Facebook Comment Scraper (Apify Actor)

Scrapes comments and replies from Facebook posts, videos, reels, and more.

Supported URL Formats

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/{share_id}/     (auto-resolved)
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/{share_id}/     (auto-resolved)
https://www.facebook.com/reel/{reel_id}
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v={video_id}
https://www.facebook.com/{page}/videos/{video_id}
https://www.facebook.com/groups/{group}/permalink/{post_id}/
https://www.facebook.com/{page}/posts/{post_id}
https://www.facebook.com/{page}/posts/pfbid{...}
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid={post_id}&id={page_id}
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid={photo_id}

Input JSON

{
    "postUrls": [
        "https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17UEMxPmxv/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/BFMTV/videos/500165819136200/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/groups/example/permalink/123456789/"
    ],
    "orderingMode": "NEWEST",
    "targetComments": 100,
    "includeReplies": true,
    "includeReactions": true,
}

Input Fields

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
postUrls	string[]	Yes*	[]	List of Facebook URLs
postUrl	string	Yes*	-	Single URL (alternative to postUrls)
orderingMode	string	No	"NEWEST"	"RANKED" or "NEWEST"
targetComments	integer	No	50	Comments per URL (-1 = all)
includeReplies	boolean	No	true	Include nested replies
includeReactions	boolean	No	true	Include reaction details

*Either postUrls or postUrl is required.

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Output JSON

Each comment is a separate dataset item:

{
    "post_url": "https://www.facebook.com/...",
    "id": "987654321",
    "text": "This is a comment",
    "timestamp": 1764564157,
    "comment_time": "2025-12-01T10:15:57.000Z",
    "author_name": "John Doe",
    "author_id": "100001234567890",
    "reactions_count": 15,
    "replies_count": 2,
    "reactions": [
        { "type": "LIKE", "count": 10 },
        { "type": "LOVE", "count": 5 }
    ],
    "replies": [
        {
            "id": "111222333",
            "text": "First reply",
            "timestamp": 1764564200,
            "comment_time": "2025-12-01T10:16:40.000Z",
            "author_name": "Jane Smith",
            "author_id": "100009876543210",
            "reactions_count": 2,
            "replies_count": 1,
            "replies": [
                {
                    "id": "444555666",
                    "text": "Nested reply",
                    "author_name": "Bob Wilson",
                    "reactions_count": 0,
                    "replies_count": 0
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
post_url	string	Source Facebook URL
id	string	Comment ID
text	string	Comment text
timestamp	integer	Unix timestamp (seconds)
comment_time	string	ISO 8601 datetime
author_name	string	Author display name
author_id	string	Author Facebook ID
reactions_count	integer	Total reactions
replies_count	integer	Total replies
reactions	array	Reaction breakdown (optional)
replies	array	Nested replies (optional)

Reaction Types

LIKE, LOVE, HAHA, WOW, SAD, ANGRY, CARE

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Features

• Share Link Resolution: /share/p/ and /share/v/ URLs are automatically resolved
• Video Support: Videos, reels, and watch content are fully supported
• Page-Based Extraction: For videos, feedback ID is extracted from page HTML (more reliable)
• Nested Replies: Recursively fetches replies up to 5 levels deep
• Parallel Processing: Multiple URLs processed concurrently
• Retry Logic: Automatic retry with different templates on failure
• Streaming Output: Comments pushed to dataset as they're fetched

Usage

Via Apify Console

1. Go to the actor page
2. Enter post URLs in the input
3. Configure options as needed
4. Run the actor
5. Download results from the Dataset tab

Via API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_ACTOR_ID/runs" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "postUrls": ["https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17UEMxPmxv/"],
    "targetComments": 100
  }'

Via Apify Client (JavaScript)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('YOUR_ACTOR_ID').call({
    postUrls: ['https://www.facebook.com/BFMTV/videos/500165819136200/'],
    targetComments: 100,
    includeReplies: true
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

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Scraping Policy

This actor complies with Apify's Terms of Service and applicable laws. Users are responsible for ensuring their use of this tool adheres to Facebook's Terms of Service and all relevant data protection regulations.