Facebook Pages + Posts Scraper

Collect Facebook Page details and posts in one run. Get business contacts, audience numbers, engagement, captions, links, profile and cover images, post photos, videos, and more in structured rows ready for export or automation.

Use public mode without a Facebook account, or add optional encrypted cookies when you need content visible only to your signed-in account.

💡 Why this Actor

Most Facebook tools scrape either Pages or posts. This one returns both in a single run — plus the business contacts that lead-generation and outreach teams actually pay for.

• 🔗 Pages + posts together — one Page URL returns the Page profile and its recent posts, with no second Actor and no manual merging
• 📇 Contacts built in — emails, phone numbers, websites, and addresses, ready for a lead list
• 🔓 No account needed for public data; add encrypted cookies only when you want signed-in content
• 🎯 Four focused modes — full research, contacts-only, posts-only, or single post / photo / video / reel URLs
• 🧹 Clean, deduplicated rows that export straight to CSV, Excel, Google Sheets, Make, or Zapier

📸 Sample output

A real run's output — exportable to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

🚀 What you can collect

• Facebook Page metadata and business contacts
• Posts from one or many Pages
• Individual posts, photos, videos, reels, and fb.watch links
• Profile pictures, cover photos, post images, video URLs, and thumbnails
• Reactions, comments, shares, views, and reaction breakdowns
• Mentions and external links
• Posts filtered by publication date or caption text
• Mixed lists containing both Page and direct post URLs
• Optional raw Facebook JSON for advanced workflows

The Actor deduplicates repeated inputs and post records automatically.

🎯 Choose the right mode

Mode	Best for	Returned rows
Pages + Posts	Complete Page research and mixed URL lists	Page rows and post rows
Page details only	Lead generation, Page discovery, and contact lists	Page rows only
Posts from Pages	Content and engagement analysis	Post rows only
Direct post URLs	Individual posts, photos, videos, reels, or fb.watch links	Up to one post row per URL

Pages + Posts is the recommended universal mode. A Page URL can return one Page row plus matching post rows, while a direct content URL returns a post row.

📄 Page data

Available Page fields can include:

• Page name, username, Page ID, and Facebook ID
• Page URL and Messenger URL
• Category, description, intro, and additional information
• Followers, following, and likes
• Verified status and confirmed owner
• Email addresses and phone numbers
• Websites and physical addresses
• Rating and rating count
• Profile picture URL and dimensions
• Cover photo URL and dimensions
• Facebook Ad Library URL
• Collection timestamp

📝 Post data

Available post fields can include:

• Post ID, URL, type, author, and publication time
• Caption and post text
• Total reactions, comments, shares, and views
• Like, Love, Care, Haha, Wow, Sad, and Angry counts
• Mentioned names and Facebook links
• External links
• Photo URLs
• Video URLs and thumbnails
• Media IDs, types, dimensions, and accessibility text
• Optional raw JSON

Facebook controls which fields are publicly visible. Values that are unavailable for a particular Page or post are omitted instead of being filled with misleading placeholders.

📸 Photos and videos

Media extraction covers:

• Page profile pictures
• Page cover photos
• Single-photo posts
• Multi-photo attachments
• Video and reel URLs when exposed
• Video thumbnails
• Available media dimensions and accessibility descriptions

Facebook CDN links may expire later. Download important files soon after collecting them.

⚙️ Main input options

Input	Description
startUrls	Facebook Page, profile, post, photo, video, reel, or fb.watch URLs
scrapeType	Selects one of the four scraping modes
maxPostsPerPage	Maximum matching posts collected from each Page
startDate / endDate	Optional publication date range in YYYY-MM-DD format
captionText	Keeps posts whose text contains the supplied phrase
maxItems	Hard result limit across the whole run
includePageMedia	Uses available Page photo and video publications when the normal post feed is limited
includeRawJson	Adds the source JSON as a string for advanced integrations
facebookCookies	Optional encrypted Facebook session cookies
cookieFormat	Automatic detection, Cookie header, JSON export, or Netscape format

The input also contains advanced request and concurrency limits. The defaults are designed for normal runs.

