Pricing

$19.99/month + usage

Facebook Groups Scraper

Gather high-quality data from public Facebook groups—posts, comments, reactions, images, and contextual metadata. Designed for researchers, brands, and developers needing accurate, scalable group insights for analytics or automation.

Pricing

$19.99/month + usage

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SimpleAPI

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8 days ago

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Automation

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You can access the Facebook Groups Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

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OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

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Facebook Groups Scraper OpenAPI definition

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