Facebook Comments Scraper

This Apify Actor extracts comments from Facebook posts provided as input URLs. It retrieves comment text, authors, timestamps, reactions, and more. This tool is ideal for social media monitoring, sentiment analysis, and engagement tracking. 🚀

Features

• 🔍 Scrape comments from multiple posts
• 👥 Extract author details and profile URLs
• 📅 Retrieve timestamps and reactions
• 🔢 Limit the number of comments per post

Input Parameters

Example Input

1{
2  "postUrls": [
3    "https://www.facebook.com/fanpage.TECHART/posts/pfbid0ZYMHCBMGHHQ9W98d9goZ4VpxTeLJSxsZGLfa2V2qbdH6jUyLEUubNTtU7joTi2vVl"
4  ],
5  "resultsLimit": 50
6}

Output Data

The actor returns an array of JSON objects with extracted comments data.

Example Output

1[
2  {
3    "commentText": "George Kittle must've had a word with the GM",
4    "id": "Y29tbWVudDoxMTg2ODEyNDY5NDgyMjc1XzY2ODE2MzY0NTU0NjI3Mg==",
5    "legacyId": 668163645546272,
6    "timestamp": 1742045152000,
7    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/NFL/posts/pfbid023uiL1TJbp9QxWuCXSR3JamtrXev9LGDNHnpQAuf1dr6kU7Em8hU3oLms5mb4KZQhl?comment_id=668163645546272",
8    "author": {
9      "id": "pfbid027qk7JdC2FUy2SHN9PQ1uQrPUAwaSaKVCTNFD6KeN9GRfdw7n4C5k3w6naCtYseQZl",
10      "profilePictureUrl": "https://scontent.fpoz3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/484832087_2619507948255427_8811130316462776878_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg_s50x50_tt6&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=e99d92&_nc_ohc=8WugMfDPwGAQ7kNvgFARVYa&_nc_oc=Adk98TB_DjhE7FBLYrhYQSa1s9-iOs0bcnRyTpUO3H0SMbziMMFJu-GYw9xqkuy1ZFE&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent.fpoz3-1.fna&_nc_gid=bRJ5zIIdp6dC4pjPIysFaA&oh=00_AYEDOB5Oa9JFPYnAZ2uN6tk-WjfJ34PmbS1pY4e13oWLbw&oe=67E0EC7E",
11      "name": "Zack Crouch"
12    },
13    "postUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/NFL/posts/pfbid037dWXDmChUtBRycRAoowDn6oSsv5Qjnr5ZC4tbAYGTtPeJuWGS27JgqsdpjdR1Hwzl",
14    "reactions": {
15      "like": 178,
16      "love": 8,
17      "haha": 4,
18      "support": 1
19    },
20    "reactionsCount": "191"
21  }
22]

Let me know if you need additional output fields! 🤙

Usage

1. Create an Apify account and navigate to the actor.
2. Configure input parameters in the Apify UI or via API.
3. Run the actor and monitor execution logs.
4. Download extracted comments as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Limitations & Notes

• Scraping Facebook data must comply with their Terms of Service.
• Avoid excessive scraping to prevent IP bans.
• The accuracy of data depends on Facebook’s page structure and visibility settings.

Works Best With

For the best results, use this scraper alongside Facebook Posts Search.

Before extracting comments, you can use the Facebook Posts Search actor to gather post URLs based on specific keywords. Then, pass those URLs into this Facebook Comments Scraper to collect comments associated with those posts. ✅ Best Use Case Scenario

• Run Facebook Posts Search Scraper → Collect posts based on your search criteria.
• Feed post URLs into Facebook Comments Scraper → Extract comments for each post.
• Gain complete insights → Combine posts and comments for a full dataset, useful for engagement analysis, sentiment tracking, and social media monitoring.

This combination provides a powerful way to analyze conversations happening around specific posts! 🚀

Support & Contact

✉️ If you encounter issues or need help, feel free to open an issue or contact us at scraper1one@gmail.com.