Facebook Page Posts Scraper

Fetch recent public posts from any Facebook page in bulk — post text, attachments, reaction count, comment count, share count, permalink, and timestamp — as a clean structured JSON feed.

Why use this actor

• No account / no login required — just give it a Facebook page handle (nasa) or full URL.
• No API key needed — Facebook's public Pages API has been deprecated for years; this actor returns the same data the public web app shows.
• Full post payload — text body, attached media (images and videos with width/height), permalink, owner name, owner profile picture, and a UTC createdAt timestamp.
• Engagement counters — reactionCount, commentCount, and shareCount per post.
• Paginated feed — set maxPosts and the actor walks the feed cursor automatically until the limit is hit or the page runs out of posts.
• Stable JSON output suitable for pipelines, spreadsheets, and databases — every row carries _input, _source, _scrapedAt envelope fields so you can join results back to your input list.

How it works

1. You provide a list of Facebook page handles (e.g. nasa, meta) or full page URLs.
2. The actor opens each page the same way a logged-out browser would, resolves the page's numeric ID, then walks the posts feed page by page.
3. Each post is flattened into one dataset row with text, media, counters, and timestamp.
4. Results stream into your dataset, ready to download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

You do not need to manage scrapers, browsers, or rotating IPs — all handled internally.

Input

{
  "pages": [
    "nasa",
    "https://www.facebook.com/meta"
  ],
  "maxPosts": 25,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["DATACENTER"]
  }
}

Field	Type	Description
pages	array	List of Facebook page handles (nasa) or full page URLs (https://www.facebook.com/meta). Numeric page IDs are also accepted.
maxPosts	integer	Max posts returned per input page. Default 25, range 1–200. Pagination is handled automatically.
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Proxy settings. Datacenter proxy works for most pages; switch to Residential if a page rate-limits aggressively.

Output

Input: nasa, maxPosts: 3

{
  "_input": "nasa",
  "_pageId": "100044561550831",
  "_source": "S1-primary",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-05-18T11:42:08.187026+00:00",
  "postId": "1524998752328829",
  "ownerId": "100044561550831",
  "ownerName": "NASA",
  "ownerProfileUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA/",
  "ownerImageUrl": "https://scontent.fyyz1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/...",
  "createdAt": "2026-05-13T15:30:00+00:00",
  "createdAtEpoch": 1778506200,
  "text": "Planning is underway for Artemis III, our next mission to land humans on the Moon...",
  "permalink": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA/posts/1524998752328829",
  "reactionCount": 12400,
  "commentCount": 291,
  "shareCount": 409,
  "attachments": [
    {
      "type": "Photo",
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA/photos/1524998752328829",
      "id": "1524998745662163",
      "imageUrl": "https://scontent.fyyz1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/...",
      "width": 2048,
      "height": 1365
    }
  ]
}

Field	Type	Description
_input	string	The handle or URL exactly as you supplied it. Use this to join results back to your input list.
_pageId	string	Facebook's numeric page ID (stable across handle changes).
_source	string	Internal tag for the path used to fetch the record. S1-primary means the fastest, richest path; values starting with S2-fallback indicate a fallback was used.
_scrapedAt	string	ISO-8601 UTC timestamp when the record was scraped.
postId	string	Facebook's numeric post ID.
ownerId	string	Numeric ID of the page that authored the post.
ownerName	string	Display name of the page (e.g. NASA).
ownerProfileUrl	string	Canonical URL of the page.
ownerImageUrl	string	URL of the page's profile picture.
createdAt	string	ISO-8601 UTC publication time.
createdAtEpoch	integer	Same value as createdAt expressed as Unix epoch seconds.
text	string	Full post body text. null for media-only posts.
permalink	string	Public URL of this specific post.
reactionCount	integer	Total reactions (Like, Love, Care, Haha, Wow, Sad, Angry combined). Facebook rounds this for high-volume posts.
commentCount	integer	Total comments on the post.
shareCount	integer	Total shares of the post.
attachments	array	Attached media. Each entry has type (Photo, Video, etc.), url (permalink to the media), id, imageUrl (CDN URL of the image or video thumbnail), and width/height. Empty array for text-only posts.

Error envelope

Pages that can't be resolved or fetched return a structured error instead of crashing the run:

{
  "_input": "this-page-does-not-exist-xyz",
  "_error": "page_id_resolve_failed",
  "_errorDetail": "Could not extract numeric page ID from warm HTML",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-05-18T11:42:09.012345+00:00"
}

Common _error values: warm_failed (couldn't load the page), page_id_resolve_failed (page does not exist or is fully gated), fetch_failed (transient network or server-side error), no_posts (page resolved but has no public posts).

Filter on _error to triage failed rows.

Pricing

This actor is billed per result: $6.00 per 1,000 posts (Tier 4). Each post row = 1 result. Error rows are not billed.

Other Sosmed Actors

Platform	Actor	Best for
Facebook	Facebook Page Scraper	Page metadata: name, category, like and follower counts
Facebook	Facebook Post Detail Scraper	Single-post deep dive with comments preview
Instagram	Instagram Account Posts Scraper	Recent posts from any public IG account
X / Twitter	X Account Tweets Scraper	Recent tweets for any handle
Threads	Threads Account Threads Scraper	Recent threads for any Threads handle
Bluesky	Bluesky Account Posts Scraper	Recent posts for any atproto handle

Browse the full catalog at apify.com/xtracto.

Notes

• Facebook currently returns one post per request on the anonymous public feed, so the actor paginates internally via cursor to satisfy your maxPosts value. Large jobs (e.g. maxPosts: 200) therefore take noticeably longer than a single page's worth of API calls would suggest — budget accordingly.
• Pagination is fully automatic; you do not need to pass or persist a cursor.
• reactionCount is rounded by Facebook for high-volume posts (e.g. 12K, 1.2M — the actor returns the rounded integer as Facebook publishes it).
• Counters are eventually-consistent and may lag the live page by a few minutes.
• The actor only returns public posts — content gated behind a login wall or audience restriction is skipped.
• For best reliability on large jobs, leave Apify Proxy enabled. Datacenter proxy is the default and works for most pages; switch to Residential if a specific page returns frequent fetch_failed errors.