✅ Example: Page details and posts

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA/" },
    { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/Meta/" }
  ],
  "scrapeType": "PAGES_AND_POSTS",
  "maxPostsPerPage": 20,
  "maxItems": 100,
  "startDate": "2026-01-01",
  "includePageMedia": true,
  "includeRawJson": false
}

🎬 Example: direct content URLs

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1376651124309650" },
    { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA/photos/1583701686458535" }
  ],
  "scrapeType": "DIRECT_POSTS",
  "maxItems": 2
}

📦 Example Page result

{
  "recordType": "page",
  "pageName": "Example Page",
  "pageId": "123456789",
  "category": "Organization",
  "followers": 1250000,
  "email": "hello@example.com",
  "website": "https://example.com",
  "profilePictureUrl": "https://scontent...fbcdn.net/...",
  "coverPhotoUrl": "https://scontent...fbcdn.net/...",
  "pageUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/example",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-23T12:00:00Z"
}

📝 Example Post result

{
  "recordType": "post",
  "postId": "987654321",
  "pageName": "Example Page",
  "postType": "photo",
  "text": "Post caption",
  "time": "2026-07-20T18:30:00Z",
  "likes": 4821,
  "comments": 193,
  "shares": 88,
  "photoUrls": ["https://scontent...fbcdn.net/..."],
  "mediaWidths": [2048],
  "mediaHeights": [1365],
  "postUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/example/posts/987654321",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-23T12:00:01Z"
}

🗂️ Output and exports

Each saved dataset item is either:

• one page result, or
• one post result.

The Output tab provides focused views:

• Pages
• Posts
• Photos & videos
• Contacts
• All fields

Download results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS. You can also send them to Google Sheets, databases, Make, Zapier, webhooks, or your own API integration.

The OUTPUT key-value record contains a compact run summary with counts and one of these statuses:

• completed — results were collected normally
• completed_no_data — the run was valid but no matching rows were visible
• completed_with_issues — available rows were saved, while one or more URLs had no accessible data
• rejected — invalid input was stopped before any Facebook request

💳 Pricing and budget control

The Actor uses pay-per-result pricing shown in the Store pricing panel. A Page row and a post row each count as one result.

Use maxItems to set a hard result limit. You can also set Apify's maximum charge for an individual run. The Actor stops saving additional rows when either limit is reached.

Rejected input produces no dataset results and makes no Facebook requests.

🔐 Optional cookies

Cookies are not required for public Pages and posts. For content visible only to a signed-in account, the Actor accepts:

• a browser Cookie header,
• a JSON browser export, or
• a Netscape cookies.txt export.

The input is marked as secret in Apify. Cookie values are never written to the dataset, run summary, or logs. An authenticated session must contain valid c_user and xs cookies.

For a more stable account session, keep maxConcurrency at 1 or 2 and avoid running the same cookies in many simultaneous jobs.

❓ Frequently asked questions

Why did a valid URL return no row?

The content may be unavailable to logged-out visitors, removed, region-limited, age-limited, or returned without enough structured data. The run summary identifies empty and inaccessible URLs without discarding successful results from the rest of the batch.

Why are some columns missing?

Facebook exposes different fields for different Pages and post types. Missing values mean the source did not provide that field.

Can I scrape Page URLs and direct posts together?

Yes. Use Pages + Posts mode for mixed input lists.

Can I collect only contacts?

Use Page details only, then open the Contacts output view.

Can I filter posts?

Yes. Use startDate, endDate, and captionText. Filters apply to post rows, not Page rows.

Can I export the results?

Yes. The default dataset supports the standard Apify downloads and integrations, including CSV, Excel, JSON, Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, webhooks, and API access.