Facebook Posts Scraper (No Login Required)

Extract Facebook page posts without authentication or cookies. This scraper accesses public Facebook data through a cookieless architecture, eliminating the need for personal accounts, login credentials, or session management.

Key Features

• 🔒 Cookieless / No Login Required - Access public Facebook posts without authentication, cookies, or personal accounts. No risk of account bans or session expiration.
• 📈 Scalable Architecture - Extract posts from multiple Facebook pages efficiently with built-in rate limiting and error handling for reliable large-scale data collection.
• ✅ Rich Engagement Data - Capture complete post metrics including reactions breakdown (like, love, care, haha, wow, sad, angry), comments count, reshare count, timestamps, and full author profiles.
• ⚡ Fast & Reliable - Optimized extraction engine delivers consistent results with automatic retry logic and robust error handling for uninterrupted data collection.
• 📊 Export-Ready Formats - Download your data instantly in JSON, CSV, or Excel formats, ready for analysis in your favorite tools or direct integration into your workflow.

Use Cases

Social Media Managers: Track engagement patterns across competitor pages to identify optimal posting times, content formats that drive reactions, and trending topics within your niche.

Content Strategists: Analyze viral post characteristics including message length, media types, and reaction distributions to refine your content calendar and maximize audience engagement.

Marketing Analysts: Build comprehensive engagement datasets across multiple brand pages to benchmark performance, identify content gaps, and generate data-driven recommendations for cross-platform campaigns.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description
pageId	String	The unique Facebook Page ID of the target page. Find this in the page URL (e.g., 61553294532484).

Outputs

Available Formats: JSON, CSV, Excel

Extracted Fields:

• post_id - Unique identifier for the post
• type - Post type classification
• url - Direct link to the Facebook post
• message - Full text content of the post
• timestamp - Unix timestamp of post publication
• comments_count - Total number of comments
• reactions_count - Total reactions across all types
• reshare_count - Number of times the post was shared
• reactions - Detailed breakdown (like, love, care, haha, wow, sad, angry)
• author - Complete author profile (id, name, url, profile_picture_url)
• image - Attached image URL (if present)
• video - Video metadata (if present)
• video_thumbnail - Video preview image
• external_url - Linked external content
• attached_post - Shared post data

How to Use

Step 1: Enter the target Facebook Page ID in the pageId field. You can find this ID in the page's URL or by viewing the page source.

Step 2: Configure any additional parameters based on your data collection needs.

Step 3: Run the scraper and download your results in JSON, CSV, or Excel format. Data is available immediately upon completion.

Sample Output

{
  "post_id": "987654321098765",
  "type": "post",
  "url": "https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0XyZ123&id=987654321",
  "message": "Excited to announce our new product launch! Check out the features that will transform your workflow.",
  "message_rich": "Excited to announce our new product launch! Check out the features that will transform your workflow.",
  "timestamp": 1702915200,
  "comments_count": 127,
  "reactions_count": 1543,
  "reshare_count": 89,
  "reactions": {
    "angry": 3,
    "care": 45,
    "haha": 12,
    "like": 982,
    "love": 487,
    "sad": 1,
    "wow": 13
  },
  "author": {
    "id": "987654321",
    "name": "Tech Innovations Co",
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/techinnovationsco",
    "profile_picture_url": "https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/profile_pic.jpg"
  },
  "image": "https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/product_image.jpg",
  "video": null,
  "external_url": "https://www.example.com/product-launch"
}

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This Facebook Posts Scraper is a powerful web scraping tool designed to extract data from web pages without authentication barriers. Whether you need a social media post scraper for competitive analysis, a blog post scraper for content research, or a lead generation scraper for business intelligence, this web scraper delivers reliable results. Scrape website data efficiently and transform public Facebook posts into actionable insights with this cookieless web scraping tool.

FAQ

How much does it cost to run this Actor? Pricing is listed in the Pricing section above, charged per row returned. You only pay for the rows the Actor actually produces, so a small test run costs cents.

Do I need cookies or a login? No. This Actor reads public data only - no cookies, no account, no browser automation.

Can I schedule it? Yes. Run it from the Apify API, on a schedule, or via a webhook, and export results as JSON, CSV or Excel.

What if I need a slightly different output? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab describing the shape you need.

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