# Facebook Video Downloader: Reels, MP4 & Audio (`deepmine/facebook-video-downloader`) Actor

Facebook video downloader: paste reel, video, watch, share or fb.watch links and get MP4 download links in HD and SD with sound, the audio track (M4A), every quality as its own file, file sizes, title, plays, reactions and date. No login, no cookies.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/deepmine/facebook-video-downloader.md
- **Developed by:** [DeepMine](https://apify.com/deepmine) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.49 / 1,000 facebook videos

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Facebook Video Downloader: Reels, MP4 & Audio

**Facebook video downloader** for archivists, editors, researchers and AI pipelines: paste Facebook video or reel
links and get, for each video, **direct MP4 download links in HD and SD (with sound), the audio track on its own
(M4A), every quality Facebook streams as its own file (240p ... 1080p, with codec, bitrate and frame rate), file
sizes, the title, caption, plays, reactions, comments, shares, date and length**. No login, no cookies, no browser.

| Title | Page | Quality | Size | Length | Plays | Reactions | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How to Share With Just Friends | Facebook | HD | 5,388,007 bytes | 1:14 | 2,824,217 | 1,350 | 2014-12-05 |
| Q & A about sleeping | Dr. Shu | HD (AV1) | 4,548,768 bytes | 0:44 | 1,383,043 | 74,168 | 2025-10-14 |
| The aircraft lineup just keeps getting bigger. ✈️ | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | HD 720p | 1,778,514 bytes | 0:18 | 313,828 | 1,556 | 2026-10-16 |

<sub>Collected 2026-10-19.</sub>

### What you get

- **Download links that play:** `videoUrl` is the MP4 with sound in its best single-file quality (HD, else SD),
  `videoSdUrl` its smaller SD twin, `audioUrl` the audio track alone. Each comes with its size in bytes, its quality
  and codec.
- **Every quality as a real file:** `renditions` lists every playable file: the MP4s with sound, each video-only
  quality Facebook streams (quality, width, height, codec, bitrate, frame rate) and the audio track, each with its
  own link and expiry. `maxQuality` names the highest one.
- **When the links expire:** Facebook signs its file links; `urlsExpireAt` says when they stop working (a few days).
  Download before then, or run again for fresh links.
- **The video's facts:** title, caption, page, length, plays, reactions (and each reaction type), comments, shares,
  date, size and orientation, Reel / Video / Live, hashtags, captions file and a plain-text transcript (free).
- **Every link form:** reels, `/videos/` links, `watch/?v=` links, share links (`/share/v/`, `/share/r/`),
  `fb.watch` links and bare video ids. The same video linked twice is one row, charged once.
- **Drop-in input:** `videoUrls` (as apple_yang and memo23 name it), `url` and `urls` (easyapi, scrapepilot) and
  `startUrls` all work.

Audio is M4A (AAC in an MP4 file), as Facebook serves it: it plays everywhere, but it is not MP3. No copy of the video
is stored: the links are Facebook's own files.

### How to use it

1. Paste video links, one per line (or bare video ids).
2. Optional: **Videos newer than** / **Videos older than** (a date, or e.g. `30 days`).
3. Run. One row per video, in about 10-20 seconds for 50 links.

A link Facebook doesn't show logged out (deleted, private, age-gated) or a post without a video fails that input in
the run's OUTPUT record and costs nothing; a page link is refused (Facebook Reels Scraper reads a page's reels).

### Pricing

Pay per video in your dataset, nothing else: no start fee, transcripts and file sizes included.

| Plan | Free | Starter | Scale | Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 1,000 videos | $2.89 | $2.49 | $1.99 | $1.49 |

Each video is charged once per run, also across restarts. Failed links and summary records (OUTPUT) are never charged.

### Output fields

One line per key, in row order.

