# Facebook Events (`payam54/facebook-events`) Actor Fetches local Facebook events. - **URL**: https://apify.com/payam54/facebook-events.md - **Developed by:** [Payam Pirooznia](https://apify.com/payam54) (community) - **Categories:** Jobs, Automation, Social media - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.25 / actor start This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Facebook Events Scraper An [Apify](https://apify.com) actor that scrapes events from [Facebook Events](https://www.facebook.com/events/) based on search keywords and location. ### Features - Search Facebook Events by city + state code - Visit discovered event pages and keep only public events - Normalize event URLs to `https://www.facebook.com/events/` - Extract standardized event fields for downstream processing - Configurable maximum number of events per query - Proxy support to avoid request blocking ### Input | Field | Type | Required | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `city` | `string` | ✅ | — | City name used for event search (e.g. `"Mission Viejo"`) | | `state` | `string` | ✅ | — | 2-letter state code (e.g. `"CA"`) | | `maxEvents` | `integer` | ❌ | `20` | Max events per query (0 = unlimited) | | `browserType` | `"chromium" \| "firefox" \| "webkit"` | ❌ | `"chromium"` | Browser engine used by Playwright | | `browserUserAgents` | `string[]` | ❌ | built-in pool | Optional custom user-agent pool; one is selected randomly per run | | `browserViewportWidth` | `integer` | ❌ | `1366` | Browser viewport width in pixels | | `browserViewportHeight` | `integer` | ❌ | `768` | Browser viewport height in pixels | | `browserJavaScriptEnabled` | `boolean` | ❌ | `true` | Enables/disables JavaScript in page context | | `browserIgnoreHTTPSErrors` | `boolean` | ❌ | `true` | Ignore HTTPS certificate errors | | `proxyConfiguration` | `object` | ❌ | Apify Proxy | Proxy settings | #### Example Input ```json { "city": "Mission Viejo", "state": "CA", "maxEvents": 50, "browserType": "chromium", "browserUserAgents": [ "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/135.0.0.0 Safari/537.36", "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 14_5) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/135.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" ], "browserViewportWidth": 1366, "browserViewportHeight": 768, "browserJavaScriptEnabled": true, "browserIgnoreHTTPSErrors": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ```` #### Search URL behavior The actor builds the base search URL as: - `https://www.facebook.com/events/search?q=` Example: - `https://www.facebook.com/events/search?q=Mission%20Viejo%2C%20CA` # Actor input Schema ## `city` (type: `string`): City to search events in (e.g. 'Mission Viejo'). ## `state` (type: `string`): US state 2-letter code (e.g. 'CA'). ## `maxEvents` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of events to scrape per search query. Set to 0 for unlimited. ## `browserType` (type: `string`): Browser engine to use for crawling. ## `browserUserAgents` (type: `array`): Optional list of user-agents. If provided, one is chosen randomly per run. If empty, a built-in default pool is used. ## `browserViewportWidth` (type: `integer`): Browser viewport width in pixels. ## `browserViewportHeight` (type: `integer`): Browser viewport height in pixels. ## `browserJavaScriptEnabled` (type: `boolean`): Whether JavaScript should be enabled in browser pages. ## `browserIgnoreHTTPSErrors` (type: `boolean`): Whether to ignore HTTPS certificate errors. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy settings for the scraper. Using proxies is strongly recommended to avoid being blocked. ## Actor input object example ```json { "maxEvents": 20, "browserType": "chromium", "browserViewportWidth": 1366, "browserViewportHeight": 768, "browserJavaScriptEnabled": true, "browserIgnoreHTTPSErrors": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `events` (type: `string`): Public Facebook event records extracted by the actor (platform, url, name, imageUrl, startTime, description, address). # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("payam54/facebook-events").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True } } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("payam54/facebook-events").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call payam54/facebook-events --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=payam54/facebook-events", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Facebook Events", "description": "Fetches local Facebook events.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "aN2VmgOhOo3eHA3oY" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/payam54~facebook-events/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-payam54-facebook-events", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/payam54~facebook-events/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-payam54-facebook-events", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/payam54~facebook-events/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-payam54-facebook-events", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "city", "state" ], "properties": { "city": { "title": "City", "type": "string", "description": "City to search events in (e.g. 'Mission Viejo')." }, "state": { "title": "State (2-letter code)", "pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2}$", "type": "string", "description": "US state 2-letter code (e.g. 'CA')." }, "maxEvents": { "title": "Max Events Per Query", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of events to scrape per search query. Set to 0 for unlimited.", "default": 20 }, "browserType": { "title": "Browser Type", "enum": [ "chromium", "firefox", "webkit" ], "type": "string", "description": "Browser engine to use for crawling.", "default": "chromium" }, "browserUserAgents": { "title": "Custom Browser User-Agent Pool", "type": "array", "description": "Optional list of user-agents. If provided, one is chosen randomly per run. If empty, a built-in default pool is used.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "browserViewportWidth": { "title": "Browser Viewport Width", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Browser viewport width in pixels.", "default": 1366 }, "browserViewportHeight": { "title": "Browser Viewport Height", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Browser viewport height in pixels.", "default": 768 }, "browserJavaScriptEnabled": { "title": "Enable JavaScript", "type": "boolean", "description": "Whether JavaScript should be enabled in browser pages.", "default": true }, "browserIgnoreHTTPSErrors": { "title": "Ignore HTTPS Errors", "type": "boolean", "description": "Whether to ignore HTTPS certificate errors.", "default": true }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings for the scraper. Using proxies is strongly recommended to avoid being blocked." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```