Facebook Reels & Video Scraper — MP4 Download, Transcript, No Login

Scrape and download public Facebook Reels and Videos without login or cookies. Give the scraper a Reel/Video URL — or just a keyword — and get back the direct MP4 download link, thumbnail, caption, hashtags, view count, reactions, comments, shares, creator details and a clean transcript / subtitles. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel.

Built for predictable cost and reliability: hard spend caps, charge-only-on-success, automatic proxy rotation and clean run-and-exit — no runaway bills.

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✅ What this Facebook video scraper does

• 📥 Download Facebook Reels & Videos (MP4) — direct HD + SD links for every video
• 📝 Transcript & subtitles — native captions parsed to text + timed cues (free), or bring your own speech-to-text key
• 🔎 Keyword & hashtag search — discover public Reels/Videos via search engines, no URL list needed
• 📊 Full engagement data — views, reactions, comments, shares + a 0–100 engagement score
• 👤 Creator info — name, profile URL, ID, followers, rating
• 🏷️ Smart metadata — hashtags, @mentions, auto category, language, music/audio, resolution & orientation
• 📅 Date filter, geo-targeting, real-time webhook, retries — control that most scrapers skip

No login, no cookies, no API key. Only public content.

📦 Output (per video)

Field	Description
videoId, videoUrl, videoType	ID, canonical URL, reel/video/live
title, caption, hashtags, mentions, category, language	Content & metadata
videoMp4Url (+ HD/SD), thumbnailUrl, durationSeconds	Media & download links
width, height, aspectRatio, orientation	Video dimensions
viewCount, reactionCount, commentCount, shareCount, engagementScore	Engagement
creatorName, creatorUrl, creatorId, creatorFollowers, creatorRating	Creator
publishedAt, musicTitle, musicArtist	Timing & audio
transcript, transcriptCues, transcriptSummary, hasTranscript	Transcript

⚙️ Input

Field	What it does
workflow	Auto-detect, specific video URLs, keyword search, profiles, or combined sources
startUrls	Reel/Video URLs — /reel/<id>, /watch/?v=<id>, /<page>/videos/<id>, fb.watch/…, bare IDs
searchQueries	Keywords / #hashtags to discover public Reels & Videos
profileUrls	Facebook Profiles or Pages whose public reels should be discovered
maxResults, maxCostUsd	Hard caps on results and spend — the run stops when reached
outputPreset	compact for MCP, engagement for social metrics, or legacy-compatible full
sinceDays, keywordFilter	Keep only recent videos / captions matching a keyword
downloadMp4, includeTranscript	Toggle MP4 links and native transcript
transcribeWithAsr + asrApiKey	Optional: transcribe audio with your own OpenAI-compatible speech-to-text key
proxyCountry	Geo-target the proxy (US, GB, DE, …)
maxConcurrency, timeout, maxRetries	Throughput & reliability
notifyWebhookUrl	POST each result to Zapier / Make / n8n / Slack in real time

Example input

{
  "workflow": "combined",
  "searchQueries": ["#fitness"],
  "startUrls": ["https://www.facebook.com/reel/2166091230582141/"],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "outputPreset": "engagement",
  "sinceDays": 30,
  "downloadMp4": true,
  "includeTranscript": true,
  "proxyCountry": "US"
}

MCP and AI-agent quick start

Use an explicit workflow, a small maxResults, and a compact preset so the tool call is predictable and the response stays small:

{
  "workflow": "videoUrls",
  "startUrls": ["https://www.facebook.com/reel/2166091230582141/"],
  "maxResults": 3,
  "outputPreset": "compact"
}

Read SUMMARY after every run. It contains status, workflow, output preset, charged row count, candidate coverage and next steps. Read ERRORS for invalid input and skipped or failed candidates. outputPreset: "full" remains the default for backward compatibility; API clients that omit maxResults retain the legacy runtime ceiling, while the Console/MCP schema starts at 25.

🆚 Why choose this scraper

Feature	This scraper	Typical competitor
URL/ID input + MP4 + engagement	✅	✅
Transcript / captions	✅	some
Keyword search	✅	some
Date / recency filter	✅	rare
Category & music metadata	✅	rare
Creator rating	✅	rare
Geo-targeting	✅	rare
Real-time webhook	✅	rare
Hard spend cap (no runaway bills)	✅	rare

💡 Use cases

• Download Facebook Reels in bulk for re-use, archives or analysis
• Video transcript extraction for SEO, captions, repurposing to blog/LinkedIn
• Competitor & creator research — track engagement, hooks and posting cadence
• Trend & hashtag monitoring — find top-performing Reels in any niche
• Ad creative & influencer scouting — filter by engagement, followers, recency
• Feeding n8n / Make / Zapier automations and AI agents (MCP)

💸 Pricing

Pay per result. Video events are charged for successfully scraped and saved videos; filtered, duplicate, wrong-profile or failed candidates do not receive a video event. Actor-start and Apify platform usage charges may still apply. maxCostUsd is an estimated video-event budget, not an exact total invoice cap.

❓ FAQ

Do I need to log in or provide cookies? No. The scraper only reads public Reels and Videos.

Can I download the MP4? Yes — videoMp4Url gives a direct HD/SD link. Facebook links are time-limited, so download promptly.

Paste an actual Facebook URL, not a placeholder ID. Links copied as Markdown ([text](https://...)) are normalized automatically, and duplicate Reel/Watch forms of the same video are fetched once.

Does it get the transcript? Yes, when the video has captions (parsed to text). For videos without captions, enable BYO speech-to-text with your own API key.

Can I search instead of providing URLs? Yes — use searchQueries with keywords or #hashtags.

Search candidates must also match your query in available video title, caption, creator name or hashtags. Unrelated or unverifiable fallback results are skipped without a video event; this can reduce the count but prevents charging for irrelevant videos.

How can I get more results? Increase maxResults and, for profiles, maxReelsPerProfile. searchDepth explores more public search pages; candidateMultiplier reserves candidates to replace unavailable or rejected videos. Defaults balance coverage and requests. Higher settings cost more and cannot guarantee the requested count or a complete profile archive. Profile matches use owner URL/ID when exposed, or exact owner name with an ID; ambiguous matches are skipped.

How do I control costs? Use maxResults, the estimated maxCostUsd budget and Apify run charge/time limits. Start and platform usage charges are separate from video events.

What about private videos? Only public content is returned. Private/removed videos are reported with a clear status and are not billed.

The Dataset contains only delivered videos, so one video equals one Dataset row. Run totals are available separately in the SUMMARY record; failed candidate diagnostics are stored in ERRORS and do not receive a video event.

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Not affiliated with or endorsed by Facebook/Meta. Use responsibly and in line with applicable laws and platform terms; scrape only public data.