# meta-organic-branded-content-scraper (`zzldhe/meta-organic-branded-content-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/zzldhe/meta-organic-branded-content-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Zhong Yi](https://apify.com/zzldhe) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

### Python Playwright template

### Included features

- **[Apify SDK](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/python/)** for Python - a toolkit for building Apify [Actors](https://apify.com/actors) and scrapers in Python
- **[Input schema](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/development/input-schema)** - define and easily validate a schema for your Actor's input
- **[Request queue](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/python/docs/concepts/storages#working-with-request-queues)** - queues into which you can put the URLs you want to scrape
- **[Dataset](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/python/docs/concepts/storages#working-with-datasets)** - store structured data where each object stored has the same attributes
- **[Playwright](https://pypi.org/project/playwright/)** - a browser automation library

### Resources

- [Playwright for web scraping in 2023](https://blog.apify.com/how-to-scrape-the-web-with-playwright-ece1ced75f73/)
- [Scraping single-page applications with Playwright](https://blog.apify.com/scraping-single-page-applications-with-playwright/)
- [How to scale Puppeteer and Playwright](https://blog.apify.com/how-to-scale-puppeteer-and-playwright/)
- [Integration with Zapier](https://apify.com/integrations), Make, GitHub, Google Drive and other apps
- [Video guide on getting data using Apify API](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViYYDHSBAKM)
- A short guide on how to build web scrapers using code templates:

[web scraper template](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-i-Korzf8w)

### Getting started

For complete information [see this article](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/development#build-actor-at-apify-console). In short, you will:

1. Build the Actor
2. Run the Actor

### Pull the Actor for local development

If you would like to develop locally, you can pull the existing Actor from Apify console using Apify CLI:

1. Install `apify-cli`

   **Using Homebrew**

   ```bash
   brew install apify-cli
   ```

   **Using NPM**

   ```bash
   npm -g install apify-cli
   ```

2. Pull the Actor by its unique `<ActorId>`, which is one of the following:

   - unique name of the Actor to pull (e.g. "apify/hello-world")
   - or ID of the Actor to pull (e.g. "E2jjCZBezvAZnX8Rb")

   You can find both by clicking on the Actor title at the top of the page, which will open a modal containing both Actor unique name and Actor ID.

   This command will copy the Actor into the current directory on your local machine.

   ```bash
   apify pull <ActorId>
   ```

### Documentation reference

To learn more about Apify and Actors, take a look at the following resources:

- [Apify SDK for JavaScript documentation](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/js)
- [Apify SDK for Python documentation](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/python)
- [Apify Platform documentation](https://docs.apify.com/platform)
- [Join our developer community on Discord](https://discord.com/invite/jyEM2PRvMU)

# Actor input Schema

## `publishers` (type: `array`):

News publishers to scrape.

## `platforms` (type: `array`):

Meta platforms to scrape.

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

Content published on or after this date, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

## `endDate` (type: `string`):

Content published on or before this date, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

## `maxItemsPerPublisher` (type: `integer`):

Maximum sponsored records saved for each publisher and platform.

## `sessionState` (type: `object`):

Paste the complete JSON object from meta\_state.json. This encrypted field contains your authenticated Meta browser session.

## `monthlyWindows` (type: `boolean`):

Process the requested period month by month for reliable pagination.

## `resetCheckpoint` (type: `boolean`):

Restart pagination while retaining dataset-level deduplication.

## `debugMode` (type: `boolean`):

Write detailed access and extraction information to the Actor log.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Start without a proxy for the access test. Enable a Singapore proxy only if Meta blocks the Actor IP.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "publishers": [
    "AsiaOne"
  ],
  "platforms": [
    "facebook"
  ],
  "startDate": "2023-08-17",
  "endDate": "2026-08-03",
  "maxItemsPerPublisher": 5,
  "monthlyWindows": false,
  "resetCheckpoint": false,
  "debugMode": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Explicitly labelled Facebook and Instagram branded-content records.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Authentication status, processed searches and record counts.

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("zzldhe/meta-organic-branded-content-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("zzldhe/meta-organic-branded-content-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 '{}' |
apify call zzldhe/meta-organic-branded-content-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,zzldhe/meta-organic-branded-content-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/URB5TRcfkWWL8Pfjn/builds/iO92YIfnloHHkGuNk/openapi.json