Facebook Scraper Post – Fast API-powered Facebook Posts Extractor

Fast and reliable scraper for extracting posts from Facebook profiles. Perfect for social media monitoring, content analysis, and research.

Features

• 🚀 Fast & Reliable: Built with high-performance API endpoints
• 🔄 Pagination Support: Automatically handles pagination to get all posts
• 📊 Multiple Output Formats: Export data as JSON, CSV, or Excel
• 🎯 Precise Targeting: Get posts from specific Facebook profiles using URLs
• 🔧 Flexible Configuration: Customize post limits and output formats
• 💾 Structured Data: Clean, formatted output with consistent field names
• 🔍 Deduplication: Automatically removes duplicate posts across profiles

Input Parameters

Required Parameters

• Facebook URLs (facebookUrls): List of Facebook profile URLs to extract posts from
  • Format: Array of strings containing Facebook profile URLs
  • Example: ["https://www.facebook.com/profile1", "https://www.facebook.com/profile2"]
  • Supports full Facebook URLs (e.g., https://www.facebook.com/username)

Optional Parameters

• Maximum Posts Per Profile (maxPostsPerProfile): Maximum number of posts to extract per profile
  • Default: 50
  • Range: 1-2000

Usage Examples

Basic Usage

{
  "facebookUrls": ["https://www.facebook.com/zuck"],
  "maxPostsPerProfile": 25
}

Multiple Profiles

{
  "facebookUrls": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/profile1",
    "https://www.facebook.com/profile2",
    "https://www.facebook.com/profile3"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerProfile": 50
}

Output sample

[
  {
    "id": "998877665544332211_1234567890",
    "type": "link",
    "description": "Today, the online community is spreading an interesting clip about a dog that can play the piano.",
    "message": "You won't believe it! 🐶🎹",
    "picture": "https://example.com/images/dog_piano_thumb.jpg",
    "attachments": [
      {
        "title": "Today, the online community is spreading an interesting clip about a dog that can play the piano.",
        "description": "A Golden Retriever has gone viral after performing a famous piece of music on the piano.",
        "url": "https://example.com/articles/dog-playing-piano",
        "type": "share",
        "media": {
          "src": "https://example.com/images/dog_piano.jpg",
          "width": 640,
          "height": 360
        }
      }
    ],
    "from": {
      "id": "998877665544332211",
      "name": "Pet Lovers News",
      "link": "https://facebook.com/petloversnews",
      "profile_url": "https://facebook.com/petloversnews",
      "picture": "https://example.com/images/page_avatar.jpg"
    },
    "reaction_count": 124,
    "share_count": 15,
    "comment_count": 32,
    "created_time": "2025-09-10T08:45:00+0000",
    "updated_time": "2025-09-11T12:30:00+0000"
  }
]

How It Works

1. Profile ID Resolution: Each Facebook URL is sent to the ID API to get the internal Facebook profile ID
2. Posts Retrieval: Using the profile ID, the actor fetches posts from the Facebook API
3. Pagination: Automatically handles pagination to retrieve all requested posts
4. Data Processing: Formats and structures the data consistently
5. Deduplication: Removes duplicate posts across multiple profiles
6. Data Storage: Saves results to Apify Dataset for easy export

Common Use Cases

1. Social Media Monitoring: Track posts from specific Facebook pages or profiles
2. Content Analysis: Analyze posting patterns and engagement metrics
3. Brand Monitoring: Monitor mentions and content from brand pages
4. Research: Study social media behavior and content trends
5. Competitive Analysis: Monitor competitor social media activity
6. Content Curation: Collect posts for content inspiration