beautifulsoup - How can I see all notes of a Tumblr post from Python?

Question

Say I look at the following Tumblr post: http://ronbarak.tumblr.com/post/40692813…
It (currently) has 292 notes.

I'd like to get all the above notes using a Python script (e.g., via urllib2, BeautifulSoup, simplejson, or tumblr Api). Some extensive Googling did not produce any items relating to notes' extraction in Tumblr.

Can anyone point me in the right direction on which tool will enable me to do that?

Answer 1

Unfortunately looks like the Tumblr API has some limitations (lacks of meta information about Reblogs, notes limited by 50), so you can't get all the notes.

It is also forbidden to do page scraping according to the Terms of Service.

"You may not do any of the following while accessing or using the Services: (...) scrape the Services, and particularly scrape Content (as defined below) from the Services, without Tumblr's express prior written consent;"

Source:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/tumblr-api/ktfMIdJCOmc