Facebook Page Post Scraper

Scrape posts from public Facebook Pages. Extract post content, images, videos, engagement metrics (likes, comments, shares), and posting dates. Perfect for competitive analysis and content research.

BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) -- you provide your own API credentials.

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Before You Start

This actor requires your own API credentials to fetch real data.

Where to get your key: JSON array of cookies from Cookie-Editor browser extension. REQUIRED — Facebook gates Page feeds behind login. Install Cookie-Editor, log into Facebook, export cookies, paste here.

You can test with Demo Mode first (free, no key needed) to see the output format before committing.

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Quick Start

Test with Demo Mode (free, no API key needed)

{
  "demoMode": true,
  "pageUrls": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/meta"
  ],
  "webhookHeaders": {}
}

Run with real data

{
  "demoMode": false,
  "pageUrls": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/meta"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerPage": 25,
  "includeComments": false,
  "maxCommentsPerPost": 10,
  "contentType": "all",
  "sessionCookies": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
  "webhookPlatform": "custom",
  "webhookHeaders": {},
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "cookieKvStoreName": "cookie-sessions"
}

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Required	Description
pageUrls	array	-	No	List of Facebook Page URLs to scrape (e.g., https://www.facebook.com/meta)
pageUsernames	array	-	No	List of Facebook Page usernames/handles (e.g., 'meta', 'nike')
maxPostsPerPage	integer	25	No	Maximum number of posts to scrape per page
includeComments	boolean	false	No	Scrape top comments for each post
maxCommentsPerPost	integer	10	No	Maximum comments to scrape per post (if comments enabled)
dateFrom	string	-	No	Only scrape posts from this date onwards (YYYY-MM-DD)
dateTo	string	-	No	Only scrape posts up to this date (YYYY-MM-DD)
contentType	string	"all"	No	Filter posts by content type
sessionCookies	string	-	Yes*	JSON array of cookies from Cookie-Editor browser extension. REQUIRED — Facebook gates Page feeds behind login. Install Cookie-Editor, log into Facebook, export cookies, paste here.
webhookUrl	string	-	No	URL to POST results (Zapier, Make, n8n, or custom endpoint)
webhookPlatform	string	"custom"	No	Target platform for webhook payload formatting
webhookHeaders	object	-	No	Custom HTTP headers to send with webhook (JSON object)
proxyConfiguration	object	{"useApifyProxy":true,"apifyProxyGroups":["RESIDENTIAL"]}	No	Proxy settings for scraping
demoMode	boolean	true	No	Return sample data without actual scraping (for testing)
cookieStorageKey	string	-	No	Key in the KV store to load cookies from (created by Cookie Manager actor). If provided and no manual sessionCookies are set, cookies will be loaded automatically from the KV store.
cookieKvStoreName	string	"cookie-sessions"	No	Name of the Apify Key-Value store holding cookie sessions. Default: 'cookie-sessions'

*Required when Demo Mode is off.

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Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event billing:

Event	Description	Price
Post Scraped	Each Facebook Page post scraped	$0.04

Demo mode is free -- no charges for sample data.

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Troubleshooting

"API key is required"

You have Demo Mode turned off but didn't provide an API key. Either:

• Turn Demo Mode on to test with sample data
• Add your API key in the input

"API error 403" or "Unauthorized"

Your API key is invalid, expired, or doesn't have access to this specific API endpoint. Double-check your key and account permissions.

"API error 429" or "Rate limit"

Too many requests. Wait a minute and try again, or reduce the number of items per run.

No results or empty dataset

Check the run log for error messages. Common causes:

• Invalid input format (check the examples above)
• API key without proper permissions
• The target data doesn't exist or is too small to track

How do I test without an API key?

Enable Demo Mode in the input. This returns realistic sample data so you can verify the output format works for your workflow.

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Built by John Rippy | Actor Arsenal