# Facebook Groups Posts Scraper (`danek/facebook-groups-posts-scraper`) Actor

Scrap Facebook groups fast and easy. This actor is a lightweight version of the Facebook Group actor.  It is designed to be fast and efficient, so it can extract a large number of events for low price. It is also less likely to be blocked by Facebook.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/danek/facebook-groups-posts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jan Danecki](https://apify.com/danek) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media
- **Stats:** 255 total users, 46 monthly users, 99.8% runs succeeded, 6 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 2.33 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $0.80 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## 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

## Facebook Groups Scraper Lite

Scrap all necessary data from Facebook groups in no-time.  Due to our unique scraping method, we are able to bypass the need for a Facebook account
and significantly reduce chance of being blocked.

### Ultra fast and super light.

Our Facebook Group Scraper Lite is designed to be as fast and efficient as possible. It is optimized to use as little memory as possible.

It can operate with just 128MB of memory, which is the lowest setting available on the Apify platform thus making it the most cost-effective solution for scraping Facebook group.
It also reduce network traffic resulting in another cost saving.

### Cost

Our Facebook Group Scrapper is available for $5 per month, plus run costs. You can take advantage of a free trial for a few days to assess its suitability for your needs.

If you are already subscribed to an Apify plan, run cost may be included. Refer to [apify pricing page](https://apify.com/pricing) for detailed information.

For cost optimization, the scraper can be run on the lowest settings (128MB memory).

### Output

```json
[
  {
    "post_id": "",
    "url": "",
    "message": "",
    "timestamp": 12345678,
    "comments_count": 0,
    "reactions_count": 0,
    "author": {
      "id": "",
      "name": "",
      "url": ""
    },
    "image": {
      "url": "",
      "width": 0,
      "height": 0
    },
    "attached_post_url": ""
  }
  // ...
]
```

## Cheap and fast Facebook Scrapers

#### Try our Scrappers:

- [Facebook Search](https://apify.com/danek/facebook-search-rental)
- [Facebook Events](https://apify.com/danek/facebook-page-events-lite)
- [Facebook Groups](https://apify.com/danek/facebook-groups-lite)
- [Facebook Pages](https://apify.com/danek/facebook-pages-details-rental)
- [Facebook Posts](https://apify.com/danek/facebook-posts-lite)
- [other scrappers](https://apify.com/danek)

### Roadmap

We are actively working to increase this efficiency.

Next features:

- add more details to the output

Do you need it ASAP?
Do you need any other feature?

Let us know in issue section!

# Actor input Schema

## `group_url` (type: `string`):

group url

## `max_posts` (type: `integer`):

Number of posts to scrape

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "group_url": " ",
  "max_posts": 5
}
```

# 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 = {
    "group_url": " ",
    "max_posts": 5
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("danek/facebook-groups-posts-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 = {
    "group_url": " ",
    "max_posts": 5,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("danek/facebook-groups-posts-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "group_url": " ",
  "max_posts": 5
}' |
apify call danek/facebook-groups-posts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=danek/facebook-groups-posts-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/mRarvkGGxveKUQppT/builds/ZxQuCP2dI827KyTeb/openapi.json