Facebook Posts Scraper

Facebook Posts Scraper

by simpleapi

Extract clean, structured data from Facebook posts—including text, media, reactions, and comments. Perfect for research, brand monitoring, and automating social data collection.

15 runs
2 users
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About Facebook Posts Scraper

Need to pull data from Facebook posts without getting your hands dirty with the API? I've been there. This scraper lets you extract the full picture from any public Facebook post or page—the text, images, videos, all the reactions, comments, and when it was posted. It handles the messy part for you, delivering everything in clean, structured JSON or CSV. I use it for tracking brand mentions and sentiment, saving hours I'd otherwise spend on manual collection. It's become a go-to for my content analysis, letting me see what topics actually resonate. For researchers, it's a straightforward way to gather social data for projects. If you're building any kind of social media monitoring dashboard or need to feed fresh post data into another app, this automates the workflow reliably. Just point it at a profile, group, or page URL and get organized data ready for your database, spreadsheet, or next analysis step.

What does this actor do?

Facebook Posts 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 Posts Scraper

Overview

This actor scrapes publicly available data from Facebook pages, groups, and profiles. It extracts posts, comments, reactions, and metadata for analysis, exporting structured data in formats like JSON and CSV. It's used for marketing research, competitor analysis, and social media monitoring.

Key Features

  • Multi-source scraping: Collects data from Facebook pages, groups, and public profiles.
  • Comprehensive data extraction: Gets post text, IDs, timestamps, author details, reactions (likes, loves, etc.), comments, share counts, media links, and hashtags.
  • Structured output: Exports data in JSON, CSV, Excel, or via API for easy integration.
  • Automation-ready: Supports scheduling for recurring scrapes and continuous monitoring.
  • Efficient handling: Manages pagination and infinite scroll to scrape large histories of posts.
  • Privacy-aware: Only accesses publicly visible data.

How to Use

  1. Log in to your Apify account.
  2. Find the actor by searching for "Facebook Posts Scraper" in the Apify platform.
  3. Configure input: In the actor's input, paste the Facebook page or group URLs you want to scrape into the startUrls field.
  4. Set options: Adjust parameters like the maximum number of posts to scrape or media extraction preferences.
  5. Run: Start the actor. It will navigate to the provided URLs and begin scraping.
  6. Download: Once complete, download your dataset from the actor's run details in your preferred format (JSON, CSV, Excel).

Input/Output

Input:
The primary input is one or more Facebook URLs via the startUrls field. You can also configure options like post limits and filters.

Output:
The actor outputs a structured dataset containing the following fields for each scraped post:
* postText: The main content of the post.
* postId: The unique Facebook identifier for the post.
* timestamp: When the post was published.
* author: Details about the person or page that made the post.
* reactions: Counts of likes, loves, wows, etc.
* comments: An array of comment text, author, and timestamps.
* shares: The number of times the post was shared.
* mediaLinks: URLs for any embedded images, videos, or link previews.
* hashtags: Any hashtags included in the post.

The data is available for download in the Apify platform and can be integrated into other systems via the Apify API.

Categories

AUTOMATION LEAD_GENERATION SOCIAL_MEDIA

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
simpleapi
Pricing
Paid
Total Runs
15
Active Users
2

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