# Monitor a Facebook group for new posts every day

**Use case:** 

Schedule this task daily and receive only the posts published in a Facebook group during the last 24 hours, with their comments and replies. The scrape stops at the first older post, so you only pay for what is new. Send the results to Slack, email or Google Sheets.

## Input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/718143992098619"
    }
  ],
  "maxPosts": 100,
  "maxCommentsPerPost": 20,
  "includeReplies": true,
  "onlyPostsNewerThan": "1 day",
  "sortBy": "CHRONOLOGICAL",
  "commentsOrder": "ALL",
  "flattenComments": false,
  "resumeFromLastRun": false,
  "maxConcurrency": 8,
  "maxRequestRetries": 4,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "postUrl": {
    "label": "Post URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "text": {
    "label": "Post text"
  },
  "publishedAt": {
    "label": "Published",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "author": {
    "label": "Author",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "stats": {
    "label": "Engagement",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "scrapedCommentsCount": {
    "label": "Comments scraped",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "comments": {
    "label": "Comments",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "groupName": {
    "label": "Group"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Facebook Group Posts & Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/amrhassan25/facebook-actor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/amrhassan25/facebook-actor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/amrhassan25/facebook-actor.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).