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Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 22:26:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: HT154 <jbasc...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Tumblr notes - accessing and using all the notes on a post
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I actually just encountered a finished project that does exactly what you 
described. Tumble Tree <http://tumble-tree.tumblr.com/> does it very well. 
You may want to look into how they do it for ideas. The tumblr API call for 
getting info on a single post would be a good place to look. See here<http://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/api/v2#posts>. 
Particularly, the "notes_info" parameter will be of interest to you.

On Saturday, August 4, 2012 8:20:26 AM UTC-7, drwhofreak wrote:
>
> Hi there
>
> I'm trying to do some visualisation of the path of tumblr posts through 
> the site, using directed network graphs (blogs are the nodes, 'reblogged 
> from' shows the direction etc.)
>
> I can do this okay by manually copying and pasting notes and using find 
> and replace to get the text into the right format for use in graphing 
> programs like gephi, however this manual copying and psting doesn't cut it 
> when it comes to posts with thousands of notes, let alone tens of 
> thousands. 
>
> I need to know a way of getting all the notes automatically. Is there a 
> way (besides page scraping... which i don't really know how to do anyway)?
>
> It would also be of interest to know how i could get timestamp data from 
> notes - the number order is sufficent to give a timeline (i want to arrange 
> the graphs in chronological order), but i'd rather have something more 
> specific to work with.
>  i hope this is making some kind of sense (i feel like a total noob 
> writing this)
>
> ideally i am aiming to create a tool on the web that allows you to input 
> the url of a post, and then automatically generates the network graph for 
> that post. (I'll probably use something like sigmajs do do this on the 
> web). whether this is actually possible i'm not sure, but i'm trying to see 
> how far I can get, any pointers will be useful!
>
> Thanks :)
>

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I actually just encountered a finished project that does exactly what you d=
escribed.&nbsp;<a href=3D"http://tumble-tree.tumblr.com/">Tumble Tree</a>&n=
bsp;does it very well. You may want to look into how they do it for ideas. =
The tumblr API call for getting info on a single post would be a good place=
 to look.&nbsp;<a href=3D"http://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/api/v2#posts">See h=
ere</a>. Particularly, the "notes_info" parameter will be of interest to yo=
u.<div><div><br>On Saturday, August 4, 2012 8:20:26 AM UTC-7, drwhofreak wr=
ote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex=
;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;">Hi there<br><br>I'm trying=
 to do some visualisation of the path of tumblr posts through the site, usi=
ng directed network graphs (blogs are the nodes, 'reblogged from' shows the=
 direction etc.)<br><br>I can do this okay by manually copying and pasting =
notes and using find and replace to get the text into the right format for =
use in graphing programs like gephi, however this manual copying and psting=
 doesn't cut it when it comes to posts with thousands of notes, let alone t=
ens of thousands. <br><br>I need to know a way of getting all the notes aut=
omatically. Is there a way (besides page scraping... which i don't really k=
now how to do anyway)?<br><br>It would also be of interest to know how i co=
uld get timestamp data from notes - the number order is sufficent to give a=
 timeline (i want to arrange the graphs in chronological order), but i'd ra=
ther have something more specific to work with.<br>&nbsp;i hope this is mak=
ing some kind of sense (i feel like a total noob writing this)<br><br>ideal=
ly i am aiming to create a tool on the web that allows you to input the url=
 of a post, and then automatically generates the network graph for that pos=
t. (I'll probably use something like sigmajs do do this on the web). whethe=
r this is actually possible i'm not sure, but i'm trying to see how far I c=
an get, any pointers will be useful!<br><br>Thanks :)<br></blockquote></div=
></div>
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