📘 Facebook Post Scraper (Posts, Photos, Videos, Reels & Comments)

The ultimate, all-in-one Facebook Post Scraper on Apify. Extract public Facebook posts, high-res photos, multi-image albums, HD videos, reels, captions, creator information, engagement metrics (likes, reactions, views, shares, comments), and recent comments without logging in.

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🚀 What Can You Do with Facebook Post Scraper?

Whether you need to monitor competitors, curate trending social content, analyze engagement sentiment, or archive digital media, Facebook Post Scraper delivers enterprise-grade data extraction with zero hassle:

• 📸 Direct Post & Photo Scraping: Extract single photos, carousels, and multi-image albums in maximum original resolution.
• 🎬 Video & Reels Downloader: Grab direct progressive CDN download links for HD MP4 videos and Reels.
• 📄 Page & Profile Timeline Feeds: Extract bulk posts and reels from any public Facebook Page, business profile, or creator account.
• 🏷️ Hashtag Discovery: Search and collect community posts and reels across any topic or trending hashtag (e.g., #marketing, #comedy, #ecommerce, #sports).
• 👤 Creator & Uploader Attribution: Capture creator names, profile IDs, and direct URLs for every post and reel.
• 💬 Recent Comments Extraction: Collect recent comments thread with author names and timestamps.
• 📊 Accurate Engagement Metrics: Real-time counts for likes, reactions, comments, shares, and views (both formatted strings and numeric integers for easy filtering).
• ✨ Pristine, Clean Text: Automatically cleans HTML entities (&, emojis), eliminates noisy metric prefixes, and extracts authentic hashtags without junk artifacts.

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🎯 Dual-Engine Scraping Capabilities

This Actor features an intelligent Dual-Engine Architecture that automatically routes requests based on your input:

1️⃣ Mode 1: Direct Post URL Scraper (Ultra-Fast HTTP Engine)

Provide individual Facebook links under urls:

• Supported Link Formats:
  • https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DVg2qCC9Y/ (Photos / Posts)
  • https://www.facebook.com/100075450447536/posts/1130794772778860/
  • https://www.facebook.com/reel/2605277543319794/ (Reels)
  • https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1234567890 (Watch Videos)
  • https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...
• Features: Uses lightweight TLS-fingerprint bypass via curl_cffi and yt-dlp for lightning-fast speeds (avg. 2–5 seconds per post). Supports optional recent comments extraction.

2️⃣ Mode 2: Bulk Page & Hashtag Feeds (Playwright Browser Engine)

Provide Facebook Page URLs under pageUrls or keywords under hashtags:

• Supported Feed Formats:
  • Page URL: https://www.facebook.com/MundoAnimalHistorias
  • Page Reels tab: https://www.facebook.com/ExamplePage/reels/
  • Hashtags: ["comedy", "tech", "travel"] or https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/comedy
• Features: Emulates real user scrolling in a headless browser to discover up to 1,000 posts/reels per page or hashtag, enriched with 100% accurate GraphQL feedback data.

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⚙️ Input Configuration & Parameters

The Actor accepts intuitive, flexible JSON input. You can run Mode 1, Mode 2, or both combined in a single execution!

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
urls	Array of Objects	❌ Optional	[]	Mode 1: Direct post, photo, reel, or video URLs to scrape.
pageUrls	Array of Strings	❌ Optional	[]	Mode 2: Facebook Page or Profile URLs to scrape in bulk.
hashtags	Array of Strings	❌ Optional	[]	Mode 2: Facebook hashtags (e.g. ["news", "comedy"]).
maxPosts	Integer	❌ Optional	50	Maximum posts/reels to extract per target page or hashtag (5 to 1000).
include_comments	Boolean	❌ Optional	false	Enable to extract recent comments for direct posts (Mode 1).
max_comments	Integer	❌ Optional	25	Maximum recent comments to extract per direct post.
flattenOutput	Boolean	❌ Optional	false	Flattens output into individual rows (ideal for CSV/Excel export).
maxConcurrency	Integer	❌ Optional	10	Parallel concurrent workers for high-speed media enrichment (1–20).
headless	Boolean	❌ Optional	true	Runs Playwright browser in headless mode.
proxy	Object	❌ Optional	RESIDENTIAL	Apify Residential Proxy configuration (strongly recommended).
cookie_header	String	❌ Optional	""	Optional Facebook session cookies (c_user=...; xs=...) for restricted content.

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📝 Input Examples

Example 1: Direct Post URLs (Photos, Reels, Videos with Comments)

{
  "urls": [
    { "url": "https://web.facebook.com/share/p/1DVg2qCC9Y/" },
    { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2605277543319794/" }
  ],
  "include_comments": true,
  "max_comments": 20
}

Example 2: Bulk Page & Hashtag Scraping (Export to CSV/Excel)

{
  "pageUrls": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/MundoAnimalHistorias"
  ],
  "hashtags": [
    "comedy"
  ],
  "maxPosts": 50,
  "flattenOutput": true,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

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📤 Sample Output Data

Direct Post (Photo & Multi-Image Album)

