Facebook Posts Scraper

Scrape Facebook posts from profiles, pages, groups, and search results with engagement metrics and attachment metadata.

Features

• Post Content & Metadata: Extracts Post ID, Post URL, Author Name, Profile URL, Avatar URL, Post Text, and Timestamps.
• Engagement Analytics: Captures Likes Count, Comments Count, Shares Count, and Reaction Breakdown (Like, Love, Wow, Haha, Sad, Angry).
• Attachments & Flags: Includes media attachments, hashtags, Pinned post status, and Sponsored ad status.
• Strict Data Quality: Automatic zero-null validation ensuring complete JSON records.

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Input Parameters

Provide input in INPUT.json or via Apify Console form:

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/zuck"
  ],
  "maxPosts": 50
}

Parameter	Type	Description	Default / Example
startUrls	Array of Strings	List of Facebook profile/page/group URLs to scrape	["https://www.facebook.com/zuck"]
maxPosts	Integer	Maximum number of posts to collect per URL	50

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Output Data Structure

The Actor pushes structured objects to the default Apify Dataset:

{
  "postId": "101149283749201",
  "postUrl": "https://facebook.com/posts/101149283749201",
  "authorName": "Mark Zuckerberg",
  "authorUrl": "https://facebook.com/zuck",
  "authorAvatarUrl": "https://facebook.com/avatar/sample.jpg",
  "postText": "Excited to share our latest breakthroughs in AI models and web platform infrastructure.",
  "timestamp": "2026-08-05T14:30:00.000Z",
  "likesCount": 4200,
  "commentsCount": 850,
  "sharesCount": 320,
  "reactionsBreakdown": {
    "like": 3500,
    "love": 500,
    "wow": 150,
    "haha": 30,
    "sad": 10,
    "angry": 10
  },
  "attachments": [
    {
      "type": "image",
      "url": "https://facebook.com/media/sample_post.png"
    }
  ],
  "hashtags": ["#AI", "#Innovation", "#Technology"],
  "isPinned": false,
  "isSponsored": false
}

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How to Run

Run locally using Apify CLI:

$apify run

Or deploy to Apify Platform:

$apify push