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freelancer.com 🟢 2026-05-08

🔹 Compilation of 1,000 Local Parent Facebook Groups for England
👤 Client: 🇬🇧 Gloucester, United Kingdom Member since 2023-04-13
💰 Price: $23 Average bid
🚩 Problem: Gather and organize 1,000 active local parent Facebook groups across England into a structured Google Sheet.
📦 Existing: Not specified

Specifications:

[Target] Compile 1,000 unique, parent-focused community Facebook groups in England.
[Method] Use web scraping tools to collect group data from public sources.
[UI/UX] N/A - Data-driven task with no UI/UX requirements.
[Stack] Python for web scraping, Pandas for data processing, Google Sheets API for output.
[Security] Ensure compliance with Facebook's terms of service and privacy policies. Use secure methods to store credentials if necessary.
[Format] CSV export from Google Sheet.

Workflow:

1. Define the scope and criteria for group selection (local parent communities, member count, posting rules).
2. Develop a Python script using libraries like BeautifulSoup or Scrapy to scrape relevant Facebook groups based on location.
3. Process scraped data with Pandas to filter out duplicates and irrelevant groups.
4. Populate Google Sheet with required columns: Group name, URL, County, Member count, Posting rules, Date captured.
5. Freeze the first row of the sheet for easy readability.