# Monitor Facebook keywords without duplicate posts

**Use case:** 

Repeat a Facebook keyword search and return posts not previously delivered to the same monitoring profile. New means new to that profile, not newly published. The history window is set to 90 days. Discovery uses Google's index.

## Input

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "James Webb Olhar Digital"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerQuery": 3,
  "maxUniquePosts": 3,
  "unknownDate": "KEEP_FLAGGED",
  "matchMode": "SOURCE_RESULT",
  "filters": {
    "mediaOnly": false,
    "videoOnly": false,
    "linkOnly": false,
    "excludeReshares": false
  },
  "includeTopComments": true,
  "maxTopCommentsPerPost": 2,
  "outputFormat": "FULL",
  "writeCsv": true,
  "onlyNewPosts": true,
  "monitorName": "facebook-keyword-monitor",
  "monitorRetentionDays": 90,
  "maxScannedPostsPerQuery": 12,
  "maxConcurrency": 1,
  "maxSerpPagesPerQuery": 1,
  "maxDocumentsPerQuery": 12,
  "maxTotalRequests": 64,
  "maxTotalResponseMiB": 24,
  "proxyStrategy": "AUTO",
  "sortBy": "TOP",
  "discoveryQueryVariant": "BROAD_V1",
  "discoveryTransportVariant": "SERP_RICH_CONTROL",
  "optimizationComparison": false,
  "saveDiscoveryDiagnostics": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "canonicalUrl": {
    "label": "Canonical post URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "author.name": {
    "label": "Author",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "publishedAt": {
    "label": "Published at (ISO 8601)",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "text": {
    "label": "Post text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "postType": {
    "label": "Post type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "engagement.reactionsTotal": {
    "label": "Reactions",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "engagement.comments": {
    "label": "Comments",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "engagement.shares": {
    "label": "Shares",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "engagement.views": {
    "label": "Views",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "verifiedMatch": {
    "label": "Verified match",
    "format": "boolean"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Facebook Post Search & Keyword Scraper API Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Monitor Facebook keywords without duplicate posts". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/pgIZmGWl9AJAeyiyR) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Monitor Facebook keywords without duplicate posts" task

The Facebook Post Search & Keyword Scraper API Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like keywords or facebook links, posts per search, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Monitor Facebook keywords without duplicate posts" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as canonical post url, author, published at (iso 8601), and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Monitor Facebook keywords without duplicate posts" task via API](https://apify.com/overbifrost/facebook-post-search-scraper.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Facebook Post Search & Keyword Scraper API](https://apify.com/overbifrost/facebook-post-search-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/overbifrost/facebook-post-search-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/overbifrost/facebook-post-search-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).