👥 Facebook Group Scraper — Extract Posts from Public Facebook Groups

This Facebook group scraper turns any public group on Facebook into structured data. Give it one or more group URLs and it returns the Facebook group posts with text, author, publish time, reactions, comment and share counts, and photo attachments. Teams use it to watch buy-and-sell groups, follow what a community says about a product, and build research datasets without reading feeds by hand.

Paste as many group links as you like, choose how many posts you want per group and how far back to go, and get one dataset item per post, ready to export to JSON, CSV or Excel or to land in a Notion database. No Facebook account, cookies or API key are needed.

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🚀 Key Features

• 🔗 Any public group — a facebook.com/groups/<name> or /groups/<id> link, with no limit on how many per run
• 🧾 Full post record — text, author, publish time, reactions with a per-type breakdown, comment and share counts
• 📸 Photo attachments — thumbnail, dimensions, description and download URLs for each image
• 📅 Stop at a date — untilDate keeps only posts newer than a day you choose, for daily incremental runs
• 🔢 Per-group limit — maxItems caps posts for each group separately, so one busy group cannot crowd out the rest
• 🛡️ No login required — reads only what Facebook shows to logged-out visitors; Apify residential proxies by default
• 📝 Optional Notion output — every post can also be written as a page in a Notion database
• 📤 Multiple export formats — JSON, CSV, Excel, XML via the Apify dataset
• 🔁 Schedulable runs — run daily with untilDate to keep a group's history growing

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👥 Who Is This Actor For?

• 🛍️ Sellers and deal hunters — tracking buy-and-sell and deals groups for new listings
• 📣 Community and brand managers — reading what members say about a product or a competitor
• 🧠 Researchers and analysts — building datasets of public group discussion over time
• 🧰 Developers — feeding group posts into alerts, dashboards or a CRM
• 🤖 AI builders — giving an agent a Notion knowledge base of group discussion to query

💡 Common Use Cases

• Scrape Facebook groups for buy-and-sell listings and export them to a spreadsheet each morning
• Watch a local community group for posts mentioning your business
• Collect questions people ask in a niche group to plan content or support articles
• Track how often a competitor is recommended in industry groups
• Build a Notion knowledge base of group posts an AI assistant can answer from

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🔗 Supported URL Types

URL Type	Example
Group by name	https://www.facebook.com/groups/webscraping
Group by numeric ID	https://www.facebook.com/groups/1745271899086274
web.facebook.com links	https://web.facebook.com/groups/webscraping

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📥 Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
groupUrls	Array	Facebook group URLs to scrape. Add one URL for a single group or as many as you like for bulk scraping.	Required
maxItems	Integer	Maximum number of posts to scrape from each group (start URL).	10
untilDate	String	Stop scraping when reaching posts older than this date (format: YYYY-MM-DD). Leave empty to scrape until maxItems. Forces chronological order.	none
sortingSetting	String	How to sort the posts: CHRONOLOGICAL, RECENT_ACTIVITY or TOP_POSTS. Forced to CHRONOLOGICAL when untilDate is set.	CHRONOLOGICAL
proxyConfiguration	Object	Proxy configuration. Defaults to Apify residential proxies, which are recommended for Facebook scraping.	{ "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }
notionConnector	String	Optional Notion connection. When set, every scraped post is added as a new page in the selected Notion database.	none
notionDatabaseId	String	ID of the Notion database that will receive the new pages. Required when notionConnector is set.	none

Example Input

{
  "groupUrls": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/groups/webscraping",
    "https://www.facebook.com/groups/discountchicksdeals"
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "sortingSetting": "CHRONOLOGICAL",
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }
}

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📤 Output

One dataset item per post:

Field	Type	Description
post_id	String	Facebook's identifier for the post
creation_time	String	Publish time as an ISO 8601 timestamp (UTC)
message	String	The post text
post_url	String	Link to the post
reactions	Object	total and a breakdown by reaction type
comments_count	Number	Number of comments on the post
shares_count	Number	Number of shares
author	Object	id, name, url and profile_picture_url of the author. Anonymous posts show the name Facebook displays, such as "Anonymous participant"
attachments	Array	Photos attached to the post: type, id, url, thumbnail, width, height, description and download_urls
facebook_group_url	String	The group URL you passed in
facebook_group_name	String	The group's name as it appears in the URL

Example Output

A real item from a run on the example input, with URL query strings removed and the attachment list shortened to one entry:

