# Scrapers - Configuration & Status ## Facebook Scraper **File:** `rust-ai/src/main.rs` **Lines:** ~70-85 Target URL (line 72): ```rust let url = "https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=need%20website%20create"; ``` **Status:** Uses direct connection (no proxy) — your home IP. Facebook blocks datacenter IPs. May work from a residential connection. **Test with curl:** ``` curl.exe -s "https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=need%20website%20create" -H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36" --max-time 10 2>$null ``` **Expected log output when blocked:** ``` ERROR crm_ai: Facebook scraper error: error sending request for url (https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=need%20website%20create) ``` ## Reddit Scraper **File:** `rust-ai/src/main.rs` **Lines:** ~90-120 Uses `old.reddit.com` (older design that allows scraping without captchas). Search queries (currently 6, lines 93-100): - `r/southafrica` — "need website", "web developer" - Global — '"need a website"', "website quote" - `r/forhire` — "website" - `r/smallbusiness` — "website" **Status:** Working. Reddit results appear as `INFO LEAD:` entries in the server log. **Test with curl:** ``` curl.exe -s "https://old.reddit.com/r/southafrica/search?q=need+website&sort=new&restrict_sr=on&t=week" -H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36" ``` **Expected log output when working:** ``` INFO crm_ai: LEAD: [Post Title] -> https://old.reddit.com/r/.../... ``` ## Background Loop **File:** `rust-ai/src/main.rs` **Lines:** ~370-383 Both scrapers run together every 60-180 seconds on a `spawn_blocking` thread. ## What You Need to Do ### Facebook - Try running from your home PC instead — your residential IP may not be blocked - If still blocked, you need residential proxies (BrightData, IPRoyal, Oxylabs) - Configure them in the `PROXIES` array at line 25 ### Reddit - Works out of the box via `old.reddit.com` - If it stops working, Reddit IP-blocked you — use proxies or switch to Playwright ### To add more search queries Edit the `searches` array in `run_reddit_scraper()` (line 93).