# Facebook Following Scraper (`easyapi/facebook-following-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Facebook following list data including profile details, friendship status, and profile images. Perfect for social media analysis and relationship mapping.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-following-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [EasyApi](https://apify.com/easyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 247 total users, 8 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 5 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 1.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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?

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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 Following List Scraper 👥

### 🔍 Overview

Extract detailed information from Facebook following lists efficiently and reliably. This actor navigates through Facebook profiles and collects comprehensive data about the accounts a user is following.

### ✨ Features

- 🚀 High-performance data collection
- 📊 Structured JSON output
- ⚡ Supports custom request limits

### 📋 Output Data Structure

For each following account, the actor collects:

- Profile ID
- Profile image URL
- Display name
- Username/URL
- Additional profile details

### 💡 Use Cases

- 🎯 Social media marketing research
- 📊 Audience analysis
- 🔍 Competitor research
- 🤝 Network mapping
- 📈 Influence tracking

### ⚙️ Input Parameters

- `url`: Facebook profile URL to scrape
- `maxItems`: Maximum number of items to collect

#### Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

```
 {
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/real.dylan.thibert/",
    "maxItems": 20
}
```

#### Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the **Storage** tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

```
[
	{
		"id": "100064487118317",
		"image": "https://scontent-ams4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/462614990_944230244403204_6935417447634350274_n.jpg?stp=c0.0.1483.1483a_dst-jpg_s160x160&_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=14862c&_nc_ohc=Q2cPhpM12wYQ7kNvgE7Jenc&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-ams4-1.xx&_nc_gid=AEmbE-8tpCs0wXqCWKVW9Q5&oh=00_AYDDzBbdYeVvyNGxtloQEJN89uW-DgqjX0aaQnD7fJAcMA&oe=6728F3FB",
		"title": "Uncut Magazine",
		"subtitle_text": "",
		"url": "https://www.facebook.com/UncutMagazine"
	},
    ...
]
```

### Related Actors

- 👥 [Facebook Followers Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-followers-scraper) - Extract Facebook followers data including profile details, friendship status, and basic information.
- 👥 [Facebook Like Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-like-scraper) - Effortlessly scrape likes and reactions from Facebook posts with user information.
- 📱 [Facebook Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-group-posts-scraper) - Scrape Facebook group posts with login support and comprehensive post data.
- 📊 [Facebook Group Members Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-group-members-scraper) - Extract member data from Facebook groups including profiles and engagement metrics.
- 🔍 [Facebook Groups Search Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-groups-search-scraper) - Search and extract Facebook groups data with detailed group information.
- 🎥 [Facebook Videos Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-videos-scraper) - Scrape Facebook Watch videos with comprehensive video and creator details.
- 📧 [Facebook Email Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-email-scraper) - Extract email addresses from Facebook profiles and pages with advanced filtering.
- 👥 [Instagram Followers Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/instagram-followers-scraper) - Extract detailed follower information from Instagram profiles.
- 👥 [TikTok Followers Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/tiktok-followers-scraper) - Extract detailed follower information from TikTok accounts.
- 👥 [TikTok Following Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/tiktok-following-scraper) - Scrape TikTok following lists with comprehensive user data.
- 👥 [Pinterest Following Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/pinterest-following-scraper) - Extract detailed profile information from Pinterest users' following lists.
- 👥 [Pinterest Followers Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/pinterest-followers-scraper) - Extract Pinterest followers data with automated data collection.
- 🚀 [VK Follower Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/vk-follower-scraper) - Extract VK group/profile followers data with detailed user information.
- 👥 [Medium Following Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/medium-following-scraper) - Extract detailed information about Medium users' following lists.
- 👥 [Medium Followers Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/medium-followers-scraper) - Extract Medium user followers data with comprehensive profile details.

# Actor input Schema

## `url` (type: `string`):

URL of the Facebook profile whose following list you want to scrape

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of following accounts to scrape

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.facebook.com/real.dylan.thibert/",
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("easyapi/facebook-following-scraper").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("easyapi/facebook-following-scraper").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 '{}' |
apify call easyapi/facebook-following-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/zWrmQzWpwG000Gd5L/builds/zM00ECxnYdUCV0Wu7/openapi.json