# Facebook Photo Albums Scraper (`thenetaji/facebook-albums-scraper`) Actor

Collect the photo albums of a public Facebook Page, with each album's title, photo count, cover image and link. Supply several Pages in one run.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/thenetaji/facebook-albums-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [The Netaji](https://apify.com/thenetaji) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, For creators
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.40 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Facebook Photo Albums Scraper — Page Albums

The Actor collects a public Facebook Page's photo albums exactly as a logged-out visitor sees them on the Page's Photos tab. No Facebook account, login, or session cookie is used at any point.

### Accepted input

`page` is required and accepts a list of Page usernames, numeric IDs, or full `facebook.com/<page>/` URLs, one per line; duplicates are collapsed before any request is made. `maxItems` (default `50`) bounds the number of albums saved per Page; `0` continues until Facebook stops returning a next page.

```json
{
  "page": ["NASA", "https://www.facebook.com/unicef/"],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

### Result fields

Each row carries `page`, `id`, `title`, `subtitle`, `url`, `imageUrl`, and `raw`.

```json
{
  "page": "NASA",
  "id": "1023004567890123",
  "title": "Artemis II — Splashdown",
  "subtitle": "48 photos",
  "url": "https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1023004567890123",
  "imageUrl": "https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/..."
}
```

`subtitle` is Facebook's own secondary line beneath the album title, typically the photo count, and is `null` when the album listing does not carry one. Individual photos inside an album are not returned by this Actor; each row is the album itself, not its contents.

`raw` carries the complete record Facebook returned, beyond what is broken out into its own field.

### Behaviour on partial results

Each Page's list is a separate paginated series of requests. A Page that cannot be resolved — because the username or ID does not exist, or the Page is not public — is logged as a warning and skipped, and the run continues with the rest of the list.

### Public, logged-out data only

Everything returned here is visible on the Page's own Photos tab to somebody who is not signed in. Albums a Page restricts to logged-in visitors are not returned.

### Frequently asked questions

**Are individual photos inside an album returned?**
No. Each row is one album — its title, cover image, and link — not the photos it contains. There is no public per-photo listing surface for this Actor to read.

**Can photo albums and videos be collected in the same run?**
Not from this Actor: it covers photo albums only. Use the [Facebook Videos Scraper](https://apify.com/thenetaji/facebook-videos-scraper) for a Page's videos.

**Is a Facebook account or login required?**
No. Only the Photos tab that Facebook already shows to a logged-out visitor is read.

### What this is useful for

Archiving a Page's photo library outside Facebook's own retention; monitoring a competitor's or partner's publishing cadence across photo content; and building a media inventory — titles, counts, and links — without opening each album by hand.

### Related Actors

| Actor | Purpose |
| --- | --- |
| [Facebook Videos Scraper](https://apify.com/thenetaji/facebook-videos-scraper) | Videos published by a Page |
| [Facebook Page Scraper](https://apify.com/thenetaji/facebook-page-scraper) | Profile, About and Transparency details for a Page |
| [Facebook Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/thenetaji/facebook-posts-scraper) | Timeline posts for a Page |

# Actor input Schema

## `page` (type: `array`):

Facebook Page usernames, numeric IDs, or full facebook.com/<page>/ URLs, one per line.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum albums to save per Page. Set `0` to continue until no further albums are available.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "page": [
    "NASA",
    "https://www.facebook.com/unicef/"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

All records scraped by this run

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "page": [
        "NASA"
    ],
    "maxItems": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("thenetaji/facebook-albums-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "page": ["NASA"],
    "maxItems": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("thenetaji/facebook-albums-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "page": [
    "NASA"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20
}' |
apify call thenetaji/facebook-albums-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,thenetaji/facebook-albums-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/sbuAhFlaB6DvUaX2B/builds/xwbeYaq4a0vMiKohn/openapi.json