from Facebook, given a video url

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# Installation
## Install from PyPI
```
pip install facebook-downloader
```
> You will need to have the FireFox browser installed and geckodriver properly set up.

## Building from source
**1.** Clone the repository
```
git clone https://github.com/bellingcat/facebook-downloader
```

**2.** Navigate to the cloned repository
```
cd facebook-downloader
```

### Building the Docker container
```
docker build --tty my-facebook-downloader .
```

### Building the facebook-downloader package
#### Linux
Find the `install.sh` script and run it
```
./install.sh
```
> This assumes the script was already made executable with the `chmod +x uninstall.sh` command.

#### Windows
**1.** Navigate to the facebook-downloader directory
Find the `install.ps1` script and run it
```
.\install.ps1
```
> The installation scripts will download and setup geckodriver, then install **facebook-downloader**.

# Usage
## Package
```
facebook_downloader <video-url>
```

## Docker
```
 docker run --tty --volume $PWD/downloads:/app/downloads my-facebook-downloader <facebook_video_url>
```

# Optional Arguments
| Flag | Description |
|---------|:-----------:|
| *-a/--audio* | download as audio |
| *-o/--output* | output file name |

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