Facebook Scraper API

Scrape Facebook posts, profiles, pages, comments, reels, events and Marketplace listings. Collect data such as post URL, post ID, content, date posted, hashtags, comment and share counts, user name and profile URL, page category, and engagement metrics.

5K free records/month · Credit card not required

Available Facebook scrapers

Pick a Facebook scraper and call it. Every Facebook scraper lists its output fields, delivery volume, and live success rate.

Explore thousands of production-ready scrapers

Pay only for successful results, no surprises – Proxies, unlocking, browsers and retries are built in.

#1

Ranked (by AIMultiple)

99.2%

Avg. success rate

100M+

Requests weekly

400M+

Proxy IPs built in

GDPR & CCPA

Compliant
Pricing

Facebook Scraper API Pricing

Only pay for what’s successfully delivered. No hidden fees, no charges for failed deliveries.

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Records per month: 5K
$/mo
$ per 1,000 records
Your whole bill. Proxies, unblocking, parsing included.
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Free Tier
5K
records
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  • 5K records per month
  • No credit card required
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Pay as you go
$1.5/1K record
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  • Pay only for success
  • Set monthly spend limits
  • Unlimited concurrency
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Scale
$499 /month
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  • 384,000 records included
  • $1.3/1K additional records
  • Unlimited concurrency
  • Cancel anytime
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Most platforms stack extra charges on top of the per-record rate. With Bright Data, the record price is the whole bill:
Compute / runtime units
commonly billed per scraper runtime hour or compute unit
Included
Residential proxy bandwidth
commonly billed per GB
Included
Storage & dataset retention
commonly billed per GB-month
Included
Data transfer / egress
commonly billed per GB out
Included
Unblocking & CAPTCHA solving
commonly a paid add-on
Included
Parsing to structured JSON
commonly your own code
Included
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How it works

From zero to Facebook data in 3 steps

No proxies to configure, no infrastructure to manage. Pick, call, and receive.
  1. Pick a scraper

    Choose from the Facebook scrapers above or create your own with AI in minutes.

  2. Call the API

    One API call with up to 5,000 target URLs. Python and Node.js SDKs, CLI, MCP server, or any HTTP client.

  3. Get structured data

    Receive clean, parsed Facebook data in JSON, NDJSON, or CSV. Delivered via API, webhook, or cloud storage.

Scraper API Call
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer API_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '[{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/zuck/"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/AtlantisTheRoyal"}]' "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/trigger?dataset_id=gd_mf124a0511bauquyow&format=json&uncompressed_webhook=true"
Response payload
[
  {
    "db_source": "1789599477425",
    "timestamp": "2026-09-16",
    "id": "pfbid02g7NCwdi2xTLpLGNHP34KB8QbF1LxBDunSQWNES3BfwMbCu5P69YiBAKRhmE99tC8l",
    "url": "https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/delphy.martigny",
    "page_name": "Delphy M******y",
    "username": "delphy.martigny",
    "entity_type": null,
    "summary_text": null
  },
  {
    "db_source": "1789599477425",
    "timestamp": "2026-09-16",
    "id": "pfbid0Hr4r8Wd1M2VJeemFZcGn2zrjxNqAhp3m7zBFdXfZyJQ4uicanYVsRJK5psyMNknPl",
    "url": "https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Bella-Tumoka\/100082739175046\/",
    "page_name": "Bella T****a",
    "username": "bella.tumoka.1838819",
    "entity_type": null,
    "summary_text": null
  },
  {
    "db_source": "1789599477425",
    "timestamp": "2026-09-16",
    "id": "pfbid02AHohTyyGNBVFAZzT1ipSmrRNDhggJiJnv5jWiPjWUozx2RNsxXzxSefwBddKq7qKl",
    "url": "https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sinalo.sina.79\/",
    "page_name": "Sinalo S**a",
    "username": "sinalo.sina.79",
    "entity_type": null,
    "summary_text": null
  },
  {
    "db_source": "1789599477425",
    "timestamp": "2026-09-16",
    "id": "pfbid02LqAUQWydNvWMZdCZmKra5QEdZd4a1YiFQRSATmtZd1UPU97tT21jq4AjvnRAq4Gnl",
    "url": "https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sabrina.lenti.3\/",
    "page_name": "Sabrina L***i",
    "username": "sabrina.lenti.3",
    "entity_type": null,
    "summary_text": null
  },
  {
    "db_source": "1789599477425",
    "timestamp": "2026-09-16",
    "id": "pfbid02446sckHhcFVdtdZ4Yhwqf2geB8SHcqcL2e7DJPJo4QcBjpZ5tfXT9yCTQgd9n7dMl",
    "url": "https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alvaro.gonzalezcrespo",
    "page_name": "Alvaro G******z C****o",
    "username": "alvaro.gonzalezcrespo",
    "entity_type": null,
    "summary_text": null
  }
]
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World's #1 scraping platform

Everything you need, built in

You pay for results. Proxies, rendering, concurrency, and delivery are always included, on every plan.

