Facebook Posts Search Scraper Plus

Scrape public Facebook posts by keyword, hashtag, or direct URL. This Facebook posts scraper / Facebook data extractor collects post text, engagement metrics (likes/reactions, comments, shares), a per-type reaction breakdown (like/love/haha/wow/care/sad/angry), author and page details, media (images, video HD/SD, link previews), and a pack of derived analytics fields — all from public content, no login required.

Keywords: facebook scraper, facebook posts scraper, facebook search scraper, social media scraper, facebook data extraction, facebook engagement metrics, facebook reactions breakdown, facebook hashtag scraper, social listening, competitor analysis, market research, content discovery.

How it works

Two-stage HTML pipeline (not the private Facebook GraphQL API):

1. Discovery — Google site:facebook.com search (via the Apify GOOGLE_SERP proxy) turns each keyword/hashtag into public Facebook URLs. You can also pass Facebook URLs directly with startUrls.
2. Extraction — each public Facebook page is fetched logged-out and the embedded relay JSON is parsed for post fields.

Coverage of some fields (reaction breakdown, full media, precise dates) depends on what the logged-out HTML exposes for a given post, so those are emitted when present and left null otherwise — never faked.

Input

Field	Type	Description
searchQueries	array	Keywords to search (each is a separate search).
startUrls	array	Direct Facebook URLs: post/video/reel/photo (one post each), page/profile (expanded to recent posts), or search URLs (routed through keyword discovery).
hashtags	array	Hashtags to search (leading # optional).
maxPosts	integer	Max posts per query/URL. Range 1–1000. Default 50.
postTimeRange	string	Relative recency preset: 24h, 7d, 30d, 90d, or all time.
keywords	array	Keep a post only if its text contains one of these.
excludeKeywords	array	Drop a post if its text contains one of these.
minLikes / minComments / minShares	integer	Minimum engagement thresholds.
startDate / endDate	string	Absolute (YYYY-MM-DD) or relative (7 days) date window.
aiEnhancement	boolean	Add AI sentiment/emotion/topics/language/spam (needs an API key).
aiModel	string	LLM model; provider auto-detected from the name.
aiApiKey	string (secret)	Key for the chosen provider (or use the provider env var).
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy for Facebook page fetches.

Example input:

{
  "searchQueries": ["football"],
  "startUrls": ["https://www.facebook.com/NASA/"],
  "hashtags": ["worldcup"],
  "maxPosts": 50,
  "minLikes": 10,
  "startDate": "30 days",
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Output

Each post row includes:

• Identity / kind — resultKind (post/video/reel/photo/page-root), postType, searchQuery, rankInResultSet
• Page & author — pageName, pageId, facebookId, facebookUrl, and an author object (id, name, profileUrl, pic)
• Post IDs & links — postId, postFacebookId, url, topLevelUrl, link
• Dates — time, timestamp (unix), scrapedAt (ISO)
• Engagement — likes (total reactions), comments, shares, engagementTotal, engagementVelocity, and a reactions object + flattened reactionLike/Love/Haha/Wow/Care/Sad/Angry, plus viewsCount for video
• Content & media — text, thumb, images[], videoHdUrl, videoSdUrl, videoDurationSeconds, linkPreview (url, domain, title)
• Derived — hashtags[], mentions[], externalLinkDomain, textLength, wordCount
• AI (when enabled) — sentiment, emotion, language, topics[], spamScore

Unknown engagement values are null (never a faked 0).

Pricing

Pay per event: one row_result charge per post saved.

How to use

1. Open Apify Console → Actors → this actor.
2. Enter keywords, hashtags, or start URLs and any filters.
3. Run, then view results in the Output tab (export JSON/CSV/Excel).

Cautions

• Data is from public sources only.
• You are responsible for legal compliance (privacy, ToS, applicable laws).