- `thumbnailUrl`: the video's cover image
- `title`: the title its uploader gave it, else the caption's first line
- `text`, `textSnippet`: the caption, and its first 50 characters
- `pageName`: the page or profile that posted it
- `url`: the video's own link
- `videoUrl`, `videoQuality`, `videoCodec`, `videoSizeBytes`: the MP4 with sound (HD, else SD), its quality, codec
  (when Facebook names it) and size
- `videoSdUrl`, `videoSdSizeBytes`: the SD MP4 with sound and its size, when there is an HD file too
- `audioUrl`, `audioFormat`, `audioCodec`, `audioBitrate`, `audioSizeBytes`: the audio track alone (M4A)
- `videoDurationSeconds`, `duration`: length in seconds and as a clock (`10:34`)
- `playCount`, `likes`, `comments`, `shares`: plays, all reactions, comments and shares
- `time`: when it was posted (UTC)
- `videoWidth`, `videoHeight`, `videoOrientation`: the video's size and Portrait/Landscape/Square
- `videoQualities`, `maxQuality`: every quality it streams in, low to high, and the highest
- `renditions`: every playable file (`type` video+audio / video / audio, `quality`, `width`, `height`, `codec`,
  `bitrate`, `frameRate`, `hasAudio`, `sizeBytes`, `mimeType`, `url`, `expiresAt`)
- `videoType`, `hasAudio`: Reel, Video or Live; whether it has sound
- `captionsUrl`, `captionsLocale`, `transcriptText`: the captions file, its language, the captions as text
- `reactionLikeCount` ... `reactionAngryCount`: reactions by type
- `hashtags`, `mentions`: caption details
- `userId`, `userProfileUrl`, `userProfilePic`, `isVerified`, `pageAdLibraryId`: the author
- `videoId`, `postId`, `postUrl`: ids and the post's link
- `urlsExpireAt`: when the download links stop working
- `facebookUrl`, `inputUrl`: the link as read, and your input
- `scrapedAt`: when the run read the video

Views: 📊 Overview, ⬇️ Downloads, 📈 Stats, 🗒️ Captions. The run's OUTPUT record says, per input, whether it was
delivered, a duplicate of another link, or why it failed.

### Other Facebook scrapers

Facebook Reels Scraper (every reel of a page), Facebook Posts Scraper, Facebook Comments Scraper, Facebook Pages
Scraper, Facebook Groups Scraper and Facebook Marketplace Scraper, from the same engine.

# Actor input Schema

## `videoUrls` (type: `array`):

Facebook video links, one per line: reels (<code>facebook.com/reel/…</code>), videos (<code>facebook.com/page/videos/…</code>), watch links (<code>facebook.com/watch/?v=…</code>), share links (<code>facebook.com/share/v/…</code>, <code>/share/r/…</code>), <code>fb.watch</code> links or bare video ids. The same video linked twice is one row.

## `captionText` (type: `boolean`):

Adds transcriptText: each video's captions as plain text, when the video has captions. Free.

## `onlyPostsNewerThan` (type: `string`):

Only videos posted after this date, e.g. 2026-09-01 or 30 days. Empty = any date.

## `onlyPostsOlderThan` (type: `string`):

Only videos posted before this date, e.g. 2026-01-01 or 1 year. Empty = up to now.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Calls at once (16 links are read at a time, each a few short calls).

