What is Facebook Games Scraper?

It's a simple and powerful tool that allows you to extract data from Facebook games. To get that data, just insert the search query (usually the name of the game) and click "Save & Start" button. See more Facebook scraping tools if you need to scrape Facebook ads, comments, groups, marketplace or page reviews.

What Facebook games data can I extract?

With this Facebook API, you will be able to extract the following data from Facebook gaming:

Why scrape all Facebook games?

You can scrape Facebook gaming for live channels and games information. That allows you to:

🕵️ Do market research or analysis

📈 Monitor trends

🥸 Identify hot spots for new popular Facebook games opportunites

How do I use Facebook Games Scraper?

Facebook Games Scraper was designed to be easy to start with even if you've never extracted data from the web before. Here's how you can scrape all Facebook games data with this tool:

1. Create a free Apify account using your email.
2. Open Facebook Games Scraper.
3. Add one Facebook game query to scrape its info. You can also choose gaming section and the maximum number of videos.
4. Click "Start" and wait for the data to be extracted.
5. Download your data in JSON, XML, CSV, Excel, or HTML.

That’s it. You’ve just scraped games on Facebook and have the data ready, congrats!

💸 How much will scraping Facebook Games cost you?

This scraper uses the Pay-per-result pricing model, so your costs can be easily calculated: it will cost you $5 to scrape 1,000 Facebook games, so $0.005 per game. Apify provides you with $5 free usage credits every month on the Apify Free plan, so you can scrape 1,000 games on Facebook gaming for free for those credits.

But if you need to extract data regularly, you should get an Apify subscription. We recommend our $49/month Starter plan — that one could get you up to 9,800 Facebook games every month.

⬇️ Input

To start the Facebook Games Scraper you only need to fill in the game search query aka which game you’re looking for. Additionaly, you might select the gaming section - whether you want to scrape live streams or you’re happy with Facebook games list, and the maximum number of videos.

In this example, we are about to scrape the best 20 fifa Facebook games.

1{
2    "dataType": "games",
3    "resultsLimit": 20,
4    "searchTerm": "fifa"
5}

Click on the input tab for a full explanation of an input example in JSON.

⬆️ Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can find in the Storage tab. Here's an excerpt from the dataset you'd get if you apply the input parameters above: And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your Facebook games data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

1[
2  {
3    "facebookUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/gaming",
4    "id": "418624150298799",
5    "can_viewer_follow": false,
6    "cover_image": {
7      "uri": "https://scontent.fric1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/m1/v/t0.53032-6/An8It-RqtYa9NXtJ5xs1-Jv03xcKSlBBRcmfihZ8m2_LNlV_DL3MvIUcf5jjKO_KMwhvSoXfn0MfUXA4KIVKb_yJ30KHh2swW01z3fGQoDI?ccb=10-5&oh=00_AYBCQA-DVpz9QsW4fGRikiktKRz9QY0q2bbOrcg3Y37dkA&oe=6672AAA0&_nc_sid=cae86a"
8    },
9    "cvc": 3,
10    "follower_count": 95849,
11    "game_social_context": {
12      "actors": {
13        "nodes": []
14      }
15    },
16    "name": "FIFA 23",
17    "vanity": "fifa23",
18    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/gaming/fifa23/",
19    "does_viewer_follow": false,
20    "__typename": "Game"
21  }
22  ]

Do I need proxies to scrape Facebook Pages?

If you run the scraper on the Apify platform, for successful Facebook scraping you will need residential proxies which are included in Apify's monthly Starter plan ($49).

For more details about how our pricing works, platform credits, proxies and usage, see the platform pricing page or this video guide on ▷ how to choose the right subscription plan.

What is the best Facebook scraper?

You can use any of the dedicated scrapers below if you want to scrape specific Facebook data. Each of them is built particularly for the relevant Facebook scraping case be it a group, reviews, comments or ads. Feel free to browse them:

❓FAQ

Can I integrate Facebook Games Scraper with other apps?

Yes. This Facebook Games Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform. You can integrate your Facebook Games data with Zapier, Slack, Make, Airbyte, GitHub, Google Sheets, Asana, LangChain and more.

You can also use webhooks to carry out an action whenever an event occurs, e.g., get a notification whenever Facebook Games Scraper successfully finishes a run.

Can I use Facebook Games Scraper as its own API?

Yes, you can use the Apify API to access Facebook Games Scraper programmatically. The API allows you to manage, schedule, and run Apify Actors, access datasets, monitor performance, get results, create and update Actor versions, and more.

To access the API using Node.js, you can use the apify-client NPM package. To access the API using Python, you can use the apify-client PyPI package.

For detailed information and code examples, see the API tab or refer to the Apify API documentation.

Can I use this Facebook Games API in Python?

Yes, you can use the Apify API with Python. To access the Facebook Games API with Python, use the apify-client PyPI package. You can find more details about the client in our Python Client documentation.

Is it legal to scrape Facebook Games data?

Our Facebook scrapers are ethical and do not extract any private user data. They only extract what the user has chosen to share publicly. However, you should be aware that your results could contain personal data. You should not scrape personal data unless you have a legitimate reason to do so.

If you're unsure whether your reason is legitimate, consult your lawyers. You can also read our blog post on the legality of web scraping and ethical scraping.

Not your cup of tea? Build your own games scraper.

Facebook Gaming scraper doesn’t exactly do what you need? You can always build your own! We have various web scraping templates in Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript to get you started. Alternatively, you can write it from scratch using our open-source library Crawlee. You can keep the scraper to yourself or make it public by adding it to Apify Store (and find users for it to make money).

Your feedback

We’re always working on improving the performance of our Actors. So if you’ve got any technical feedback for Facebook Games Scraper or simply found a bug, please create an issue on the Actor’s Issues tab.