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📸 Facebook Photos Scraper

Extract public Facebook photos, image URLs, thumbnails, captions, and photo metadata from Facebook Pages and Profiles.

The Facebook Photos Scraper is an Apify Actor that helps you collect publicly available photo data from Facebook at scale. Simply provide one or more Facebook usernames or profile/page URLs, and the Actor will return structured photo information ready for analysis, automation, reporting, CRM enrichment, content research, and business intelligence workflows.

Whether you're tracking competitors, researching influencers, monitoring brands, or building large image datasets, this Actor provides a simple and reliable way to gather Facebook photo data.

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🚀 What Can This Actor Extract?

For every public Facebook photo, the Actor can collect:

• 🆔 Photo ID
• 📷 Full-size image URL
• 🖼️ Thumbnail image URL
• 📝 Photo caption
• 👤 Source profile URL
• 📐 Image dimensions
• 🔗 Photo URL
• 📊 Structured photo metadata

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✅ Why Use Facebook Photos Scraper?

Fast Setup

No complicated configuration required. Simply enter usernames or URLs and start scraping.

Flexible Input

Supports both Facebook usernames and Facebook profile/page URLs.

Structured Data

Receive clean JSON output that can be exported to CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, RSS, or integrated into your workflows.

Scalable Collection

Collect photos from multiple Facebook profiles and pages within a single run.

Duplicate Prevention

Duplicate photo records are automatically filtered during collection.

Reliable Collection

Built-in retry handling helps improve stability during large scraping jobs.

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🎯 Common Use Cases

Competitor Research

Analyze how competitors use visual content across Facebook.

Influencer Analysis

Collect image content from creators, athletes, celebrities, and public figures.

Brand Monitoring

Track public photos published by brands and organizations.

Social Media Research

Study visual communication trends and content strategies.

CRM Enrichment

Add image-related profile information to customer or lead databases.

Academic Research

Build structured datasets for social media and communication studies.

Business Intelligence

Gather publicly available visual content for reporting and analysis.

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📥 Input

The Actor accepts the following input fields:

Field	Type	Description
username	Array	One or more Facebook usernames
facebook_urls	Array	One or more Facebook profile or page URLs
photos_count	Integer	Maximum number of photos to collect per profile

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Username Examples

Cristiano
IamSRK
nike
NationalGeographic

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Facebook URL Examples

Profile URL

https://www.facebook.com/Cristiano
https://www.facebook.com/IamSRK

People URL

https://www.facebook.com/people/Page-Name/123456789/

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Example Input

{
  "username": [
    "Cristiano",
    "nike"
  ],
  "facebook_urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/IamSRK"
    }
  ],
  "photos_count": 100
}

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📤 Output

The Actor returns one dataset item for each collected Facebook photo.

Output Fields

Field	Description
number	Sequential record number
photo_id	Unique Facebook photo ID
photo_type	Type of photo
profile_url	Source Facebook profile URL
type	Record type
url	Facebook photo URL
image_url	Full-size image URL
image_width	Full image width
image_height	Full image height
thumbnail_url	Thumbnail image URL
caption	Photo caption
photo_details	Additional photo metadata

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Example Output

{
  "photo_type": "own_photos",
  "profile_url": "https://www.facebook.com/Cristiano",
  "number": 1,
  "photo_id": "123456789012345",
  "type": "Photo",
  "url": "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=123456789012345",
  "image_url": "https://example-cdn.com/full-image.jpg",
  "image_width": 2048,
  "image_height": 1365,
  "thumbnail_url": "https://example-cdn.com/thumbnail-image.jpg",
  "caption": "Celebrating after the match",
  "photo_details": {
    "images": {
      "full": {
        "url": "https://example-cdn.com/full-image.jpg",
        "width": 2048,
        "height": 1365
      },
      "thumbnail": {
        "url": "https://example-cdn.com/thumbnail-image.jpg"
      }
    },
    "caption": "Celebrating after the match"
  }
}

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📊 Output Categories

Basic Information

Field
number
photo_id
photo_type
type

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Profile Information

Field
profile_url

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Photo URLs

Field
url
image_url
thumbnail_url

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Image Metadata

Field
image_width
image_height

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Caption Data

Field
caption

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⚡ Performance & Reliability

The Actor includes several features designed to improve data collection quality:

Automatic Deduplication

Duplicate photo IDs are filtered from the dataset.

Retry Handling

Failed requests are retried automatically.

Multi-Profile Processing

Scrape multiple profiles and pages within a single run.

Structured Output

Clean and consistent output suitable for automation and analytics.

Scalable Collection

Supports collecting large numbers of photos from public Facebook sources.

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💰 Pricing

This Actor uses Apify's usage-based pricing model.

Costs may vary depending on:

• Number of profiles processed
• Number of photos collected
• Runtime usage
• Overall scraping volume

Please refer to the Actor pricing section for current pricing information.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Can I scrape Facebook Pages?

Yes. Public Facebook Pages are supported.

Can I scrape Facebook Profiles?

Yes. Public Facebook Profiles are supported.

Can I use usernames instead of URLs?

Yes. Usernames are automatically converted into Facebook profile URLs.

Can I scrape multiple profiles at once?

Yes. Multiple usernames and URLs can be provided in a single run.

Does the Actor return image URLs?

Yes. Full-size image URLs are included when available.

Does the Actor return thumbnail URLs?

Yes. Thumbnail image URLs are included.

Are captions included?

Yes. Captions are returned when available.

Is duplicate data removed?

Yes. Duplicate photo IDs are filtered automatically.

Can I export the data?

Yes. Apify datasets support exporting to JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, and more.

Is the data structured?

Yes. Every photo is returned as a structured dataset item.

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🔒 Privacy & Compliance

This Actor is intended for collecting publicly available Facebook data only.

Users are responsible for ensuring compliance with:

• Applicable laws and regulations
• Facebook Terms of Service
• Internal company policies
• Privacy and data protection requirements

The Actor is not intended to access private, restricted, or protected content.

Always collect and use data responsibly.

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⭐ Facebook Photos Scraper

Collect public Facebook photos, image URLs, thumbnails, captions, and metadata from Facebook Pages and Profiles with a simple, scalable, and reliable workflow.

Perfect for marketers, researchers, analysts, agencies, developers, and businesses that need structured Facebook photo data.

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