Facebook Public Group Posts Scraper — Discussions & Buyer Leads

A lightning-fast, production-grade Apify Actor designed to scrape public Facebook group posts, comments, engagement statistics, and media attachments without requiring login, cookies, or browser automation.

Built on Crawlee and got-scraping, this Actor uses HTTP/2 TLS fingerprinting and Facebook's internal GraphQL endpoints to deliver rapid and reliable data extraction at a fraction of the cost of browser-based scrapers.

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💰 Pricing (Pay-Per-Event)

This actor operates on a pay-as-you-go Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing model. You only pay for what you extract:

Event Name	Purpose	Price (USD)	Description
apify-default-dataset-item	result	$0.0015	Single result in the default dataset.
additional-data	Additional data	$0.0001	Charged for additional data
apify-actor-start	Actor Start	$0.008	Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event).

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⚡ Why Choose This Scraper Over Alternatives?

• No Cookies or Login Required: Zero risk of account bans. No need to export browser sessions or manage session expiration.
• Pure HTTP Fast-Path: Up to 10x faster and 80% cheaper than Puppeteer or Playwright-based solutions.
• Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing: Pay only for successful starts ($0.008) and extracted records ($0.0015) — no wasted compute units.
• Rich Data Extraction: Extracts post text, timestamps, authors, permalinks, likes, comments count, share count, and media URLs.
• Advanced Filtering: Filter results by keyword search, date ranges (onlyPostsNewerThan, onlyPostsOlderThan), or sorting options (CHRONOLOGICAL, RECENT_ACTIVITY, TOP_POSTS).
• Residential Proxy Support: Pre-configured for seamless rotating residential proxy integration on Apify.

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📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
startUrls	Array	Yes	[{"url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/142828695744158/"}]	Full URLs to public Facebook groups to scrape.
searchQuery	String	No	"Public Group Posts"	Keyword or phrase filter. Keep only posts containing these words.
maxItems	Integer	No	50	Maximum number of posts to scrape per run (up to 50,000).
viewOption	String	No	"CHRONOLOGICAL"	Feed sorting: CHRONOLOGICAL, RECENT_ACTIVITY, TOP_POSTS, CHRONOLOGICAL_LISTINGS.
includeComments	Boolean	No	true	Extract top in-feed comments for posts.
fetchAllComments	Boolean	No	false	Fetch full comments and replies for each post.
onlyPostsNewerThan	String	No	null	Absolute date (e.g. 2026-01-01) or relative period (e.g. 30 days).
onlyPostsOlderThan	String	No	null	Upper bound date window (e.g. 2026-06-01).
proxy	Object	No	{ "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }	Apify Proxy configuration.

Sample JSON Input

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/142828695744158/"
    }
  ],
  "searchQuery": "Public Group Posts",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "viewOption": "CHRONOLOGICAL",
  "includeComments": true,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

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📤 Output Data

The scraper pushes structured JSON objects directly to your default Apify dataset.

Output Field Descriptions

Field	Type	Description
postId	String	Unique identifier of the Facebook post.
authorName	String	Display name of the post author.
authorId	String	Numeric Facebook ID of the author (when available).
authorUrl	String	Direct profile URL of the author.
postText	String	Full textual content of the post.
timestamp	String	ISO 8601 creation timestamp of the post.
likesCount	Integer	Total number of reactions / likes.
commentsCount	Integer	Total number of comments.
sharesCount	Integer	Total number of shares.
postUrl	String	Direct permalink to the post.
groupId	String	Numeric or slug identifier of the group.
groupName	String	Display name of the Facebook group.
groupUrl	String	Canonical URL of the Facebook group.
media	Array	Array of attached media objects with image or video URLs.
topComments	Array	Array of comments extracted from the feed.
isMarketplaceListing	Boolean	true if the post is a buy/sell marketplace item.
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 timestamp when the data was scraped.

Sample JSON Output

{
  "postId": "142828695744158_100293847290",
  "authorName": "David Miller",
  "authorId": "100078945612",
  "authorUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/user.100078945612",
  "postText": "Welcome to our community! Discussing Public Group Posts and the latest group updates for all members.",
  "timestamp": "2026-09-27T02:00:00.000Z",
  "likesCount": 42,
  "commentsCount": 18,
  "sharesCount": 6,
  "postUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/142828695744158/posts/142828695744158_100293847290/",
  "groupId": "142828695744158",
  "groupName": "Public Group 142828695744158",
  "groupUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/142828695744158/",
  "media": [
    {
      "type": "Photo",
      "url": "https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/sample_media_1.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "topComments": [
    {
      "commentId": "c_142828695744158_100293847290_1",
      "authorName": "Alex Rivera",
      "commentText": "Thanks for sharing this, really helpful!",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-27T02:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "isMarketplaceListing": false,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-28T02:30:00.000Z"
}

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🎯 Use Cases

• Social Listening: Monitor conversations, sentiments, and trending topics across public Facebook communities.
• Market Research: Extract user feedback, product reviews, and niche discussions.
• Lead Generation & Networking: Identify active contributors, experts, and community members.
• Content Aggregation: Feed community posts into content hubs, analytics pipelines, or AI models.

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🔍 SEO & Discovery Tags

facebook-scraper, facebook-group-posts, facebook-comments, social-media-scraper, facebook-feed, no-cookies, crawlee, apify-actor