Is there a way to see the exact results of a tumblr poll (actual number, not the percentage?)
I've heard people say something about an API or something, but I'm very technophobic and tried to look up what that meant and couldn't understand it at all.
Could someone explain to a newbie? Doesn't have to be super detailed, just maybe a bit more than "use the API" as I don't even know how to get started with that, and tumblr's guide for their API makes it seem like it's for people who are trying to build an app on top of Tumblr?
(I am reasonably fluent in python (including web scraping with various python packages, but only for things I can read off the html of a page, and "number of votes" doesn't seem to be unless I'm misreading it), and have passing familiarity with javascript, but otherwise know Nothing about web programming)
Never mind I figured out how to do this! (At least one way, though I suspect it's not the best way. I did not use Tumblr's API; still not sure what that's about)
Here's how I did it for anyone else who might have this question (for Chrome and Firefox):
In Chrome:
Click the vertical 3-dots menu on the upper right corner, then
Click More Tools -> Developer Tools
This opens a box that looks like:
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On the top bar where Elements is highlighted, go to 'Network' and click that. That should open an empty box like this:
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Then if you go to the url of the post you want (with the poll), the box will start filling up.
Under 'Name' there are going to be some files, and under a bunch of .js files, there should be one that just says "results"
(the page may have "results" files for more than one poll, because even if you use the link of a post, I think tumblr puts other similar posts in the same person's blog as "other posts you may like" underneath, but the first "results" file, which i've found to be isolated from the others has generally been the right one.)
(in any case, you can check that it's the right one by adding all the resulting number of votes and checking that it's the same number as what the poll says the total number of votes is)
Then, if you click "results" it opens another box to the right like this, where you can click "Response" at the top of this new box.
This should show one line (but it's a long one) which might say something like this:
(These are the results for This Poll about the tumblr shop taking the place of the account tab in tumblr's mobile app.)
(This was all in one line, but I added newlines to make it easier to read.)
Those numbers are the results of the poll. I'm pretty sure they are in the same order as the options in the poll itself (it's certainly true for this case), but it may be good to check against the percentages to be sure.
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In Firefox:
It's quite similar:
Click the hamburger menu (three horizontal lines), then
More Tools -> Web Developer Tools
Except that it now opens the box on the bottom instead of on the right.
"results" should be under "File" instead of "Name", still underneath a bunch of .js files.
Then click that "results" file, click "Response" in the box it opens on the right.
Firefox's is a bit nicer in that it adds the new lines for you:
(You want to click the little rightwards-pointing triangles to open the results, and the vote numbers will be shown as above.)
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I'm sorry if this is actually obvious, but when I type in the html editor, whenever I type on a line that there is already text for example in the middle of the sentence, all the text that's after it gets replaced by the text I'm typing. Is there a way to fix this, or do I just have to deal with it?
Sounds like you’ve bumped the “Insert” key on your keyboard! Try pressing it again to see if that fixes the problem. (:
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Oh, that’s my bad! I forgot to fix that error on the pastebin page. Head into your HTML editor and look for this:
Hi, I'm sorry to both, but the question page for Theme 43 is not there and I had a question. Every time I reblog a question type post that has been added on to and add on to it myself, the reblogged text is not there, only the original question and answer. Is there someway I can fix this in the code, like editing a line?
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