Facebook Comments Scraper

Extract comments from any public Facebook post, reel, or video — no account required.

Returns commenter name, profile link, comment text, date, reaction count, and reply count. Supports pagination, date filtering, sort order, and fully configurable output fields.

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What it does

Provide one or more public Facebook post URLs. The scraper will retrieve all comments, paginate automatically until the requested limit is reached, and return structured data for each comment.

Works on posts, reels, videos, and photo posts from public pages and profiles.

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Output fields

All fields are optional and can be enabled or disabled individually in the input.

Field	Always included	Description
text	✅	Full comment text
id	✅	Unique comment identifier
feedbackId	✅	Internal feedback object ID
comments	✅	Nested replies (when enabled)
date	optional	ISO 8601 timestamp
profileName	optional	Commenter's display name
profileUrl	optional	Link to commenter's profile
likesCount	optional	Total reactions on the comment
commentsCount	optional	Number of replies
commentUrl	optional	Direct link to the comment
facebookUrl	optional	Canonical post URL
postTitle	optional	Post title or text excerpt
inputUrl	optional	The URL you provided as input
facebookId	optional	Numeric post ID

likesCount is the total of all reaction types (Like, Love, Haha, Wow, Sad, Angry) combined.

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Input

Required

Field	Description
startUrls	One or more public Facebook post, reel, or video URLs

Optional

Field	Default	Description
resultsLimit	100	Max comments to extract per URL
viewOption	RANKED_UNFILTERED	Sort order (see below)
includeNestedComments	false	Also extract replies to top-level comments
onlyCommentsNewerThan	—	Date filter (see below)

Sort order

Value	Description
RANKED_UNFILTERED	Most relevant — Facebook's default
RANKED_THREADED	Top comments grouped with their replies
RECENT_ACTIVITY	Most recently active threads first

Date filter

onlyCommentsNewerThan accepts:

• Relative: 1 day, 2 weeks, 3 months, 1 year
• Absolute: 2024-01-01 or 2024-06-15T12:00:00Z

Use RECENT_ACTIVITY sort when filtering by date.

Output fields (checkboxes)

Each output field can be toggled individually. All are enabled by default:

• Date — comment timestamp
• Author name — commenter's display name
• Author profile URL — link to commenter's profile
• Likes / reactions — total reaction count
• Reply count — number of replies
• Post URL & title — post context columns
• Comment URL — direct link to the comment
• Post ID — numeric Facebook post ID

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Example input

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/pfbid0BbKbkisExKGSKuhee9a7i86RwRuMKFC8NSkKStB7CsM3uXJuAAfZLrkcJMXxhH4Yl" }
  ],
  "resultsLimit": 200,
  "viewOption": "RANKED_UNFILTERED",
  "includeNestedComments": false
}

Example output

{
  "text": "This is one of my favorite stories to date.",
  "date": "2021-08-15T20:01:24.000Z",
  "profileName": "Judie Wilson",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004...",
  "likesCount": "443",
  "commentsCount": 8,
  "comments": [],
  "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/pfbid0B...?comment_id=481627996424606",
  "facebookId": "6375219342552112",
  "postTitle": "Humans of New York",
  "facebookUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/pfbid0BbK...",
  "inputUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/pfbid0BbK...",
  "id": "Y29tbWVudDo2Mzc...",
  "feedbackId": "ZmVlZGJhY2s6..."
}

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Supported URL formats

https://www.facebook.com/{page}/posts/{post_id}
https://www.facebook.com/{page}/posts/{pfbid}
https://www.facebook.com/reel/{reel_id}
https://www.facebook.com/{page}/videos/{video_id}
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid={photo_id}
https://www.facebook.com/permalink/story.php?story_fbid={id}&id={page_id}

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Limits and notes

• Public posts only. Private posts and posts requiring login are skipped.
• No login required. Works entirely with public data.
• For large comment sections (10 000+), use date filters to narrow scope.

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