Facebook URL to ID - Page, Profile, Group & Post IDs

What does Facebook URL to ID do?

Facebook URL to ID turns any public Facebook link into the numeric ID behind it. Paste Page, profile, group, post, video, reel, photo, album, event, hashtag or share URLs, vanity names, @handles or bare numeric IDs, and get one row per input: the numeric ID, the object type, the classic Page ID, the owner's ID and name, and the canonical URL. Built for ad and audience teams, CRM and lead-list owners, social listening pipelines and developers who feed Facebook IDs into other tools.

Also known as: Facebook ID finder · Facebook Page ID lookup · find Facebook ID · Facebook UID finder · pfbid to post ID.

• Every kind of Facebook link: Pages, profiles, profile.php?id=, /people/ links, groups, group posts, pfbid posts, permalink.php, videos, watch?v=, reels, photos, albums, events, hashtags, /share/ links and fb.watch short links. www, m., web. and fb.com hosts all work.
• Both Page IDs: the profile ID Facebook routes on today and the classic Page ID the Ad Library and Business Manager ask for, plus the verified badge, followers and category.
• Owners included: the ID, name and username of whoever posted a post, video, reel or photo.
• Reverse lookup: paste a bare numeric ID and Facebook URL to ID tells you what it is (a Page, a post, a photo, a reel) and who owns it.
• No login, cookies or Facebook API key: it asks Facebook the same questions the signed-out website asks.
• Pay only for IDs delivered: no start fee; inputs that are not found, private or invalid get a free row that says why.
• Schedules and monitoring: re-check a saved list and get only what changed (renamed username, deleted Page, new owner).
• Works with AI agents: call it through the Apify API or the MCP server.

What data can you get from Facebook?

🔢 Numeric ID (`facebookId`)	🏷️ Object type (`type`)	🏢 Classic Page ID (`pageId`)
👤 Profile ID (`profileId`)	👥 Group ID (`groupId`)	📝 Post ID + story ID (`postId`, `storyId`)
🎬 Video / reel ID (`videoId`)	🖼️ Photo + album ID (`photoId`, `albumId`)	📅 Event / hashtag ID (`eventId`, `hashtagId`)
🙋 Owner ID, name, username	🔤 Username (vanity)	📛 Name
✅ Verified badge (`isVerified`)	📄 Page or person (`isPage`)	🗂️ Category
📈 Followers, talking about, were here	🖼️ Profile picture + cover photo	📢 Active ads in the Ad Library (add-on)
🔗 Canonical URL + link by ID (`idUrl`)	↪️ Where a share link or old username led (`resolvedUrl`)	🧾 Status + reason for every input

On a test run of 32 inputs of every kind (run CQpO2Le5qk2I8y6CT), 29 resolved in 5.8 seconds: every row had its numeric ID and type, every Page and profile its classic Page ID, verified badge, category and follower count, and every post, video, reel and photo its owner ID and owner name.

How to scrape Facebook IDs with Facebook URL to ID

1. Create a free Apify account. It includes $5 of monthly credit and needs no card.
2. Open Facebook URL to ID and click Try for free.
3. Paste your links into Facebook URLs (or a link to a text/CSV file of them), and names, @handles or numeric IDs into Vanity names, @handles or numeric ids.
4. Click Start. Rows appear in the dataset as each batch resolves.
5. Open the Storage tab and Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or let a schedule run it for you.

⬇️ Input

Parameter	Type	Description
🔍 What to resolve
fbUrls	List	Facebook URLs, one per line, or a remote text/CSV file of them. The same field name as Apify's own Facebook URL to ID, so saved API calls keep working. startUrls and urls are accepted too.
ids	List	Vanity names (cocacola), @handles (@Meta) or numeric IDs (100044561550831).
🎯 What to look up
fetchDetails	Boolean	Names, usernames, classic Page ID, Page or person, verified badge, followers, owners. Default true. Off: IDs printed in the URL are read without a request (the cheaper rate).
resolveFromUrlOnly	Boolean	Never contact Facebook; only IDs printed in the URL. Default false.
includeCategory	Boolean	Also read the Page category. Default true.
✂️ Refine results
types	Select (multi)	Keep only these types: Pages, personal profiles, groups, group posts, posts, videos, reels, photos, albums, events, hashtags.
verifiedOnly	Boolean	Pages and profiles with the verified badge only.
minFollowers	Integer	Pages and profiles with at least this many followers.
dedupeById	Boolean	One row per Facebook object when several inputs lead to the same one.
➕ Extra data
checkAdsLibrary	Boolean	Pages: whether the Page runs ads now and how many, from the Meta Ad Library. Charged as ad-library-check ($0.001) per Page row that gets a count.
🔁 Monitoring
monitorMode	Boolean	Only inputs that are new or changed since the last run. Pair it with a daily schedule.
monitorStoreName	String	One name per list you watch. Default facebook-url-to-id-monitor.
📦 Output
maxItems	Integer	Stop after this many delivered IDs. 0 = every input.
includeFailedRows	Boolean	Write a free row for inputs without an ID (status + reason). Default true.
compact	Boolean	Nine core fields only, sized for AI agents and MCP.
⚙️ Advanced
proxyConfiguration	Proxy	Default: Apify's own connection first, the Apify proxy if Facebook refuses it, then RESIDENTIAL with a per-run cap.
maxConcurrency	Integer	Page reads in parallel (1-20, default 8). Lookups always go 15 URLs per Facebook request.

