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Facebook Friends Scraper 👥📘

The Facebook Friends Scraper is a powerful and scalable Apify Actor designed to extract structured friends list data directly from Facebook profiles.

It enables social media research, audience analysis, lead generation, competitor monitoring, relationship mapping, profile enrichment, and structured Facebook data collection workflows.

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🎯 What This Scraper Does

Simply provide one or more Facebook profile URLs and the scraper handles everything automatically.

✅ Extracts Facebook friends data

✅ Supports bulk profile URL scraping

✅ Handles authenticated Facebook sessions

✅ Automatically processes friend lists

✅ Applies maxItemsPerUrl limits

✅ Extracts detailed profile information

✅ Captures friendship metadata

✅ Collects profile URLs and profile images

✅ Generates clean and structured datasets

✅ Ready for analytics and automation workflows

✅ Export-ready output format

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📊 Data Extracted

👥 Friends Information

Field	Description
🆔 profileId	Facebook profile identifier
👤 profileName	Full profile name
🌐 profileUrl	Facebook profile URL
🖼️ profileImage	Profile image URL
🧑 gender	Gender information
🤝 friendshipStatus	Friendship relationship status
🧾 shortName	Short profile name
🏙️ subtitleText	Location or additional profile info
🌍 sourceUrl	Source Facebook profile URL

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🛠 How to Use

1️⃣ Configure Input

Provide one or multiple Facebook profile URLs:

{
  "bulk_urls": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583196031632"
  ],
  "max_items_per_url": 70
}

2️⃣ Run the Actor

• Loads Facebook profile pages • Processes friend lists automatically • Extracts structured friend profile data • Collects profile metadata and friendship information • Applies maxItemsPerUrl limits • Stops automatically when limits are reached

3️⃣ Export the Dataset

Download your results in multiple formats:

✅ JSON ✅ CSV ✅ Excel ✅ XML ✅ HTML

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⚙️ Input Configuration

📥 Input Example

{
  "email": "yourfacebookemail@gmail.com",
  "password": "your-facebook-password",
  "bulk_urls": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583196031632"
  ],
  "max_items_per_url": 70
}

Input Fields

Field	Type	Description
email	string	Facebook account email
password	string	Facebook account password
bulk_urls	array	List of Facebook profile URLs
max_items_per_url	integer	Maximum number of friends to collect per profile

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📤 Output Example

{
  "profileId": "123456789",
  "profileName": "Alex Proyas",
  "profileImage": "https://example.com/profile.jpg",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/RealAlexProyas",
  "subtitleText": "Sydney, Australia",
  "gender": "MALE",
  "friendshipStatus": "CAN_REQUEST",
  "shortName": "Alex",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583196031632"
}

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📊 Output Explanation

Use Case	Description
📊 Social Media Research	Analyze Facebook relationship networks
💼 Lead Generation	Build targeted prospect datasets
👥 Audience Insights	Understand communities and audiences
🔍 Competitor Monitoring	Analyze competitor social ecosystems
📈 Community Tracking	Monitor growth and engagement trends
🤖 Automation Pipelines	Feed social data into workflows and CRMs

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🌍 Why Use This Scraper?

📊 Extract structured Facebook friends data at scale

🔐 Supports authenticated Facebook scraping

📈 Build research-ready structured datasets

🌍 Scrape multiple Facebook profiles simultaneously

⚡ Fast and automated extraction

🤖 Automation-ready output

📦 Bulk URL scraping support

🧠 Ideal for analysts, marketers, agencies, and researchers

🚀 Scalable for both small and enterprise workloads

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❓ FAQ

How does this scraper work?

The scraper loads Facebook profiles and extracts structured friends data including names, profile URLs, profile images, friendship status, and additional profile metadata.

Can I scrape multiple Facebook profiles in one run?

Yes. You can provide multiple profile URLs inside the bulk_urls array.

Does the scraper require authentication?

Yes. A Facebook account email and password are required for authenticated scraping.

Can I limit the number of friends extracted?

Yes. Use max_items_per_url to control how many friends are collected per profile.

Does the scraper collect profile images?

Yes. Profile image URLs are extracted whenever available.

Is the data collected live?

Yes. Data is extracted directly from Facebook during every run.

What export formats are supported?

JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, and HTML.

Can I use the extracted data commercially?

Yes. The extracted data can be used for analytics, research, automation, monitoring, and commercial applications.

What happens if the scraper fails?

The Actor includes retry mechanisms and automated error handling to improve reliability.

How long does a run take?

Most extractions complete within minutes depending on the number of profiles and requested results.

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🚀 How to Use

1️⃣ Sign up — Create a free Apify account

2️⃣ Find the tool — Search for "Facebook Friends Scraper" in the Apify Store

3️⃣ Configure profiles — Add one or multiple Facebook profile URLs

4️⃣ Run it — Start the Actor and wait for extraction

5️⃣ Export data — Download results in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML

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⚠️ Disclaimer

This tool is an independent solution and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Facebook or Meta Platforms, Inc.

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💸 Pricing

This scraper runs on a pay-per-result pricing model.

You only pay for successfully extracted records.

💳 Price: $9.99 / 1,000 results

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