CLI: Raise FileExistsError to prevent overwriting files

kevinzg · Aug 16, 2022 · f1c40d9 · f1c40d9
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diff --git a/facebook_scraper/__init__.py b/facebook_scraper/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import time
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 import re
+import os
 
 
 _scraper = FacebookScraper()
@@ -402,6 +403,9 @@ def write_posts_to_csv(
     if encoding is None:
         encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
 
+    if os.path.isfile(filename):
+        raise FileExistsError(f"{filename} exists")
+
     if filename == "-":
         output_file = sys.stdout
     else: