Facebook Groups Search Scraper
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Facebook Groups Search Scraper
🔎 Facebook Groups Search Scraper finds and extracts public group results from Facebook search — names, member counts, categories, links & snippets. 🚀 Ideal for market research, community discovery, social listening, and lead prospecting. ⚖️ Use responsibly and per platform terms.
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Apify Actor that finds and scrapes Facebook group data by search terms (via DuckDuckGo) and/or direct group URLs. Output matches the same structure as the reference group_search.json.
Why use this actor?
- Bulk input: Multiple search terms and/or group URLs in one run.
- No proxy by default; automatic fallback to datacenter then residential proxy if the platform blocks.
- Live saving: Results are pushed to the dataset as they are scraped.
- Retries: Exponential backoff and up to 3 retries when using residential proxy.
Input
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| startUrls | array | Yes | List of objects with url. Each url can be a search term (e.g. bmw, tesla) or a Facebook group URL (e.g. https://www.facebook.com/groups/123/). |
| proxyConfiguration | object | No | Apify proxy settings. Default: no proxy. Actor falls back to datacenter then residential if blocked. |
| maxItems | integer | No | Max groups per search term (1–500). Default: 100. |
Example input (JSON):
Output
Dataset rows: one per group, with fields:
- query – Search term or
direct_urls - id – Group ID
- name – Group name
- url – Group URL
- profilePictureUri – Image URL or null
- visibility – Public / Private
- memberInfo – e.g. "10,000 total members"
- postFrequency – e.g. "5.2 posts a day"
- type – "Group"
- viewerJoinState – e.g. "CAN_JOIN"
Full run output has the same shape as group_search.json:
- config –
maxItems,searchQuery - total_groups – Total groups scraped
- results – Array of
{ "query", "groups", "count" }
How to run
- Open Apify Console → Actors.
- Create or open this actor and configure Input: add
startUrls(and optional proxy /maxItems). - Click Start and watch Log for progress and proxy fallback messages.
- Open Output (dataset) to view or export (JSON/CSV).
Cautions
- Data is from public pages only.
- You are responsible for compliance with applicable laws (privacy, data protection, etc.).
What are other Facebook scraping tools?
If you want to scrape specific Facebook data, you can use any of the dedicated scrapers below for faster and more targeted results.