Input JSON

{
  "fbUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/nasa" },
    { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/NintendoAmerica/posts/pfbid02JESEPSvyiLGjvewuFYhviAwQjTdxZW1ZfnWTeCzxVWgZLT3xgoLHVDwvuenVRyKKl" },
    { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17SLmK3Z9c/" }
  ],
  "ids": ["@Meta", "2013556406001668"],
  "fetchDetails": true
}

Paste whole URLs, names or IDs, in any mix

Tracking parameters (?ref=, mibextid, rdid, __cft__) are removed and mobile hosts are moved to www, so the same Page pasted three ways is looked up once. Do: https://m.facebook.com/natgeo?ref=bookmarks, natgeo or @natgeo · Don't: a Google or Instagram link (written as an invalid row, free).

Turn details off when your URLs already carry the ID

profile.php?id=4, /groups/359370103235663/, /reel/2166091230582141/ or /photo/?fbid=… already contain their ID. With Fetch details off they are read without asking Facebook and charged at the cheaper id-from-url rate. Vanity names, pfbid posts and share links always need a lookup.

Use pageId for the Ad Library, facebookId for everything else

Since Facebook's new Pages layout every Page has two IDs. facebookId (= profileId) is the one profile.php?id= opens and most tools key on. pageId is the classic Page ID that the Ad Library, Business Manager and older integrations ask for. You get both, and adLibraryUrl links straight to the Page's ads.

⬆️ Output

Every input becomes one dataset item. Here is the table view of run CQpO2Le5qk2I8y6CT:

A Page row as JSON (from the same run; the intro, picture and cover URLs are left out for length):

{
  "inputUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/nintendo",
  "url": "https://www.facebook.com/nintendo",
  "status": "ok",
  "type": "page",
  "facebookId": "100064368354094",
  "profileId": "100064368354094",
  "pageId": "119240841493711",
  "username": "NintendoAmerica",
  "name": "Nintendo of America",
  "isPage": true,
  "isVerified": true,
  "category": "Video Game",
  "followersCount": 5643024,
  "talkingAboutCount": 72130,
  "canonicalUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/NintendoAmerica/",
  "resolvedUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/NintendoAmerica",
  "idUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064368354094",
  "adLibraryUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=all&ad_type=all&country=ALL&view_all_page_id=119240841493711",
  "resolvedBy": "route"
}

A post row: "type": "post", "facebookId": "1614057347434600", "postId": "1614057347434600", "ownerId": "100064910490989", "ownerName": "7 Brew Coffee", "ownerUsername": "7brewcoffee". A missing handle: "status": "notFound", "error": "Facebook: \"This content isn't available right now\" (removed, private or never existed)".

Fields

Field	What it is	Fill on test runs
facebookId, type, status	The object's numeric ID, its type, ok / notFound / invalid / needsLookup / unreachable	100% of ok rows (3 runs)
pageId	Classic Page ID (Pages and professional profiles)	100% (10 of 10 accounts, 32-input run); 89% of 79 accounts on the 100-input run
isVerified	Verified badge	same as pageId
followersCount, talkingAboutCount	From the public Page	100% (both runs)
isPage, category, coverPhotoUrl	From the full profile page	100% on the 32-input run; 3% on the 100-input run (see Limits)
username	Vanity name (null when the account has none)	80-97%
description, imageUrl	Intro and profile picture	100%
ownerId, ownerName	Owner of posts, videos, reels, photos, albums	100% (14 of 14)
ownerUsername	Owner's vanity name	86% (owners without a vanity are null)
groupId	Groups and group posts	100% of group rows
postId, storyId	Posts (pfbid resolved)	100% / 80%
canonicalUrl, idUrl, adLibraryUrl	Links	100% of Pages; idUrl 97% of all rows (hashtags have none)
hasActiveAds, activeAdsCount	Ad Library add-on	10 of 10 Pages (run ZxDbzfOeEzh428iWz)
monitorStatus, changedFields, previous	Monitor mode only	on new / changed rows

How can I use Facebook ID data?

• 📢 Ad and audience teams: turn a list of competitor Page links into classic Page IDs for the Ad Library and Business Manager, and see who runs ads right now.
• 🗂️ CRM and lead-list owners: store the numeric ID next to each Facebook link so a renamed Page still matches.
• 🔁 Data teams: dedupe /nintendo, m.facebook.com/NintendoAmerica and profile.php?id=100064368354094 into one ID.
• 🔎 Social listening and research: feed post, group and video IDs into other Facebook scrapers and APIs; expand share links to the real post and author.
• 🤖 AI agents: ask "what is the Facebook ID of …" through MCP and get a compact row back.
• 📈 Brand monitoring: schedule a list and get a row only when a Page is renamed, deleted or changes owner.

