Facebook Search Scraper
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Facebook Search Scraper
Facebook Search Scraper helps you collect public Facebook search results fast. Extract pages, profiles, groups, posts, events, and useful metadata using keywords for lead generation, competitor analysis, audience research, and market intelligence.
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Scrape Facebook business pages by category + location. Strategy: Google SERP → Facebook Pages.
Strategy: Google SERP Discovery
- Build queries: Categories × locations → e.g. "Pub NYC", "Bar London"
- Google SERP: Search
site:facebook.com {query}via Apify GOOGLE_SERP proxy - Extract URLs: Parse organic results, paginate &start=0, 10, 20...
- Scrape pages: Visit each Facebook URL, extract business data
- Output: Push results to dataset in real time
Key Features
- Google SERP discovery — Uses
site:facebook.comsearch to find Facebook pages - GOOGLE_SERP proxy — Required for discovery (Apify proxy group)
- Proxy fallback — For page scraping: No proxy → Datacenter → Residential (3 retries)
- Live saving — Results saved to dataset as they're scraped
Input
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| categories | array | Business types (Pub, Bar, Restaurant...). Combined with locations for Google SERP query |
| locations | array | Locations (NYC, London...). Paired with each category |
| resultsLimit | integer | Max pages to scrape (default: 10) |
| proxyConfiguration | object | Optional. For page scraping only (default: no proxy) |
Example Input
{"categories": ["Pub", "Bar"],"locations": ["NYC", "London"],"resultsLimit": 20,"proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false }}
Output
Each item includes: facebookUrl, title, categories, address, phone, email, website, rating, followers, profilePictureUrl, business_hours, etc.
How to Use
- Open Apify Console → Actors
- Select facebook-search-scraper
- Set categories + locations (e.g. Pub, NYC)
- Run the actor
- View results in the OUTPUT tab
- Export as JSON or CSV
Requirements
- GOOGLE_SERP proxy — Required for discovery. Contact support@apify.com if you don't have access.
Cautions
- Data from public sources only
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws (privacy, ToS, etc.)