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Turn Facebook
into structured data

Extract public Facebook pages, posts, and groups: followers, contact details, categories, ratings, post text, and engagement, ready for lead generation and social research.

01-Integration

Integrate Facebook API your way

Connect to Scrape.ly using Python, JavaScript, HTTP, cURL, OpenAPI, or MCP and start extracting Facebook data in minutes.

from scrapely_client import ScrapelyClient
client = ScrapelyClient('YOUR_TOKEN', api_url='https://api.scrape.ly')
run = client.actor('echofield/facebook-pages-scraper').call(
run_input={
'startUrls': [{'url': 'https://www.facebook.com/nasaearth'}],
'resultsLimit': 10,
}
)
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
print(item)
02-Input & Output

Send a page URL, get structured page data

Pass page URLs, profile URLs, and group URLs into Scrape.ly. Get structured outputs with page names and categories, followers and likes, emails, phones, and websites, addresses, and ratings, and more.

Input
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{
 "startUrls": [
  {
   "url": "https://www.facebook.com/nasaearth"
  }
 ],
 "resultsLimit": 10
}
Output
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{
 "title": "NASA Earth",
 "categories": [
  "Government organization",
  "Science website"
 ],
 "followers": 4120000,
 "likes": 3870000,
 "website": "https://science.nasa.gov/earth",
 "email": null,
 "pageUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/nasaearth",
 "pageId": "100064586487466"
}
03-How it works

Start extracting Facebook data in four simple steps

Scrape.ly keeps the setup simple so you can move from signup to live Facebook data without wasting time on scraping infrastructure.

Step 1

Create your Scrape.ly account

Create your account and get access to ready-made APIs, scrapers, and automation tools.

Step 2

Get your Scrape.ly API token

Copy your API token from the Scrape.ly dashboard and use it to authenticate your requests.

Step 3

Connect Facebook API

Choose Python, JavaScript, HTTP, or MCP and connect Scrape.ly to your app or workflow.

Step 4

Fetch Facebook data

Send your page URLs, profile URLs, and group URLs, then receive clean structured data ready for analysis.

04-Why Scrape.ly

Everything you need to extract data reliably

Scrape.ly gives you ready-made APIs, proxy support, monitoring, exports, integrations, and scalable infrastructure in one platform.

Never Get Blocked

Use built-in proxy support to reduce blocks, rate limits, and failed requests.

Export Any Format

Get results in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML table, RSS, or other workflow-friendly formats.

Monitor Every Run

Track scraper status, performance, failures, retries, and outputs from one dashboard.

Built-In Integrations

Connect with webhooks, APIs, automation tools, cloud apps, and internal systems.

Scalable Infrastructure

Run small tests or high-volume extraction jobs without rebuilding your scraping stack.

Developer-Friendly

Use clean APIs, SDKs, docs, examples, and structured outputs built for real workflows.

05-AI-Ready Data

FeedFacebookdata into your tools instantly

Connect Scrape.ly with your apps, dashboards, sheets, agents, and automation workflows to turn Facebook data into action.

06-Explore APIs

More Facebook APIs on Scrape.ly

Browse ready-made Facebook scrapers and APIs available inside Scrape.ly and choose the one that fits your workflow.

//07-FAQ\\

Common questions about Facebook API

Quick answers about using Scrape.ly's Facebook API, available data, setup, and legal usage.

Got more questions?Reach out to us


Official APIs, where they exist, usually need approval, keys, or paid tiers and limit which public data you can pull. Scrape.ly's Facebook API collects the public data shown on Facebook and returns it as structured JSON, with no approval process.

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