Use Facebook Page Photo Gallery & Engagement Scraper with Python

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.

1. Choose the data you need

Review the published README for supported collection modes, examples, and limits. The recipe below uses the current published input definition.

2. Prepare a source-based input

This JSON contains published prefills and required-field defaults. Review every value for your task before running it; it is not a promise of successful collection.

{
  "includeAlbums": false,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "newerThan": "",
  "olderThan": "",
  "photoTab": "uploaded",
  "resultsLimit": 1,
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/photos"
    }
  ],
  "storeImages": true
}

Download input.example.json and save your reviewed copy as input.json.

Field	Type	Required	Description
`startUrls`	array	required	Facebook page, profile, photos tab, tagged tab, albums tab, album, or single-photo URL. Bare handles such as nasa are accepted too.
`resultsLimit`	integer	optional	Global cap across all Start URLs. The actor keeps paginating until this many photos are collected or the source runs out.
`newerThan`	string	optional	Only include photos posted on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Applied by Facebook for page and tagged tabs. For albums the actor reads each photo timestamp (even with includeDetails off) and applies the bound; rows stay grid-only.
`olderThan`	string	optional	Only include photos posted on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Applied by Facebook for page and tagged tabs. For albums the actor reads each photo timestamp (even with includeDetails off) and applies the bound; rows stay grid-only.
`photoTab`	string	optional	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	optional	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	optional	Open each photo to add its caption, timestamp, reactions, comments, shares, tagged people, owner, album, and post link. Turn off for a fast grid-only export; album date bounds still read only the timestamp needed for filtering.
`storeImages`	boolean	optional	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.

3. Start an Actor run

Set APIFY_TOKEN in your environment. Python 3.10 or newer is sufficient; this recipe uses no third-party packages.

Execution may incur charges. Review current pricing on Apify. The request asks for a 120-second timeout and a charge limit; these settings are subject to Apify’s pricing and do not guarantee an all-inclusive spending cap.

import json
import os
import urllib.request

# Save the schema-derived example as input.json; review and edit it first.
with open("input.json", encoding="utf-8") as stream:
    actor_input = json.load(stream)

token = os.environ["APIFY_TOKEN"]
request = urllib.request.Request(
    "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/2EIffCKePvtaP7w1K/runs?timeout=120&maxTotalChargeUsd=0.50",
    data=json.dumps(actor_input).encode("utf-8"),
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + token, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
    method="POST",
)
# This starts a potentially billable run. Do not automatically retry this POST.
with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=40) as response:
    run = json.load(response)["data"]
print("Run ID:", run["id"])
print("Status:", run["status"])
# Inspect and download results in Apify Console once the run succeeds.

4. Inspect the actual results

Open the run in Apify Console and wait for a successful completion. Use the published output schema to locate results and the dataset schema to understand declared views. Missing or optional record fields must not be treated as guaranteed values.

One row per public Facebook photo with image and thumbnail links, caption, timestamp, reaction breakdown, comments, shares, tagged people, owner/page/album/post context, and source metadata.

Questions before you run

Which inputs are required?

The published required fields are startUrls

What does this guide verify?

The fields, prefills, and schema links are rendered from the published build. This is a usage recipe, not a paid live extraction test. Source availability and collection results can vary.

What if the run request times out?

Check Apify Console before retrying. The first request may already have created a run. Do not automatically repeat a run-creation POST.

Open on Apify Full Actor reference

Generated from source build fUY2cTF0SfpZTpIw6 and its README and schemas. Source changes regenerate this guide; no third-party editorial claims are inferred.