Facebook Posts Scraper

Collect public Facebook page posts and available engagement fields.

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$5 / 1,000 results

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Facebook Posts Scraper · output formatIllustrative example · 1 row

Illustrative example: Facebook Posts Scraper
postId`postId`	pageName`pageName`	url`url`	text`text`	likes`likes`	comments`comments`	shares`shares`	time`time`
1658876782274358	NASA	https://www.facebook.com/NASA/posts/pfbid02p2BANvDUJHNq3Mf5iwz1ryQY1Rwvz3LoZibL5LdZxoJXbwHC8Jpi8t4HjAbNkUjBl	Float into the weekend... 🪼 Like a space jellyfish! This fuzzy, glowing "jellyfish" shape in the sky was created when the exhaust plumes from our SpaceX CRS-35 cargo mission caugh	230081	2479	13858	2026-10-16T20:05:02.000Z

These illustrative values show the output format and are not a live scraper result. Available fields depend on your source and selected options. Hover over a shortened value or switch to JSON to read it in full.

About these output fields

Field	Type	Description
`postId`	string	Post id. Optional when absent at the source.
`pageName`	string	Page name. Optional when absent at the source.
`url`	string	Url. Optional when absent at the source.
`text`	string	Text. Optional when absent at the source.
`likes`	number	Likes. Optional when absent at the source.
`comments`	number	Comments. Optional when absent at the source.
`shares`	number	Shares. Optional when absent at the source.
`time`	string	Time. Optional when absent at the source.

From web pages to a dataset

What you can do

Export structured post data for your research.

Compare saved results in your own reports or applications.

Set your sources

Open the scraper and enter your own URLs, search terms and limits.

Review & run

Check the cost estimate and confirm the task. Follow its progress in your account.

Use your data

Explore saved results and export CSV, JSON or XLSX. Downloads of saved results are free.

Start with a real configuration

Example input

This is the configured parser input. Replace the example sources with your own and review all limits before running.

JSON · example input

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/nasa"
    }
  ],
  "resultsLimit": 12
}

Explore input fields

Field	Type	Notes
`startUrls`	array	Facebook page or profile URLs to collect posts from.
`resultsLimit`	integer	Maximum number of posts to return for each page.
`captionText`	boolean	Also collect caption (subtitle) text of video posts when available.
`onlyPostsNewerThan`	string	Only posts published after this date (YYYY-MM-DD) or within a period such as "7 days".
`onlyPostsOlderThan`	string	Only posts published before this date (YYYY-MM-DD) or older than a period such as "1 month".

The same scraper in your application

Run through the API

Create an API key in your account, send the input to the queued endpoint and use the returned task ID to retrieve results. Sending a live request uses credits. Replace the example Idempotency-Key with a fresh unique key for each task; keep that key when retrying the same task.

cURL · queue a task

curl --request POST 'https://extracto.cloud/api/v1/parsers/facebook-posts-scraper/queue' \
  --header 'X-API-KEY: ext_your_api_key' \
  --header 'Idempotency-Key: replace_with_a_new_unique_task_key' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --data-binary @- <<'JSON'
{
  "input": {
    "startUrls": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/nasa"
      }
    ],
    "resultsLimit": 12
  }
}
JSON

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Monthly data volumeBase estimate

Best fit: Starter
rows / mo: 9.8K
Concurrency: Up to 2
$ / 1k rows: $5.00

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Use monthly volume to plan your credit budget. Estimates use the base rate; package credit price, options, task minimums and rounding may change usage. Purchased credits are paid once, with no automatic renewal. Execution capacity is shared. API submissions: up to 10/second.

Frequently asked questions

What counts as one result?

One post. Public posts only. Post bodies and engagement fields vary by page. Private groups and comment-body collection are not included.

Can I use the API and No-Code form?

Yes. Submit a task in the web interface or through the Extracto API, then retrieve its saved results after completion.

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