Facebook Page Photo Gallery And Engagement Scraper

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name: facebook-page-photo-gallery-and-engagement-scraper
description: "Collect photos from public Facebook pages, profiles, and albums with full-resolution image URLs, alt text, captions, reaction breakdowns, share and comment counts, and tagged people. Output fields: photoUrl, imageUrl, thumbnailUrl, commentsCount, shareCount and more, as JSON rows. Use it for requests like \"Facebook page photo gallery scraper\", or a CSV/JSON export of public Facebook data."
---

# Facebook Page Photo Gallery & Engagement Scraper

Collect photos from public Facebook pages, profiles, and albums with full-resolution image URLs, alt text, captions, reaction breakdowns, share and comment counts, and tagged people.

- Actor: https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs/facebook-page-photo-gallery-and-engagement-scraper (ID `vexaloom-labs~facebook-page-photo-gallery-and-engagement-scraper`)
- n8n workflow for the same Actor: https://github.com/bolvein-firex/scraping-n8n-workflows/blob/main/docs/facebook-page-photo-gallery-and-engagement-scraper.md
- Example input: `references/example-input.json`
- Input schema: `references/input-schema.json`
- Output fields: `references/output-fields.json`

## When to use

Use this skill when the user wants:

- Facebook page photo gallery scraper
- a repeatable export of public Facebook data as CSV or JSON

Do not use it for private, login-protected or paywalled data.

## What it returns

One JSON row per result. Columns from the Actor's dataset schema:

- `photoId`: Photo ID
- `photoUrl`: Photo URL
- `imageUrl`: Image
- `thumbnailUrl`: Thumbnail
- `caption`: Caption
- `pageName`: Page
- `timestamp`: Posted
- `reactionsTotal`: Reactions
- `commentsCount`: Comments
- `shareCount`: Shares

All 44 declared fields: `references/output-fields.json`.

## Inputs

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `startUrls` | array | yes |  | Facebook page, profile, photos tab, tagged tab, albums tab, album, or single-photo URL. Bare handles such as nasa are accepted too. |
| `resultsLimit` | integer | no | 100 | Global cap across all Start URLs. The actor keeps paginating until this many photos are collected or the source runs out. |
| `newerThan` | string | no |  | Only include photos posted on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Applied by Facebook for page and tagged tabs. |
| `olderThan` | string | no |  | Only include photos posted on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Applied by Facebook for page and tagged tabs. |
| `photoTab` | string | no | uploaded | For page and profile URLs: photos uploaded by the page, or photos where the page is tagged by others. Ignored for album and photo URLs. |
| `includeAlbums` | boolean | no | false | For page and profile URLs, also walk every album listed on the page's Albums tab and collect its photos. A photos_albums URL implies this automatically. |
| `includeDetails` | boolean | no | true | Open each photo to add its caption, timestamp, reactions, comments, shares, tagged people, owner, album, and post link. |
| `storeImages` | boolean | no | true | Copy each full-size image and thumbnail to Apify storage and return non-expiring URLs. The signed Facebook originals and their expiry are kept in the record. |

Example (`references/example-input.json`):

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/photos"
    }
  ],
  "resultsLimit": 1
}
```

The input passes the Actor's input schema (checked at every publish). The run size follows the number of inputs you pass.

## Run it

Set `APIFY_TOKEN`, then call the synchronous endpoint for small and medium runs (it waits up to 300 seconds):

```bash
curl -s -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/vexaloom-labs~facebook-page-photo-gallery-and-engagement-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @references/example-input.json > output.json
```

Or with Node 18+: `node scripts/run.mjs [input.json]`.

For large runs, start an async run and read its dataset when it finishes:

```bash
RUN=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/vexaloom-labs~facebook-page-photo-gallery-and-engagement-scraper/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @references/example-input.json)
RUN_ID=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -r '.data.id'); DATASET=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -r '.data.defaultDatasetId')
curl -s "https://api.apify.com/v2/actor-runs/$RUN_ID?waitForFinish=60" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" | jq -r '.data.status'
curl -s "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/$DATASET/items?format=json" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" > output.json
```

## Cost and limits

- Apify bills the Actor's usage on your account; the Actor's Pricing tab shows the current price.
- Keep the limit in the input small for a first run.

## Guardrails

- Public data only. Do not pass cookies, sessions or private account data.
- Do not use the output for spam, harassment or unlawful discrimination.
- Check the target site's terms and local law before running at scale.