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Extract data from hundreds of Facebook posts from one or multiple Facebook pages and profiles. Get post URL, post text, page or profile URL, timestamp, number of likes, shares, comments, and more. Download the data in JSON, CSV, and Excel and use it in apps, spreadsheets, and reports.

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Why is the number of collected data records much less than the actual number?

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snazzy_monument opened this issue
a month ago

This user ( https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100059103763586 ) posted 25 threads on the 14th, but we only collected 9 records. Even after several attempts, we still only have 9 records. Accurate data is very important to us. Please tell me how to resolve this issue.

alexey avatar

Hi!

Bug confirmed, sample run: https://console.apify.com/view/runs/uk6CpX8lse4nd2iMA last post https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/NisC6V0i1Fd1ZXAbd/items?clean=true&format=json&offset=8 is correct, the same as displayed in incognito browser (screen attached) however from https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/NisC6V0i1Fd1ZXAbd/items?clean=true&format=json&limit=1&offset=3 results become corrupted (expected https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0386vwsUramfDZLzz9Bx5BVdQd5wfdrZRaiVEv7axuU8z4rFekUensWuNFyMdqe8xjl&id=100059103763586)

Working on hot fix, expected to be done by the end of Monday.

Will keep you informed about the progress

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snazzy_monument

a month ago

Thank you for your confirmation; hope it can be repaired as soon as possible. many thanks for your help.

alexey avatar

Hi!

Fixed, sample run for 14-15 of Sep for targeted profile with 25 results https://console.apify.com/view/runs/Xme2O1PeOhqtKdxcM

Very rare case when Facebook data itself is not 100% correct: post number 3 is few minutes older than post number 4 https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/RyGE2F9dllk13pLVX/items?clean=true&fields=url,time&format=json and appears as such even in Facebook interface (and continued in a same way for posts which was missed in old version of actor)

Actually first such case, because normally posts are ordered by date. Thanks for reporting it. Do mind that actor will not alter original order or time. Old version was just not ready to handle cases like this.

I´m going to close the issue now, but if there would be anything else we could help with, please let us know.

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  • Created in Nov 2022
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