Go straight to the source

Every request runs on Bright Data infrastructure. 400M+ IPs, unlocking and browsers are built in.

Scale to millions of pages instantly

Send unlimited concurrent requests - no infrastructure to manage, no configs to change.

Scrapers auto-fix when sites change

AI-powered self-healing detects site changes and repairs scrapers. Your pipelines keep running.

Thousands of verified scrapers

Every scraper is built, tested, and maintained by Bright Data. No community guesswork.

Pay per result, nothing extra

One price per record . Proxies, retries, rendering, unblocking - all included, no surprises.

Compliant and fully supported

GDPR & CCPA compliant. 24/7 human support on every plan, including free.

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Facebook data scraping use cases

Real-time Facebook intelligence for your business.

Sentiment analysis

Posts
Comments
Sentiment
Scrape public Facebook posts and comments to monitor likes, shares, reactions, and replies in real time. Collecting comment text and reaction counts across posts lets you track how users feel about your brand, products, or service and respond before sentiment shifts.

Find influencers

Profiles
Followers
Engagement
Scrape Facebook page and profile data to identify the right people to promote your brand. Analyze follower counts, verification status, post engagement, page categories, and reels view counts to find creators whose audience aligns with your target market.

Campaign optimization

Posts
Engagement
Hashtags
Scrape competitor Facebook pages to collect post content, media attachments, likes, shares, comment counts, and follower growth. Use this structured data to identify which content formats drive the most engagement and find gaps your own campaigns can fill.

Event & local business intelligence

Events
Pages
Locations
Scrape public Facebook events and business pages to track upcoming events, attendee counts, RSVPs, ratings, and reviews in a given area or category. Use this data to map local market activity, identify emerging venues or organizers, and time your outreach or promotions around real audience demand.
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Web Scraper API vs other providers

Capability
Other scraping providers
Auto-scaling infrastructure
Unlimited
Partial
Anti-bot & CAPTCHA bypass
Built-in
Partial
Residential proxy network
400M+ IPs
Limited pool
Pre-built scrapers
1,400+
50–200
Auto-maintenance (site changes)
24/7
Depends on who built it
Pricing model
One all-in price per record
Compute, proxy, and storage metered separately
Failed requests
Free, pay only for success
Often billed
Custom sites (no pre-built scraper)
AI builds it in minutes, self-healing included
Community-built scrapers, no SLA
Compliance (GDPR, CCPA, SOC 2)
Full
Partial
Structured output (JSON/CSV)
Automatic
Support
24/7 experts, even on the free tier
Community forum
Free tier
5K records/mo
Varies
compliance

Leading the way in ethical web data collection

Only publicly available data. ISO 27001 certified, SOC 2 controls, GDPR & CCPA compliant. Every use case is reviewed by a dedicated Compliance & Ethics team, backed by a documented Know Your Customer process and Acceptable Use Policy.



Bright Data is used by world's top brands

Facebook Scraper API FAQs

The Facebook Scraper API is a powerful tool designed to automate data extraction from the Facebook website, allowing users to efficiently gather and process large volumes of data for various use cases.

The Facebook Scraper API works by sending automated requests to targeted website, extracting the necessary data points, and delivering them in a structured format. This process ensures accurate and quick data collection.

Yes, the Facebook Scraper API is designed to comply with data protection regulations, including GDPR and CCPA. It ensures that all data collection activities are performed ethically and legally.

Absolutely! The Facebook Scraper API is ideal for competitive analysis, allowing you to gather insights into your competitors' activities, trends, and strategies.

The Facebook Scraper API offers flawless integration with various platforms and tools. You can use it with your existing data pipelines, CRM systems, or analytics tools to improve your data processing capabilities.

Yes! Every new Bright Data account automatically includes 5,000 free credits per month (approximately $7.50 in value) — no credit card required, no promo code, no commitment. These credits apply to Scrapers (including the Facebook Scraper API), as well as the Unlocker API and SERP API. Credits renew on the 1st of each month, and you can start making API calls immediately after signing up.

When your 5,000 free monthly credits are exhausted, behavior depends on your account balance. If you have pre-deposited funds, usage continues seamlessly at standard PAYG rates with no interruption. If you have no deposited funds, requests will return an error until you add funds or until your credits renew on the 1st of the following month. Note that unused free credits do not roll over.

To avoid interruptions, you can enable auto-recharge in your billing settings at brightdata.com/cp/billing/settings.

There are no specific usage limits for the Facebook Scraper API, offering you the flexibility to scale as needed.

Yes, we offer dedicated support for the Facebook Scraper API. Our support team is available 24/7 to assist you with any questions or issues you may encounter while using the API.

Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Google PubSub, Microsoft Azure Storage, Snowflake, and SFTP.

JSON, NDJSON, JSON lines, CSV, and .gz files (compressed).

Yes. Connect any agent through the hosted MCP server, point a coding agent at brightdata.com/SKILL.md to set itself up, or use the CLI. Agents authenticate once with browser OAuth and can run any of the Facebook scrapers.

The easiest way to scrape Facebook data at scale