## `residentialFallback` (type: `boolean`):

Calls every datacenter IP refused are asked again on residential IPs.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Leave as is: Apify Proxy datacenter IPs read every video.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10153231379946729",
    "https://www.facebook.com/61567530334836/videos/1115932820735409/",
    "https://fb.watch/uvF966H52f/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/videos/1802564554282770/",
    "1665351285019129",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1557618349384047/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/NASA/videos/1686472756520976/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=4007941182848761",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/930452829785006/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1014214821710403/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/videos/1542113917744463/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1119217623990066",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2192344584826722/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/911110811939226/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/videos/1544672947428067/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1149053967874733",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1489789190875508/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1100012259397684/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/ESPN/videos/2134192870532980/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1056004300798581",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1699495621605086/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1607239964479674/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty/videos/971553942087808/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1396595619209208",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/4018546581787876/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1670982427704947/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty/videos/1626454145520396/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1619263776308642",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1600523578235090/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1437539931850214/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews/videos/2553415355169719/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1125333336616405",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/982841240813885/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1138439499117137/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/NBA/videos/1436847184093679/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=733927845592586",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1464630135882835/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1126760093290479/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/NBA/videos/2403677143739372/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1582970369692029",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2175622020006516/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/893009892226771/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/9gag/videos/1466543905342177/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1631246608492747",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1820398669097898/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2221590032033460/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/9gag/videos/3407023276134408/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=985044910634867",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2445556602598081/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/886768884521698/"
  ],
  "captionText": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 24,
  "residentialFallback": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "videoUrls": [
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10153231379946729",
        "https://www.facebook.com/61567530334836/videos/1115932820735409/",
        "https://fb.watch/uvF966H52f/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/videos/1802564554282770/",
        "1665351285019129",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1557618349384047/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/NASA/videos/1686472756520976/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=4007941182848761",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/930452829785006/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1014214821710403/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/videos/1542113917744463/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1119217623990066",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2192344584826722/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/911110811939226/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/videos/1544672947428067/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1149053967874733",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1489789190875508/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1100012259397684/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/ESPN/videos/2134192870532980/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1056004300798581",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1699495621605086/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1607239964479674/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty/videos/971553942087808/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1396595619209208",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/4018546581787876/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1670982427704947/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty/videos/1626454145520396/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1619263776308642",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1600523578235090/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1437539931850214/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews/videos/2553415355169719/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1125333336616405",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/982841240813885/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1138439499117137/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/NBA/videos/1436847184093679/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=733927845592586",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1464630135882835/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1126760093290479/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/NBA/videos/2403677143739372/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1582970369692029",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2175622020006516/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/893009892226771/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/9gag/videos/1466543905342177/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1631246608492747",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1820398669097898/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2221590032033460/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/9gag/videos/3407023276134408/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=985044910634867",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2445556602598081/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/886768884521698/"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("deepmine/facebook-video-downloader").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "videoUrls": [
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10153231379946729",
        "https://www.facebook.com/61567530334836/videos/1115932820735409/",
        "https://fb.watch/uvF966H52f/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/videos/1802564554282770/",
        "1665351285019129",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1557618349384047/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/NASA/videos/1686472756520976/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=4007941182848761",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/930452829785006/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1014214821710403/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/videos/1542113917744463/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1119217623990066",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2192344584826722/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/911110811939226/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/videos/1544672947428067/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1149053967874733",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1489789190875508/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1100012259397684/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/ESPN/videos/2134192870532980/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1056004300798581",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1699495621605086/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1607239964479674/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty/videos/971553942087808/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1396595619209208",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/4018546581787876/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1670982427704947/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty/videos/1626454145520396/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1619263776308642",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1600523578235090/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1437539931850214/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews/videos/2553415355169719/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1125333336616405",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/982841240813885/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1138439499117137/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/NBA/videos/1436847184093679/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=733927845592586",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1464630135882835/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1126760093290479/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/NBA/videos/2403677143739372/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1582970369692029",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2175622020006516/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/893009892226771/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/9gag/videos/1466543905342177/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1631246608492747",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1820398669097898/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2221590032033460/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/9gag/videos/3407023276134408/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=985044910634867",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2445556602598081/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/reel/886768884521698/",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("deepmine/facebook-video-downloader").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10153231379946729",
    "https://www.facebook.com/61567530334836/videos/1115932820735409/",
    "https://fb.watch/uvF966H52f/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/videos/1802564554282770/",
    "1665351285019129",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1557618349384047/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/NASA/videos/1686472756520976/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=4007941182848761",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/930452829785006/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1014214821710403/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/videos/1542113917744463/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1119217623990066",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2192344584826722/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/911110811939226/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/videos/1544672947428067/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1149053967874733",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1489789190875508/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1100012259397684/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/ESPN/videos/2134192870532980/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1056004300798581",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1699495621605086/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1607239964479674/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty/videos/971553942087808/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1396595619209208",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/4018546581787876/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1670982427704947/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty/videos/1626454145520396/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1619263776308642",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1600523578235090/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1437539931850214/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews/videos/2553415355169719/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1125333336616405",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/982841240813885/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1138439499117137/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/NBA/videos/1436847184093679/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=733927845592586",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1464630135882835/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1126760093290479/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/NBA/videos/2403677143739372/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1582970369692029",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2175622020006516/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/893009892226771/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/9gag/videos/1466543905342177/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1631246608492747",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1820398669097898/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2221590032033460/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/9gag/videos/3407023276134408/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=985044910634867",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2445556602598081/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/reel/886768884521698/"
  ]
}' |
apify call deepmine/facebook-video-downloader --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,deepmine/facebook-video-downloader"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Hp2QpzbyHtE8YtXrm/builds/CVGraIDddlMzmLDOo/openapi.json