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+__pycache__/*
+cache/*
+.project
+.pydevproject
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+import facebook
+from git import Repo
+import os
+import shutil
+from ruamel import yaml
+from pprint import pprint
+import sys
+
+# Git repo for our data
+green_directory_repo = 'https://github.com/netzbegruenung/green-directory.git'
+
+# folder in that repo that holds the data
+green_direcory_data_path = 'data/countries/de'
+green_directory_local_path = './cache/green-directory'
+access_token = os.getenv("secret_facebook_access_token")
+
+
+def get_green_directory():
+    """
+    Clones the source of website URLs, the green directory,
+    into the local file system using git
+    """
+    if os.path.exists(green_directory_local_path):
+        shutil.rmtree(green_directory_local_path, onerror=onerror)
+    Repo.clone_from(green_directory_repo, green_directory_local_path)
+
+
+def dir_entries():
+    """
+    Iterator over all data files in the cloned green directory
+    """
+    path = os.path.join(green_directory_local_path, green_direcory_data_path)
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
+        for fname in files:
+
+            filepath = os.path.join(root, fname)
+            if not filepath.endswith(".yaml"):
+                continue
+
+            with open(filepath, 'r') as yamlfile:
+                for doc in yaml.load_all(yamlfile):
+                    yield doc
+
+                
+def onerror(func, path, exc_info):
+    """
+    Error handler for ``shutil.rmtree``.
+
+    If the error is due to an access error (read only file)
+    it attempts to add write permission and then retries.
+
+    If the error is for another reason it re-raises the error.
+
+    Usage : ``shutil.rmtree(path, onerror=onerror)``
+    """
+    import stat
+    if not os.access(path, os.W_OK):
+        # Is the error an access error ?
+        os.chmod(path, stat.S_IWUSR)
+        func(path)
+    else:
+        raise
+
+
+def main():
+    get_green_directory()
+    if not access_token:
+        print("No access token found", file=sys.stderr)
+    graph = facebook.GraphAPI(access_token=access_token)
+    pprint(graph.get_object("B90DieGruenen", fields="fan_count,username,verification_status,website"))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
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