Don't try hit /posts/ (it usually 404s)

kevinzg · Jul 28, 2022 · 089688d · 089688d
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commit 089688d
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diff --git a/facebook_scraper/page_iterators.py b/facebook_scraper/page_iterators.py
@@ -32,12 +32,7 @@ def iter_hashtag_pages(hashtag: str, request_fn: RequestFunction, **kwargs) -> I
 def iter_pages(account: str, request_fn: RequestFunction, **kwargs) -> Iterator[Page]:
     start_url = kwargs.pop("start_url", None)
     if not start_url:
-        start_url = utils.urljoin(FB_MOBILE_BASE_URL, f'/{account}/posts/')
-        try:
-            request_fn(start_url)
-        except Exception as ex:
-            logger.error(ex)
-            start_url = utils.urljoin(FB_MOBILE_BASE_URL, f'/{account}/')
+        start_url = utils.urljoin(FB_MOBILE_BASE_URL, f'/{account}/')
     return generic_iter_pages(start_url, PageParser, request_fn, **kwargs)