{
  "url": "https://www.facebook.com/100075450447536/posts/1130794772778860/",
  "input_url": "https://web.facebook.com/share/p/1DVg2qCC9Y/",
  "post_id": "1130794772778860",
  "title": "# Hrithik Roshan's Family ❤️",
  "caption": "# Hrithik Roshan's Family ❤️\n\nHrithik Roshan is one of Bollywood's most admired actors...",
  "description": "# Hrithik Roshan's Family ❤️\n\nHrithik Roshan is one of Bollywood's most admired actors...",
  "post_type": "photo",
  "uploader": "ताजा खबर ऑनलाइन",
  "uploader_id": "100075450447536",
  "uploader_url": "https://www.facebook.com/100075450447536",
  "published_time": 1793633680,
  "date": "2026-11-02T15:34:40Z",
  "post_date": "2026-11-02 15:34:40 UTC",
  "likes": 9500,
  "like_count": "9.5K",
  "shares_count": 66,
  "share_count": "66",
  "images_count": 1,
  "photo_download_url": "https://scontent-ord5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/...jpg",
  "thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-ord5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/...jpg",
  "hashtags": [],
  "scraped_at": "2026-11-03T09:37:52.357274Z"
}

Page or Hashtag Reel (Video with Creator Attribution)

{
  "target": "https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/comedy",
  "target_title": "#comedy",
  "post_number": 1,
  "post_url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2139373990037087/",
  "post_id": "2139373990037087",
  "post_type": "video",
  "uploader": "Paola Ruíz",
  "uploader_id": "100044567891234",
  "uploader_url": "https://web.facebook.com/paolaaruizb",
  "caption": "ESPERA EL DISFRAZ ‼️😂 Jamás creí ponerme esto ….\n•\n• #comedy #humor #halloween",
  "description": "ESPERA EL DISFRAZ ‼️😂 Jamás creí ponerme esto ….\n•\n• #comedy #humor #halloween",
  "creation_time": "27 October 2026 at 22:02",
  "timestamp": 1793138554,
  "downloadable_url": "https://video.fbtr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m367/...mp4",
  "duration_seconds": 8.57,
  "thumbnail_url": "https://scontent.fbtr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/...jpg",
  "hashtags": [
    "#comedy",
    "#humor",
    "#halloween"
  ],
  "likes": "1M",
  "likes_count": 1021309,
  "comments": "7294",
  "comments_count": 7294,
  "shares": "46K",
  "shares_count": 46000,
  "views": "6M",
  "views_count": 6000000,
  "mentions": [],
  "recent_comments": []
}

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📊 Complete Field Reference

Field	Type	Description
uploader	String	Creator / Page Name that published the content.
uploader_id	String	Numeric Facebook ID of the uploader (e.g. 100075450447536).
uploader_url	String	Direct Facebook profile or page link of the creator.
post_url / url	String	Canonical link to the post, photo, or reel.
post_id	String	Unique Facebook numeric content ID.
post_type	String	Post format: photo, video, album, or reel.
caption	String	Clean post caption with HTML entities decoded and metrics stripped.
description	String	Complete post description text.
downloadable_url	String	Direct high-speed CDN URL for the progressive MP4 video or JPG photo.
photo_download_url	String	Full-resolution JPG/PNG image download link.
thumbnail_url	String	High-resolution thumbnail image preview link.
duration_seconds	Float	Video duration in seconds (e.g. 18.33).
creation_time	String	Human-readable publication date & time (e.g. 02 November 2026 at 20:55).
timestamp	Integer	Unix epoch timestamp of publication.
likes / like_count	String / Int	Formatted like counter (e.g. "9.5K", 9500).
likes_count	Integer	Clean integer for filtering & sorting in Excel/BI tools.
views / view_count	String	Formatted view count (e.g. "1.3M").
views_count	Integer	Clean integer view count (e.g. 1300000).
comments_count	Integer	Total comments count integer.
shares_count	Integer	Total shares count integer.
hashtags	Array of Strings	Extracted authentic hashtags (e.g. ["#comedy", "#viral"]).
recent_comments	Array of Objects	Structured list of recent comments with author, text, and time.

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💰 Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing

This Actor uses Apify's Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing model. You only pay for what you scrape with zero monthly commitments:

• Event Name: post-scraped
• Cost: Only $0.002 per successfully scraped post/reel (500 posts for just $1.00!).
• Free Trial: New users receive free usage credits on Apify to test the scraper risk-free.

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⚡ Performance, Memory & Proxy Optimization

• Default Memory: 2048 MB (Configured automatically). This provides the perfect balance between high-speed browser rendering and cost efficiency without memory crashes.
• Proxies: Facebook enforces strict IP rate limits. Using Apify Residential Proxies (RESIDENTIAL) guarantees uninterrupted 24/7 scraping with a 99.9% success rate.
• Concurrency: Default concurrency is 10. Increase up to 20 for high-volume scraping jobs.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q: Do I need a Facebook account or login cookies?

A: No! All public posts, photos, videos, reels, pages, and hashtag feeds are scraped completely anonymously without any login or credentials required.

Q: Can I download the videos and photos directly from the dataset?

A: Yes! Every record provides downloadable_url and photo_download_url pointing directly to the Facebook CDN. You can click to download directly from the Apify console or feed links into an automated downloader.

Q: How do I export data to Excel or Google Sheets?

A: Simply enable "flattenOutput": true. Once the run completes, click Export in the Apify Dataset tab and select CSV or Excel.

Q: Is scraping public Facebook data legal?

A: Yes. Scraping publicly accessible data that is not protected by login credentials has been ruled legal in numerous legal precedents (e.g., hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn). Always respect user privacy and adhere to applicable local regulations.

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💬 Support & Custom Solutions

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