💬 WhatsApp Group Links Scraper

Discover public WhatsApp group & channel invite links at scale across the major social networks — Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, YouTube, Pinterest, and Reddit. Feed the Actor your keywords, choose a platform and country, and it hunts down chat.whatsapp.com join-links in real time, streaming each result straight to your dataset. 🚀

⚡ Endless leads for marketing, recruiting, community growth, and research — built for speed and reliability.

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✨ Why Choose This Actor?

• 🟢 Real-time results — every link is saved the moment it's found, never at the end. A mid-run stop still leaves you a full partial dataset.
• 🛡️ Smart proxy ladder — automatically escalates direct → datacenter → residential (sticky) when the search engine pushes back, so you keep getting data.
• 🔁 Built-in retries — up to 3 attempts per page with exponential backoff.
• 🌍 Geo-targeting — restrict results to any of 100+ countries.
• 📊 Clean, grouped output — results are tagged by keyword and platform and rendered as a tidy table.
• 🧹 Smart de-duplication — every source URL is returned once.

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🔑 Key Features

Feature	Description
🔎 Multi-keyword search	Each keyword is searched independently and grouped in the output.
🌐 8 social platforms	Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter/X, YouTube, Reddit, Pinterest, TikTok.
💬 Group and channel links	Detects both chat.whatsapp.com/<code> invites and whatsapp.com/channel/<id> links.
📡 Live logging	Engaging, real-time progress so you always know what's being collected.
🛡️ Proxy fallback	Direct → Datacenter → Residential, with clear log events at every switch.

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📥 Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
keywords	array	✅	One or more search terms.
platform	string	✅	Social network to scan.
country	string	✅	FIPS 10-4 country code for geo-targeting.
limit	integer	➖	Max number of records to collect (omit for no limit).
proxyConfiguration	object	➖	Proxy settings. GOOGLE_SERP group recommended.

Example input

{
  "keywords": ["marketing", "jobs"],
  "platform": "facebook.com",
  "country": "us",
  "limit": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["GOOGLE_SERP"]
  }
}

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📤 Output

Each record contains:

Field	Description
keyword	The keyword that produced this result.
platform	The platform searched.
country	Country code used.
title	Title of the source post/profile.
desc	Snippet text where the link was found.
url	The source URL on the social platform.
groupUrl	Array of normalized WhatsApp group/channel links.

Example output

[
  {
    "keyword": "marketing",
    "platform": "facebook.com",
    "country": "us",
    "title": "WhatsApp Business Marketing",
    "desc": "WhatsApp Business Marketing. Join group. ... chat.whatsapp.com/HsOmSeLn8vvCoII4Vds0UL ...",
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/645308090352562/",
    "groupUrl": ["https://chat.whatsapp.com/HsOmSeLn8vvCoII4Vds0UL"]
  }
]

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🚀 How to Use (Apify Console)

1. Log in at console.apify.com → Actors.
2. Open WhatsApp Group Links Scraper.
3. Enter your keywords, pick a platform and country, set a limit.
4. Keep the GOOGLE_SERP proxy group enabled for best results.
5. Click Start ▶️.
6. Watch links stream into the log and Output tab in real time.
7. Export to JSON / CSV / XLSX or pull via API.

🤖 Use via API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/<ACTOR_ID>/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"keywords":["marketing"],"platform":"facebook.com","country":"us","limit":10}'

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💡 Best Use Cases

• 🎯 Lead generation — build outreach lists from niche WhatsApp communities.
• 📣 Marketing & sales — find active groups in your industry.
• 🧑‍💼 Recruiting — discover job-sharing groups by keyword and region.
• 🔬 Research — map community activity around a topic or brand.

💰 Pricing

This Actor uses the Pay-Per-Event model:

• Actor start — a small one-time startup charge.
• Result — charged per WhatsApp link record written to the dataset.

You only pay for the leads you get. 🎉

❓ FAQ

Why do some results have multiple links? A single post can advertise several groups — all detected links are returned in groupUrl.

Why no results for my keyword? Try broader keywords, a different platform, or make sure the GOOGLE_SERP proxy group is enabled.

Is this legal? The Actor only collects publicly available search-engine data. You are responsible for compliance with local laws (GDPR, CCPA, anti-spam) and platform ToS.

🛟 Support & Feedback

Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab — real questions get real answers. 🙌