Facebook Reels Audio Scraper

Extract audio tracks and metadata from Facebook Reels. This Apify actor downloads high-quality audio streams and provides detailed information about each reel, suitable for batch processing.

Overview

This actor takes Facebook Reels URLs and returns the isolated audio files along with comprehensive metadata. It accesses the audio directly from Facebook's CDN, preserving the original quality. Use it for content analysis, research, or repurposing audio.

Key Features

• Audio Extraction: Downloads the pure audio track from Reels.
• Metadata: Retrieves title, description, uploader info, duration, and upload date.
• Batch Processing: Handles multiple Reel URLs in a single run.
• Quality Preservation: Provides direct links to the original high-quality audio streams.
• Proxy Support: Can be configured to use proxies to bypass restrictions.

How to Use

1. Prepare your input as a JSON object containing an array of Reel URLs.
2. Run the actor on the Apify platform.
3. Retrieve the structured JSON output containing audio URLs and metadata.

Input

Configure the actor using a JSON input. The reel_urls array is required.

{
  "reel_urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://web.facebook.com/reel/1831270064408357",
      "method": "GET"
    }
  ]
}

Output

The actor outputs an array of JSON objects, one for each processed Reel.

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1831270064408357/",
    "reel_id": "1831270064408357",
    "title": "460K views · 222K reactions | Atlantic Ocean #ship #insta #sea...",
    "description": "Atlantic Ocean #ship #insta #sea #sealife...",
    "uploader": "Mariner Vicky",
    "uploader_id": "100063506655635",
    "duration": 20.165,
    "upload_date": "20250808",
    "audio": "https://video-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m412/AQPUpoG35u50NpPl...",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t15.5256-10/529773654_130...",
    "format_id": "hd",
    "ext": "mp4"
  }
]

Key Output Fields:

• audio: The direct URL to download the audio file.
• duration: Length of the audio in seconds.
• title / description: Reel title and description text.
• uploader / uploader_id: Creator's name and Facebook ID.
• upload_date: Publication date (YYYYMMDD format).
• thumbnail_url: URL for the reel's thumbnail image.