how to get on-screen version of activity log

Discussion in 'Facebook' started by Harris Freeman, Jun 10, 2016.

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    activity log screen.jpg I am trying to find a way to get all my Facebook activity with all of the text that shows up on screen when I click on Activity Log. My ultimate goal is to manipulate the text to create a simple spreadsheet or database that lets me see all of my activity in a structured way, some like
    <date><shared/posted/liked/created/friended><the text><url to photo>

    When you ask Facebook to send you your Activity Log the document you get is quite difference from the screen version in various ways. For instance, in the screen version Comments and Shares are differentiated, but in the download version comments show up as shares.

    I've tried just copying text on the on-screen version and saving it to a text file, but this doesn't produce anything organized enough to get what I need.

    Any suggestions on how I can get all the information from screens (see example below) into useable data would be greatly appreciated.
     
    Harris Freeman, Jun 10, 2016 IP