Facebook Comment Scraper (Apify Actor) Scrapes comments and replies from Facebook posts, videos, reels, and more. ## Supported URL Formats https://www.facebook.com/share/p/{share_id}/ (auto-resolved) https://www.facebook.com/share/v/{share_id}/ (auto-resolved) https://www.facebook.com/reel/{reel_id} https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v={video_id} https://www.facebook.com/{page}/videos/{video_id} https://www.facebook.com/groups/{group}/permalink/{post_id}/ https://www.facebook.com/{page}/posts/{post_id} https://www.facebook.com/{page}/posts/pfbid{...} https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid={post_id}&id={page_id} https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid={photo_id} ## Input JSON json { "postUrls": [ "https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17UEMxPmxv/", "https://www.facebook.com/BFMTV/videos/500165819136200/", "https://www.facebook.com/groups/example/permalink/123456789/" ], "orderingMode": "NEWEST", "targetComments": 100, "includeReplies": true, "includeReactions": true, } ### Input Fields | Field | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | postUrls | string[] | Yes | [] | List of Facebook URLs | | postUrl | string | Yes | - | Single URL (alternative to postUrls) | | orderingMode | string | No | "NEWEST" | "RANKED" or "NEWEST" | | targetComments | integer | No | 50 | Comments per URL (-1 = all) | | includeReplies | boolean | No | true | Include nested replies | | includeReactions | boolean | No | true | Include reaction details | Either postUrls or postUrl is required. --- ## Output JSON Each comment is a separate dataset item: json { "post_url": "https://www.facebook.com/...", "id": "987654321", "text": "This is a comment", "timestamp": 1764564157, "comment_time": "2025-12-01T10:15:57.000Z", "author_name": "John Doe", "author_id": "100001234567890", "reactions_count": 15, "replies_count": 2, "reactions": [ { "type": "LIKE", "count": 10 }, { "type": "LOVE", "count": 5 } ], "replies": [ { "id": "111222333", "text": "First reply", "timestamp": 1764564200, "comment_time": "2025-12-01T10:16:40.000Z", "author_name": "Jane Smith", "author_id": "100009876543210", "reactions_count": 2, "replies_count": 1, "replies": [ { "id": "444555666", "text": "Nested reply", "author_name": "Bob Wilson", "reactions_count": 0, "replies_count": 0 } ] } ] } ### Output Fields | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | post_url | string | Source Facebook URL | | id | string | Comment ID | | text | string | Comment text | | timestamp | integer | Unix timestamp (seconds) | | comment_time | string | ISO 8601 datetime | | author_name | string | Author display name | | author_id | string | Author Facebook ID | | reactions_count | integer | Total reactions | | replies_count | integer | Total replies | | reactions | array | Reaction breakdown (optional) | | replies | array | Nested replies (optional) | ### Reaction Types LIKE, LOVE, HAHA, WOW, SAD, ANGRY, CARE --- ## Features - Share Link Resolution: /share/p/ and /share/v/ URLs are automatically resolved - Video Support: Videos, reels, and watch content are fully supported - Page-Based Extraction: For videos, feedback ID is extracted from page HTML (more reliable) - Nested Replies: Recursively fetches replies up to 5 levels deep - Parallel Processing: Multiple URLs processed concurrently - Retry Logic: Automatic retry with different templates on failure - Streaming Output*: Comments pushed to dataset as they're fetched ## Usage ### Via Apify Console 1. Go to the actor page 2. Enter post URLs in the input 3. Configure options as needed 4. Run the actor 5. Download results from the Dataset tab ### Via API bash curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_ACTOR_ID/runs" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \ -d '{ "postUrls": ["https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17UEMxPmxv/"], "targetComments": 100 }' ### Via Apify Client (JavaScript) javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' }); const run = await client.actor('YOUR_ACTOR_ID').call({ postUrls: ['https://www.facebook.com/BFMTV/videos/500165819136200/'], targetComments: 100, includeReplies: true }); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); console.log(items); --- ## Scraping Policy This actor complies with Apify's Terms of Service and applicable laws. Users are responsible for ensuring their use of this tool adheres to Facebook's Terms of Service and all relevant data protection regulations.