# Facebook Group Posts Scraper (`han-projects/good-fb-group-scraper`) Actor Given Facebook group URLs, returns the latest posts. - **URL**: https://apify.com/han-projects/good-fb-group-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Han](https://apify.com/han-projects) (community) - **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, News - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Facebook Group Posts Scraper Scrape the latest visible posts from Facebook groups, including post text, author details, engagement metrics, images, links, and visible comments. ### Inputs - `groupLinks` — Array of Facebook group URLs, for example `https://www.facebook.com/groups/1234567890/`. Required. - `maxPosts` — Number of latest visible posts to output for each group. Default `10`; range `1`-`100`. - `maxComments` — Maximum visible comments to output for each scraped post. Default `20`; range `0`-`100`. ### Example input ```json { "groupLinks": ["https://www.facebook.com/groups/1234567890/"], "maxPosts": 10, "maxComments": 20 } ```` ### Output The actor writes one dataset row per scraped item or failed item. Important output fields include: `group_url`, `group_id`, `post_index`, `post_url`, `post_id`, `author_name`, `author_url`, `posted_at_text`, `posted_at_url`, `text`, `message`, `reaction_count_text`, `reaction_count`, `comment_count_text`, `comment_count`, `share_count_text`, `share_count`, `comments`, `links`, `image_urls`, `fetched_at`, `error` Rows with a problem include an `error` field instead of failing the whole run when possible. ### Notes - Use full public URLs, including the platform hostname. - 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. # Actor input Schema ## `groupLinks` (type: `array`): Facebook group URLs, e.g. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1234567890/ or https://www.facebook.com/groups/group.slug/ ## `maxPosts` (type: `integer`): Number of latest visible posts to output for each group link. ## `maxComments` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of visible comments to output for each scraped post. ## Actor input object example ```json { "groupLinks": [ "https://www.facebook.com/groups/1234567890/" ], "maxPosts": 10, "maxComments": 20 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `posts` (type: `string`): Default dataset with one item per post. Fields include group\_url, group\_id, post\_index, post\_url, post\_id, author\_name, author\_url, posted\_at\_text, posted\_at\_url, text, message, reaction/comment/share counts, comments, links, image\_urls, fetched\_at, error. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "groupLinks": [ "https://www.facebook.com/groups/1234567890/" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("han-projects/good-fb-group-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "groupLinks": ["https://www.facebook.com/groups/1234567890/"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("han-projects/good-fb-group-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "groupLinks": [ "https://www.facebook.com/groups/1234567890/" ] }' | apify call han-projects/good-fb-group-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=han-projects/good-fb-group-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Facebook Group Posts Scraper", "description": "Given Facebook group URLs, returns the latest posts.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "BpTIec2cQhj0anjyi" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/han-projects~good-fb-group-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-han-projects-good-fb-group-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/han-projects~good-fb-group-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-han-projects-good-fb-group-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/han-projects~good-fb-group-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-han-projects-good-fb-group-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "groupLinks" ], "properties": { "groupLinks": { "title": "Facebook group links", "minItems": 1, "uniqueItems": true, "type": "array", "description": "Facebook group URLs, e.g. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1234567890/ or https://www.facebook.com/groups/group.slug/", "items": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^https?://(www\\.|web\\.|m\\.)?facebook\\.com/groups/.+" } }, "maxPosts": { "title": "Posts per group", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Number of latest visible posts to output for each group link.", "default": 10 }, "maxComments": { "title": "Comments per post", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of visible comments to output for each scraped post.", "default": 20 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```