Facebook Post Scraper

Facebook Post Data Scraper

Extract detailed data from any public Facebook post — including text, engagement metrics, images, videos, and comments — without needing a Facebook account or cookies.

Key Highlights

• No login required — scrapes public Facebook posts without cookies, tokens, or a Facebook account
• Full engagement metrics — captures likes, comments, shares, and reactions in a single run
• Media extraction — retrieves image and video URLs attached to each post
• Comment text support — optionally extracts the text content of post comments
• Flexible export — download results as JSON, CSV, or Excel with one click
• Built on Puppeteer — reliable headless browser scraping that handles dynamic Facebook content
• Free to use — no Actor rental fee; you only pay for Apify platform usage

What Data You Get

Each scraped post returns the following fields:

• Post identifiers: postId, url, permalink
• Page info: pageName
• Content: text, image (URL), video (URL)
• Timestamps: date (ISO 8601), timestamp (Unix epoch)
• Engagement: likes, comments, shares
• Comments (optional): commentsText (array of comment strings)

Export your results in JSON, CSV, or Excel directly from the Apify Console.

Use Cases

• Social media monitoring — track engagement metrics on specific Facebook posts over time to measure content performance
• Competitive analysis — collect post data from competitor pages to benchmark engagement and content strategy
• Market research — gather public sentiment and comment text from posts related to your brand or industry
• Content archiving — save post text, media, and metadata for compliance, reporting, or historical records
• Academic research — compile structured datasets of public Facebook posts for social science or media studies

How to Use

1. Open the Facebook Post Data Scraper Actor page on Apify and click Start.
2. In the Input tab, paste one or more direct Facebook post URLs into the Facebook Post URLs field.
3. (Optional) Check the Include comment text box to also extract comment content.
4. Review the Proxy configuration — Apify Proxy is enabled by default and recommended.
5. Click Start and wait for the run to finish (typically under 1 minute per post).
6. Open the Output tab to preview, filter, and download your data in JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
urls	array of strings	Yes	Direct Facebook post URLs to scrape. Example: https://www.facebook.com/NASA/posts/1036318498542498
includeCommentText	boolean	No	Set to true to include comment text in the output (default: false)
proxy	object	No	Proxy configuration; defaults to Apify Proxy ({ "useApifyProxy": true })

Output Sample

{
  "postId": "891234567890123",
  "url": "https://www.facebook.com/NatGeo/posts/891234567890123",
  "pageName": "National Geographic",
  "text": "A breathtaking view of the Northern Lights captured over Iceland last night. 🌌 Have you ever witnessed this natural wonder?",
  "date": "2025-01-15T18:30:00.000Z",
  "timestamp": 1736964600,
  "likes": 24500,
  "comments": 1830,
  "shares": 4120,
  "image": "https://scontent.fxx1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/sample-image.jpg",
  "video": "",
  "permalink": "https://www.facebook.com/NatGeo/posts/891234567890123",
  "commentsText": [
    "Absolutely stunning! I saw the aurora in Norway last year.",
    "Nature at its finest 🙌",
    "Adding Iceland to my bucket list right now!"
  ]
}

Pricing

This Actor is free to use. You only pay for the Apify platform compute and proxy resources consumed during each run.

Estimated costs (Apify platform credits):

• ~10 posts → less than $0.01
• ~100 posts → approximately $0.05–$0.10
• ~1,000 posts → approximately $0.50–$1.00

Actual costs depend on the number of posts, whether comment text extraction is enabled, and proxy usage.

Technical Notes

• No account or cookies needed — the scraper works with publicly accessible Facebook posts only. Private or restricted posts cannot be scraped.
• Proxy recommended — Apify Proxy is enabled by default. Using residential proxies may improve reliability for large batches.
• Rate limits — Facebook may throttle requests during very large runs. If you experience issues, reduce the batch size or add delays between runs.
• Dynamic content — the scraper uses Puppeteer to render JavaScript-heavy Facebook pages, so results reflect fully loaded post content.
• Data accuracy — engagement counts (likes, comments, shares) represent the values at the time of scraping and may change as users interact with the post.

Integrations

Connect this Actor to your workflow using Apify's built-in integrations:

• Apify API — trigger runs and retrieve results programmatically via the REST API
• Apify Scheduler — set up recurring scraping runs on a daily, weekly, or custom schedule
• Apify Datasets — store and manage output data across multiple runs

Support

Having trouble or need help? Reach out through any of the following channels:

• Email: ScrapySpider@protonmail.com
• Website: ScrapySpider.com
• Apify: Open a support issue directly on this Actor's page

Response time: Within 24–48 hours on weekdays.