Facebook Group Posts Scraper

Scrape visible posts from Facebook groups. The actor returns rows shaped like Apify's apify/facebook-groups-scraper output model, with legacyId intentionally omitted.

Inputs

• startUrls — Array of Facebook group URL objects, for example { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/1234567890/" }. Required.
• resultsLimit — Number of posts to output for each group. Default 10; range 1-100.
• viewOption — Sorting order matching Apify's Facebook Groups Scraper: CHRONOLOGICAL, RECENT_ACTIVITY, TOP_POSTS, or CHRONOLOGICAL_LISTINGS. Default CHRONOLOGICAL.
• maxComments — Maximum visible comments to output in topComments for each post. Default 20; range 0-100.
• maxConcurrency — Maximum parallel browser fetches for group and post detail pages. Default 5; range 1-10. Lower it if runs hit memory limits or Facebook throttling.

For backward compatibility, the actor still accepts groupLinks, maxPosts, and max_concurrency, but the public input schema uses startUrls, resultsLimit, and maxConcurrency.

Example input

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/1234567890/" }
  ],
  "resultsLimit": 10,
  "viewOption": "CHRONOLOGICAL",
  "maxComments": 20,
  "maxConcurrency": 5
}

Output

The actor writes one dataset row per scraped post or failed item. Main fields:

facebookUrl, url, id, feedbackId, time, title, text, user, collaborators, attachments, likesCount, sharesCount, commentsCount, topComments, price, location, link, actionLink, previewTitle, previewDescription, previewSource, previewTarget, textReferences, isVideo, viewsCount, paidPartnership, error

Notes:

• legacyId from the reference actor is intentionally not emitted.
• user contains available post-author details: id, name, url.
• topComments contains visible comment details: id, url, text, time, likesCount, user.
• attachments contains visible image/link attachments when available.
• Rows with a problem include an error field instead of failing the whole run when possible.

Authentication

Apify authentication comes from the user_cookies environment variable, mapped to the @facebookCookies secret in .actor/actor.json. The cookie export must come from a logged-in Facebook session and include c_user and xs; tracking cookies such as datr, sb, fr, or wd are not enough.