How much does it cost to scrape Facebook IDs?

Facebook URL to ID is pay-per-result, with no start fee:

• $2.60 per 1,000 IDs looked up (id-lookup): any row Facebook was asked about (a username, pfbid post, share link, group name, numeric ID) or any row with details.
• $0.45 per 1,000 IDs read from the URL (id-from-url): Fetch details off and the ID already printed in the link.
• $1.00 per 1,000 Ad Library checks (ad-library-check), only when you turn it on and a count comes back.

Not found, private, invalid and filtered inputs are free.

IDs looked up	Cost
10	$0.026
100	$0.26
1,000	$2.60
10,000	$26.00

There is nothing else to pay: Apify platform usage is included in these prices. Measured: 100 inputs in 8.4 seconds and 981 inputs in 7 minutes on the default 256 MB.

Integrations, API, scheduling & MCP

• Schedules: run Facebook URL to ID daily or weekly from the Schedules tab. With Only new or changed rows on, an unchanged list delivers nothing and costs nothing in events.
• Webhooks: fire a URL when a run finishes and push the IDs to your CRM, Slack or a sheet.
• No-code: Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Airtable and Slack via Apify integrations.
• API: call it from Node.js or Python with apify-client. Code is on the API tab; see the Apify API reference.
• MCP / AI agents: connect Claude, Cursor or any MCP client through the MCP tab.

More Facebook scrapers

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⭐ Facebook Reviews Scraper: a Page's recommendations	📅 Facebook Events Scraper: events by search, city or Page	🛒 Facebook Marketplace Scraper: listings and price drops
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Limits & empty runs

• Lookups: Facebook answers up to 15 URLs per lookup request; a list of any size is split into batches automatically.
• Full Page profiles per run: Facebook shows its full profile page to one signed-out IP only a limited number of times (we measured 7-25). After that, Facebook URL to ID switches to Facebook's Page Plugin and the mobile page for the remaining Pages: classic Page ID, verified badge, followers, intro and picture stay filled, while isPage, category and coverPhotoUrl are null and type reads page_or_profile.
• Not available: group member counts and privacy (Facebook shows a group's About card to signed-out visitors from datacenter IPs only as its login page), and Page like counts (Facebook now prints followers instead).
• Empty or short dataset: every input still gets a row unless you turn Write rows for failed inputs off. notFound means Facebook says the object was removed, is private or never existed; invalid means the line is not a Facebook object link; unreachable means Facebook did not answer after retries. None of these is charged, and the run log and RUN_SUMMARY give the count of each.

FAQ

How many IDs can Facebook URL to ID resolve in one run?

As many as you paste. A 981-input list took 7 minutes and delivered 692 IDs; the other 289 rows were handles that do not exist (283) or lines that are not Facebook objects (6), written free. Set Maximum ids to cap a run.

Can I run Facebook URL to ID on a schedule?

Yes. Save your input as a task, open Schedules, and turn on Only new or changed rows. A run over 99 saved inputs that found no change took 3.6 seconds and delivered nothing.

Can I integrate Facebook URL to ID with other apps?

Yes: Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack and more via Apify integrations, or webhooks when a run finishes.

Can I use Facebook URL to ID with the Apify API?

Yes. Use apify-client for Node.js or Python. The input field fbUrls takes the same [{ "url": "…" }] list as Apify's own Facebook URL to ID.

Can I use Facebook URL to ID through an MCP server?

Yes. Open the MCP tab, connect Claude Desktop, Cursor or another MCP client, and ask for the Facebook ID of a link. Turn on Compact output for nine-field rows.

Do I need a Facebook account, cookies or an API key?

No. Facebook URL to ID reads only what Facebook shows a signed-out visitor; you pass links, names or IDs and nothing else.

Why did my run return notFound rows?

The handle does not exist, the Page or post was removed, or the owner limited it to signed-in viewers. Facebook answers all three with the same "This content isn't available right now" page, so the row says exactly that. Check the link in a private browser window.

What is the difference between facebookId and pageId?

facebookId is the profile ID Facebook routes on today (profile.php?id=). pageId is the classic Page ID used by the Ad Library and Business Manager. Pages have both; personal profiles without a Page have pageId null.

How is Facebook URL to ID different from other Facebook ID finders?

It asks Facebook's own route resolver about 15 URLs per request instead of loading a full Facebook page per URL, so 100 inputs took 8.4 seconds. It also types a bare numeric ID, follows share and fb.watch links, returns both Page IDs and the owner of every post, video, reel and photo, and tells you what changed between runs.

Is it legal to scrape Facebook IDs?

Facebook URL to ID reads only public information and does not log in. Public data can still include personal data, protected by laws such as the GDPR, so make sure you have a legitimate purpose. Meta and Facebook are trademarks of Meta Platforms, Inc.; this actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Meta.

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