Facebook Video Downloader

🚀 Facebook Video Downloader is a powerful Apify Actor designed to download Facebook Video content directly from Facebook URLs. This tool extracts direct video links, metadata, and download information from Facebook Video URLs, enabling easy access to Facebook Video content for research, archiving, or personal use. Whether you're analyzing Facebook Video trends, saving content, or building media libraries, the Facebook Video Downloader delivers Facebook Video data efficiently.

With residential proxy support, the Facebook Video Downloader ensures reliable and undetected downloading of Facebook Video content. It focuses on key Facebook Video metrics like direct URLs, resolutions, and durations, making it an essential tool for Facebook Video analysis and content downloading.

🔥 Features

• Direct Facebook Video Extraction – Downloads direct links to Facebook Video content from provided URLs for easy access.
• Metadata Retrieval – Extracts Facebook Video titles, uploaders, durations, and resolutions for comprehensive Facebook Video data.
• Batch Processing – Processes multiple Facebook Video URLs in a single run for efficient Facebook Video downloading.
• Residential Proxy Support – Uses Apify's residential proxies to bypass restrictions and ensure high success rates for Facebook Video downloading.
• Error Handling – Robust logging and fallback mechanisms for failed Facebook Video downloads.
• Dataset Integration – Automatically uploads Facebook Video data to your Apify dataset for easy export and analysis.

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⚙️ How It Works

The Facebook Video Downloader takes one or more Facebook Video URLs as input and uses to extract metadata and direct video links. It configures with residential proxies and custom headers to handle Facebook Video extraction reliably. The downloader returns direct links, metadata, and status for each Facebook Video on success or error details on failure, providing a fast way to access Facebook Video content.

Key benefits for Facebook Video analysis:

• Quickly retrieve Facebook Video direct links for viewing or downloading.
• Analyze Facebook Video metadata like titles, durations, and resolutions.
• Build Facebook Video archives for content research.
• Track Facebook Video availability and quality options.
• Extract Facebook Video URLs for batch processing.

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📥 Input

The Actor accepts the following input parameters:

Field	Type	Default	Description
urls	string	required	List of Facebook Video URLs to download, one per line (e.g., "https://www.facebook.com/...").
useApifyProxy	boolean	true	Enable residential proxies for Facebook Video downloading.
apifyProxyGroups	array	["RESIDENTIAL"]	Proxy groups to use (e.g., ["RESIDENTIAL"]).

Example input JSON:

{
  "urls": "https://www.facebook.com/example-video1\nhttps://www.facebook.com/example-video2",
  "useApifyProxy": true,
  "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
}

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📤 Output

The downloader outputs Facebook Video metadata and direct links in JSON format for each URL. Each record includes:

Field	Type	Description
url	string	Original Facebook Video URL.
title	string	Title of the Facebook Video.
uploader	string	Uploader of the Facebook Video.
duration	string	Duration of the Facebook Video (e.g., "0:01:30").
resolution	string	Resolution of the Facebook Video (e.g., "640x360").
ext	string	File extension of the Facebook Video (e.g., "mp4").
download_link	string	Direct download URL for the Facebook Video.
status	string	Status of the download ("success" or "failed").
scraped_at	string	ISO timestamp of the Facebook Video download.

Example output for a successful Facebook Video download:

{
  "url": "https://www.facebook.com/example-video",
  "title": "Example Facebook Video",
  "uploader": "Example Uploader",
  "duration": "0:01:30",
  "resolution": "640x360",
  "ext": "mp4",
  "download_link": "https://example.com/video.mp4",
  "status": "success",
  "scraped_at": "2025-02-14T12:00:00Z"
}

Example error response:

{
  "url": "https://www.facebook.com/invalid-video",
  "status": "failed",
  "error": "Video not accessible or has been deleted",
  "scraped_at": "2025-02-14T12:00:00Z"
}

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🧰 Technical Stack

• Core Library:– universal video extraction tool supporting Facebook.
• Proxy: Apify Proxy with RESIDENTIAL support for reliable access.
• Platform: Apify Actor – serverless, scalable, integrated with Dataset and Key‑Value Store.
• Deployment: One‑click run on Apify Console or via REST API.

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🎯 Use Cases

• Facebook Video Archiving – Save Facebook Videos for personal archiving and backup.
• Content Research – Analyze Facebook Video content and metadata for research purposes.
• Media Library Building – Build personal or professional media libraries with Facebook content.
• Facebook Analytics – Analyze Facebook Video metrics and trends.
• Educational Content – Save educational or tutorial Facebook Videos.
• Marketing Research – Analyze Facebook Video marketing campaigns and content.
• Influencer Analysis – Track Facebook Video content from influencers and creators.
• Social Media Research – Collect Facebook Video data for social media studies.
• Brand Monitoring – Monitor brand-related Facebook Video content.
• Content Backup – Create backups of important Facebook Video content.
• Creative Projects – Use Facebook Videos as source material for creative projects.
• News and Events – Archive newsworthy Facebook Videos from events.
• Personal Documentation – Document personal events captured on Facebook.
• Viral Content Analysis – Track viral Facebook Video trends and engagement.

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🚀 Quick Start

1. Open in Apify Console – visit the Actor page and click Try for free.
2. Enter Facebook Video URLs – provide one or more Facebook Video URLs (one per line).
3. Enable residential proxies – enabled by default for reliable extraction.
4. Click Start – the Actor will extract Facebook Video metadata and direct links.
5. View Results – check the dataset for video information and download links.
6. Export – download the results as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

You can also call this Actor programmatically via Apify SDK or REST API – ideal for automated Facebook Video content downloading and archiving.

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💎 Why This Actor?

Feature	Benefit
✅ Direct link extraction	Get direct video URLs without full downloads.
✅ Batch processing	Download multiple Facebook Videos in one run.
✅ Metadata extraction	Receive titles, uploaders, durations, and resolutions.
✅ Residential proxies	Bypass restrictions – reliable Facebook access.
✅ Multiple resolutions	Get quality options for each video.
✅ Fast extraction	Get links quickly without downloading full videos.
✅ Error handling	Robust fallback mechanisms for reliability.
✅ Apify ecosystem	Seamless integration with other Actors, triggers, and webhooks.

📦 Changelog

• Initial release with Facebook Video downloading and extraction.
• Direct video link extraction from Facebook URLs.
• Metadata extraction (titles, uploaders, durations, resolutions).
• Batch processing for multiple URLs.
• Residential proxy support for reliable access.
• Error handling with detailed error messages.
• Multiple resolution support detection.
• File extension tracking.
• Automatic dataset integration.
• Full Apify Actor integration.

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🧑‍💻 Support & Feedback

• Issues & Ideas: Open a ticket on the Apify Actor issue tracker.
• Documentation: Visit Apify Docs for platform guides.
• Community: Join the Apify community forum for discussions and support.

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💰 Pricing

• Free for basic usage on Apify platform.
• Paid plans available for higher limits and priority support.
• Proxy credits consumed based on residential proxy usage.

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