You can access the Facebook URL to ID Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "facebookUrls": [
12        {
13            "url": "https://www.facebook.com/nasa"
14        },
15        {
16            "url": "https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=4"
17        },
18        {
19            "url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/20531316728"
20        }
21    ],
22    "maxItems": 3
23};
24
25// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
26const run = await client.actor("fetch_cat/facebook-url-to-id-scraper").call(input);
27
28// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
29console.log('Results from dataset');
30console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
31const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
32items.forEach((item) => {
33    console.dir(item);
34});
35
36// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

Facebook ID Finder — URL to Numeric ID Scraper API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Facebook URL to ID Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Facebook URL to ID Scraper API in Python

Facebook URL to ID Scraper API through CLI

Facebook URL to ID Scraper OpenAPI definition

Facebook URL to ID Scraper API

Facebook URL to ID Resolver

automation-lab/facebook-url-to-id-resolver

Resolve public Facebook URLs into stable numeric IDs, normalized links, and typed page, profile, group, event, post, video, or photo records.

Stas Persiianenko

Facebook Search Locations Scraper (no cookies)

data_direct/facebook-locations-scraper

Resolve a place name to Facebook location IDs

Data Direct

Facebook Marketplace Listings Scraper

automation-lab/facebook-marketplace-public-listings-scraper

Extract public Facebook Marketplace listing IDs, titles, prices, locations, images, conditions, and canonical URLs from supplied search or city URLs. No login.

Stas Persiianenko

Facebook URL to ID

apify/facebook-url-to-id

Scraping any Facebook URL as data object with internal Facebook ID and metadata if-when available.

Apify

5.0

Facebook Page Scraper – Profiles & Stats

chronometrica/facebook-channel-scraper

Get clean public Facebook Page and profile rows from URLs, with stable IDs, audience stats, profile links, Page facts, and clear status.

Chronometrica

Facebook URL to ID · Page, Profile, Group & Post

memo23/facebook-url-to-id

Turn any public Facebook URL into its numeric ID — pages, profiles, groups and posts, from vanity handles or profile.php links. Reads Facebook's own app-link for the canonical ID of that exact entity, not a random number in the markup. Bulk input, no login; bad URLs are named, never charged.

Muhamed Didovic

Facebook URL to ID

bornoo/facebook-url-to-id

Extract numeric Facebook IDs from any profile, page, or post URL. Simply input a Facebook link and the actor parses the URL structure or page source to find the underlying ID. Fast, reliable, and works with profile.php links, vanity usernames, and page URLs alike.

Biddut Hossain

Facebook Page Photos Downloader

igview-owner/facebook-page-photos-downloader

Download all photos from public Facebook pages in one click. Facebook Page Photos Downloader lets you bulk‑extract high‑quality image URLs from any public Facebook page using only the numeric page ID – no Facebook login required