{
  "post_id": "3215077992019615",
  "creation_time": "2026-09-19T19:30:26.000Z",
  "message": "Stocking stuffer and over 50% 0FF? Yes, please\n🔧 Tight engine bays have a special way of turning a simple repair into a game of “how exactly am I supposed to get in there?”\n\nWhat Makes It Stand Out:\n\n* 25% thinner ratchet head is designed to fit into tighter engine-bay spaces\n\n* 72-tooth ratchet allows smooth operation with minimal swing needed\n\n* 6-point sockets provide a secure grip on fasteners to help reduce slipping\n\n👉 Anyone else have a toolbox full of tools but still manage to need the one that’s currently buried at the very bottom? 😅\n\n🔗 Check it out: https://amzn.to/4AnHAhW\n\n(AD)\n\n⚠️ Deals, coupons, and prices may change or expire at any time.",
  "post_url": "https://web.facebook.com/groups/discountchicksdeals/permalink/3215077992019615",
  "reactions": {
    "total": 0,
    "breakdown": {}
  },
  "comments_count": 0,
  "shares_count": 0,
  "author": {
    "id": "pfbid02zRmGc8L1VcbW2jPh2PesvtMqVbNMDPPDXj3uWKZrqgRazcjTdqHbDQqnBemHz7ssl",
    "name": "Tonya Brown",
    "url": "https://web.facebook.com/tonya.brown",
    "profile_picture_url": "https://scontent-lga3-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/814406898_10234687299507911_7733867886762894359_n.jpg"
  },
  "attachments": [
    {
      "type": "photo",
      "id": "10234717590105157",
      "url": "https://web.facebook.com/photo.php",
      "thumbnail": "https://scontent-lga3-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/818365243_10234717590145158_7782320689223883130_n.jpg",
      "width": 720,
      "height": 518,
      "description": "May be an image of text",
      "download_urls": [
        {
          "url": "https://scontent-lga3-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/818365243_10234717590145158_7782320689223883130_n.jpg",
          "type": "photo_image",
          "quality": "high",
          "width": 720,
          "height": 518
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "facebook_group_url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/discountchicksdeals",
  "facebook_group_name": "discountchicksdeals"
}

You can export the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, or HTML from the Apify Console or via the Apify API.

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📝 Notion Output (Optional)

Push every scraped post into a Notion database as a new page, for a content insights board, a competitor-research log, or an AI-queryable knowledge base of the groups you watch.

Step-by-step setup guide: Connect Notion to the Facebook Group Scraper

Recommended database columns

The Actor fills the following columns. Add them to your Notion database with these exact names (case-sensitive). Only Name is required; when the other columns are missing, the Actor falls back to a minimal Name plus content body page, so nothing is lost.

Column	Notion type	Filled with
Name	Title (required)	First ~200 characters of the post, prefixed with the author
Author	Text or Select	The author's display name
Group	Text or Select	The Facebook group's name
Group URL	URL	The group URL
Post URL	URL	Direct link to the post
Posted At	Text	The post's timestamp
Reactions	Number	Total reactions on the post
Comments	Number	Comment count
Shares	Number	Share count
Post ID	Text	Facebook's post identifier

Each page's body holds the full post text plus a key-value summary, which any AI agent connected to Notion through MCP can read back.

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💰 Pricing

This Actor is pay per event. Each post saved counts as one result at $0.01 per result, so 1,000 posts cost $10 plus Apify platform usage, including residential proxy traffic when you keep the default proxy. A free Apify account is enough to try it.

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❓ FAQ

What is the Facebook Group Scraper?

It is an Apify Actor that reads public Facebook groups and returns their posts as structured data. Paste group links, set a limit per group, and run it from the Console, the API, or on a schedule.

Do I need an account, cookies or an API key?

No. The Actor reads only what Facebook shows to visitors who are not logged in.

Can I scrape private or closed groups?

No. Private groups are not visible to logged-out visitors, and logging in with an account would be against Facebook's terms. Only public groups work.

Do I need a proxy?

Yes, keep the residential default. Facebook shows datacenter IP addresses a login page instead of the group most of the time, and the Actor then reports "Failed to extract group ID". In our runs on 2026-09-19, four of five datacenter runs failed that way while residential runs succeeded.

How many posts can I get per group?

maxItems caps posts per group. Facebook serves a few posts per page and the Actor keeps paging until it reaches your limit, your untilDate, or the depth at which Facebook stops returning older posts. For long histories, run daily with untilDate and let the dataset accumulate.

Why does the author show as "Anonymous participant"?

Facebook lets members post anonymously in some groups. The Actor returns the name and id Facebook shows for the post.

Can I schedule it or integrate it with my app?

Yes. Every Apify Actor exposes a REST API, webhooks, and integrations with Zapier, Make, Google Sheets and Slack, and can be called from an AI agent via the Apify MCP server. The Notion output above is one such integration built in.

Is it legal to scrape Facebook groups?

This Actor accesses only publicly available pages. You are responsible for making sure your use complies with Facebook's terms of service and the laws in your jurisdiction, including any rules that apply to personal data.

What if Facebook changes and the Actor breaks?

Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab with a group URL that fails, so the problem can be reproduced.

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🧩 Part of the Facebook Scraper Suite

Goldmine's Actors for public Facebook data. Also try:

• Facebook Posts Scraper — posts from public Facebook pages and profiles, with reactions, comments and shares
• Facebook Page Details Scraper — followers, category, contact details and about text for a page, one row per page
• Facebook Comments Scraper — comments and replies on public posts, videos, reels and photos
• Facebook Ads Library Scraper — ad copy, creatives, CTAs and run dates from the public Facebook Ad Library
• Facebook Reels Scraper — reels with plays, reactions, comments, shares and video URLs from public Facebook pages

See every Goldmine Actor at apify.com/logical_scrapers.

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📷 Image Credit

Image credit: facebook.com

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📬 Contact & Support

• Issues & feature requests: use the Issues tab on this Actor's page. Include a group URL that fails so it can be reproduced.
• Email: coredev.dan@gmail.com
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This Actor is an independent tool for collecting publicly available data. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected with Meta Platforms, Inc.