Facebook Post Scraper

Facebook Post Scraper

by pratikdani

Extract detailed data from any public Facebook post—text, user info, engagement stats, and media. Perfect for automated research, lead gen, and social analysis.

26,870 runs
334 users
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About Facebook Post Scraper

Need to pull data from Facebook posts for research, marketing, or development? This Facebook Post Scraper does the heavy lifting. You feed it a list of valid Facebook post URLs, and it returns a structured dataset with everything you'd want to know. I've used it to gather the post's text, the publishing user's details, and all the engagement numbers—likes, comments, shares, you name it. It also neatly handles any attached media, grabbing links to images and videos. For me, the real value is in automating what would otherwise be a painfully manual copy-paste job. It's perfect for sentiment analysis, competitor tracking, or building datasets for social media monitoring tools. The output is clean JSON, ready to pipe into your analytics platform or a simple spreadsheet. Just set it up with your target URLs, run it, and you've got a comprehensive snapshot of public Facebook content without ever opening the app.

What does this actor do?

Facebook Post Scraper is a web scraping and automation tool available on the Apify platform. It's designed to help you extract data and automate tasks efficiently in the cloud.

Key Features

  • Cloud-based execution - no local setup required
  • Scalable infrastructure for large-scale operations
  • API access for integration with your applications
  • Built-in proxy rotation and anti-blocking measures
  • Scheduled runs and webhooks for automation

How to Use

  1. Click "Try This Actor" to open it on Apify
  2. Create a free Apify account if you don't have one
  3. Configure the input parameters as needed
  4. Run the actor and download your results

Documentation

Facebook Post Scraper

Overview

This actor extracts structured data from public Facebook posts using their URLs. It returns metadata, content, engagement metrics, and user information in a consistent JSON format.

Key Features

  • Comprehensive Data: Extracts post content, author details, timestamps, and post type.
  • Engagement Metrics: Captures likes (with reaction breakdown), comments, shares, and video-specific stats like view/play counts.
  • Media & Links: Identifies attached images, videos, external links, and hashtags.
  • Page Insights: Optionally retrieves page-level data like follower counts and verification status.

How to Use

  1. Input: Provide one or more valid public Facebook post URLs in the actor's input.
  2. Run: Start the actor. It will navigate to each URL and scrape the available data.
  3. Output: Retrieve the structured dataset from the actor's output, typically in JSON format.

Get the actor here: Facebook Post Scraper.

Input/Output

Input: A list of Facebook post URLs. Example:

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/examplepage/posts/123456789"
  ]
}

Output: An array of objects containing post data. Key fields include:

Field Description
url, post_id The post URL and its unique ID.
user_url, user_username_raw Author's profile URL and display name.
content, date_posted, hashtags Post text, timestamp, and extracted hashtags.
num_comments, num_shares, likes Counts for comments, shares, and total likes.
num_likes_type Detailed breakdown of reactions (Like, Love, Care, etc.).
attachments Array of attached media (videos, images).
video_view_count, play_count Metrics for video posts.
post_type The type of post (e.g., Video, Photo).

Example Output Snippet:

{
  "url": "https://www.facebook.com/arian.n.180/videos/524608810606709/",
  "post_id": "524608810606709",
  "user_username_raw": "Arian N",
  "content": "#MLBB",
  "date_posted": "2024-12-28T17:39:18.000Z",
  "hashtags": ["mlbb"],
  "num_comments": 0,
  "num_likes_type": [
    { "num": 2, "type": "Love" },
    { "num": 1, "type": "Like" }
  ],
  "post_type": "Video",
  "video_view_count": 150
}

Categories

SOCIAL_MEDIA DEVELOPER_TOOLS LEAD_GENERATION

Common Use Cases

Market Research

Gather competitive intelligence and market data

Lead Generation

Extract contact information for sales outreach

Price Monitoring

Track competitor pricing and product changes

Content Aggregation

Collect and organize content from multiple sources

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Actor Information

Developer
pratikdani
Pricing
Paid
Total Runs
26,870
Active Users
334

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