# Facebook Following Scraper (`easyapi/facebook-following-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Facebook following list data including profile details, friendship status, and profile images. Perfect for social media analysis and relationship mapping.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-following-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [EasyApi](https://apify.com/easyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 235 total users, 11 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 5 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 1.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#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 Following List Scraper 👥

### 🔍 Overview

Extract detailed information from Facebook following lists efficiently and reliably. This actor navigates through Facebook profiles and collects comprehensive data about the accounts a user is following.

### ✨ Features

- 🚀 High-performance data collection
- 📊 Structured JSON output
- ⚡ Supports custom request limits

### 📋 Output Data Structure

For each following account, the actor collects:

- Profile ID
- Profile image URL
- Display name
- Username/URL
- Additional profile details

### 💡 Use Cases

- 🎯 Social media marketing research
- 📊 Audience analysis
- 🔍 Competitor research
- 🤝 Network mapping
- 📈 Influence tracking

### ⚙️ Input Parameters

- `url`: Facebook profile URL to scrape
- `maxItems`: Maximum number of items to collect

#### Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

```
 {
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/real.dylan.thibert/",
    "maxItems": 20
}
```

#### Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the **Storage** tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

```
[
	{
		"id": "100064487118317",
		"image": "https://scontent-ams4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/462614990_944230244403204_6935417447634350274_n.jpg?stp=c0.0.1483.1483a_dst-jpg_s160x160&_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=14862c&_nc_ohc=Q2cPhpM12wYQ7kNvgE7Jenc&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-ams4-1.xx&_nc_gid=AEmbE-8tpCs0wXqCWKVW9Q5&oh=00_AYDDzBbdYeVvyNGxtloQEJN89uW-DgqjX0aaQnD7fJAcMA&oe=6728F3FB",
		"title": "Uncut Magazine",
		"subtitle_text": "",
		"url": "https://www.facebook.com/UncutMagazine"
	},
    ...
]
```

### Related Actors

- 👥 [Facebook Followers Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-followers-scraper) - Extract Facebook followers data including profile details, friendship status, and basic information.
- 👥 [Facebook Like Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-like-scraper) - Effortlessly scrape likes and reactions from Facebook posts with user information.
- 📱 [Facebook Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-group-posts-scraper) - Scrape Facebook group posts with login support and comprehensive post data.
- 📊 [Facebook Group Members Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-group-members-scraper) - Extract member data from Facebook groups including profiles and engagement metrics.
- 🔍 [Facebook Groups Search Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-groups-search-scraper) - Search and extract Facebook groups data with detailed group information.
- 🎥 [Facebook Videos Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-videos-scraper) - Scrape Facebook Watch videos with comprehensive video and creator details.
- 📧 [Facebook Email Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-email-scraper) - Extract email addresses from Facebook profiles and pages with advanced filtering.
- 👥 [Instagram Followers Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/instagram-followers-scraper) - Extract detailed follower information from Instagram profiles.
- 👥 [TikTok Followers Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/tiktok-followers-scraper) - Extract detailed follower information from TikTok accounts.
- 👥 [TikTok Following Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/tiktok-following-scraper) - Scrape TikTok following lists with comprehensive user data.
- 👥 [Pinterest Following Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/pinterest-following-scraper) - Extract detailed profile information from Pinterest users' following lists.
- 👥 [Pinterest Followers Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/pinterest-followers-scraper) - Extract Pinterest followers data with automated data collection.
- 🚀 [VK Follower Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/vk-follower-scraper) - Extract VK group/profile followers data with detailed user information.
- 👥 [Medium Following Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/medium-following-scraper) - Extract detailed information about Medium users' following lists.
- 👥 [Medium Followers Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/medium-followers-scraper) - Extract Medium user followers data with comprehensive profile details.

# Actor input Schema

## `url` (type: `string`):

URL of the Facebook profile whose following list you want to scrape

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of following accounts to scrape

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.facebook.com/real.dylan.thibert/",
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("easyapi/facebook-following-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("easyapi/facebook-following-scraper").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 '{}' |
apify call easyapi/facebook-following-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

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/zWrmQzWpwG000Gd5L/builds/zM00ECxnYdUCV0Wu7/openapi.json