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+# TikTok_plotter 
+1. Download and install TikTok scraper: https://github.com/drawrowfly/tiktok-scraper
+2. Use the following command: python3 extract_date.py target_file.json hashtag
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+The command in point 2 uses the extract_date.py script to extract the dates and the corresponding number of hashtag posts for each date that the TikTok scraper retrieves in the .json file.