What is Facebook Reel Scraper?

It's a simple and powerful tool that allows you to extract data from Facebook Reels. To get that data, insert the URL of Facebook pages and click "Save & Start" button.

You can download that structured data in Excel, HTML, XML, CSV, Excel, and JSON to use in your reports, data visualizations, spreadsheets, and applications.

What Facebook reel data can I extract?

Caption (Reel text)	Plays count
Reel ID	Likes count
Reel Link	Comments count
Owner username	Shares count
Reel duration	Music
Reel date	Reel datetime

How do I use Facebook Reel Scraper?

Facebook Reel Scraper was designed to be easy to start with even if you've never extracted data from Facebook before. Here's how you can scrape Facebook data with this tool:

1. Create a free Apify account using your email.
2. Open Facebook Reel Scraper.
3. Add one or more Facebook pages URLs to scrape its posts. (You can find input and output samples in the following chapters)
4. Click "Start" and wait for the Reels data to be extracted.
5. Download your data in the preferred format.

If you need any guidance on how to run this Reel scraper, you can follow this step-by-step tutorial 🔗

Input data

You can fill the following input parameters before you start the Actor:

• Facebook page/pages in the following format: https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/
• Max. reels number per page (optional)
• Proxy configuration per page (If you want to scrape reel dates you MUST use proxy, recommended: RESINDENTIAL proxy)

Or if you want to use it with json, it looks like the following:

1**json format**
2
3```
4{
5"facebook_profiles": [
6    {
7        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/"
8    }
9],
10"max_reels": 10,
11"proxy_config": {
12    "useApifyProxy": true,
13    "apifyProxyGroups": [
14        "RESIDENTIAL"
15    ]
16}
17}
18```

Output samples

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can find in the Storage tab.

#	Caption	Comments Count	Image	Likes Count	Music	Owner Username	Play Count	Reel Duration	Reel ID	Shares Count	URL	Reel date	Reel datetime
1	Donuts ❌ Slo-mo-nuts ✔️	88	https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t15.5256-10/406401539_244235958675415_3769079221935112372_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960&_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=1a7029&_nc_ohc=H9DkUIj-BDoAX8CTTGW&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=00_AfA7DChBgxzxiLBtY_FcVB0_ZZyQxDyZh0zmC3kWIrntVg&oe=656E18A1	4800	F1 · Original audio	Formula1	186000	17.74	7086752381438446	365	https://www.facebook.com/reel/7086752381438446/	2023-11-30	2023-11-30 09:59
2	From Silversmith to Podium 🙌 Trophies Delivered! ➡️🏆 DHL Motorsports #F1 #AbuDhabiGP	24	https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t15.5256-10/405893165_1299565017369552_5690098826808607418_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960&_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=1a7029&_nc_ohc=_5qQgD_C32QAX8vkWJ6&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=00_AfCogSCKmRpfu1MHCMmpbCYHL3qqy577m8-J0ehaUDUMwQ&oe=656EC7E3	709	F1 · Original audio	Formula1	67000	58.58	905866117629383	53	https://www.facebook.com/reel/905866117629383/	2023-11-29	2023-11-29 20:30

Or if you want to get a json, it looks like the following:

1**json format**
2
3```
4[ {
5"ownerUsername": "Formula1",
6"reelId": "7086752381438446",
7"url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/7086752381438446/",
8"playCount": "186000",
9"img": "https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t15.5256-10/406401539_244235958675415_3769079221935112372_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960&_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=1a7029&_nc_ohc=H9DkUIj-BDoAX8CTTGW&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=00_AfA7DChBgxzxiLBtY_FcVB0_ZZyQxDyZh0zmC3kWIrntVg&oe=656E18A1",
10"likesCount": "4800",
11"commentsCount": "88",
12"sharesCount": "365",
13"reelDuration": "17.74",
14"music": "F1 · Original audio",
15"caption": "Donuts ❌ \nSlo-mo-nuts ✔️",
16"reelDate": "2023-11-30",
17"reelDateTime": "2023-11-30 09:59"
18},
19{
20"ownerUsername": "Formula1",
21"reelId": "905866117629383",
22"url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/905866117629383/",
23"playCount": "67000",
24"img": "https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t15.5256-10/405893165_1299565017369552_5690098826808607418_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960&_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=1a7029&_nc_ohc=_5qQgD_C32QAX8vkWJ6&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=00_AfCogSCKmRpfu1MHCMmpbCYHL3qqy577m8-J0ehaUDUMwQ&oe=656EC7E3",
25"likesCount": "709",
26"commentsCount": "24",
27"sharesCount": "53",
28"reelDuration": "58.58",
29"music": "F1 · Original audio",
30"caption": "From Silversmith to Podium 🙌 Trophies Delivered! ➡️🏆 DHL Motorsports #F1 #AbuDhabiGP",
31"reelDate": "2023-11-29",
32"reelDateTime": "2023-11-29 20:30"
33} ]
34```

Integrations and Facebook Reel Scraper

Facebook Reel Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform. You can integrate it with Google Sheets, Google Drive, Zapier, Asana, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub, and more.

Using Facebook Reel Scraper with the Apify API

The Apify API gives you programmatic access to all your extracted data. With the REST API you can manage, schedule, and run Apify actors. The API also lets you access any datasets, monitor actor performance, fetch results, create and update versions, and more.