# Facebook Search Scraper (`danek/facebook-search-ppr`) Actor

Scrap Facebook search results fast and easy. It is designed to be fast and efficient, so it can extract a large number of results for low price. It is also less likely to be blocked by Facebook.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/danek/facebook-search-ppr.md
- **Developed by:** [Jan Danecki](https://apify.com/danek) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 72,671 total users, 751 monthly users, 99.9% runs succeeded, 119 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 4.29 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Facebook Search Scraper

Scrap search results from Facebook search 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.

## Features:

### What can you search

- global search (**NEW**)
- posts
- pages
- places

Combine with [facebook pages contact scraper](https://apify.com/danek/facebook-pages-details-rental) to build ultimate facebook lead generator!

### Location

You can search for results in specific location. Just provide location in the input.

### Dates

You can search for results from specific date to specific date. Just provide dates in the input.

### Cost

Our pricing is simple - $2.99 per 1k results. You only pay for results, nothing more!

**This actor is only for paid users.** Free users are limited to 5 results only.

You can check rental option [here](https://apify.com/danek/facebook-search-rental)

Do you want to read huge amount of data? [Contact me](mailto:kontakt@danek.tech?subject=Facebook%20Search) for a custom plan.

## n8n

You can use this scraper in your n8n workflows. Check out [npn package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/n8n-nodes-facebook-search-ppr)

## Cheap and fast Facebook Scrapers

#### Try our Scrappers:

- [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 Page Posts](https://apify.com/danek/facebook-pages-posts-ppr)
- [other scrappers](https://apify.com/danek)

### Roadmap

We are actively working to increase this efficiency.

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

Let us know in issue section!

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Facebook urls. Can be page or profile

## `search_type` (type: `string`):

Which types of results search for

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

Max results to scrape

## `recent_posts` (type: `boolean`):

Recent post

## `location` (type: `string`):

Location. For better result include both city and country

## `start_date` (type: `string`):

Date from which to scrape posts

## `end_date` (type: `string`):

Date to which to scrape posts

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "Mausritter",
  "search_type": "posts",
  "max_posts": 10,
  "recent_posts": false
}
```

# 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 = {
    "query": "Mausritter",
    "search_type": "posts",
    "max_posts": 10,
    "recent_posts": false
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("danek/facebook-search-ppr").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 = {
    "query": "Mausritter",
    "search_type": "posts",
    "max_posts": 10,
    "recent_posts": False,
}

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "Mausritter",
  "search_type": "posts",
  "max_posts": 10,
  "recent_posts": false
}' |
apify call danek/facebook-search-ppr --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,danek/facebook-search-ppr"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/l6CUZt8H0214D3I0N/builds/kbNKdEkXFtJfGAd9l/openapi.json