Facebook Scraping Parameters
Web Scraper API Facebook Scraping Parameters
Configure Facebook scraping parameters using Thordata's Web Scraper API, including parameters such as keywords, recent posts, year, number of posts, and more.
Unique :
token
,Access Token (Required)
This parameter is used to verify the legitimacy of the scraping request via an API access token.
Request Example:
"Authorization: Bearer ********************************"
curl -X POST "https://scraperapi.thordata.com/builder" ^
-H "Authorization: Bearer ********************************" ^
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" ^
-d "spider_name=facebook.com" ^
-d "spider_id=facebook_post_by-keywords" ^
-d "spider_parameters=[{\"keyword\": \"Dog\",\"recent_posts\": \"true\",\"date\": \"2025\",\"number\": \"5\"}]" ^
-d "spider_errors=true" ^
-d "file_name={{TasksID}}"
Product-Scrape Facebook Post Details:
spider_id
,Associated Scraping Tool (Required)
This parameter defines which scraping tool to use.
Request Example:
spider_id=facebook_post_by-keywords
curl -X POST "https://scraperapi.thordata.com/builder" ^
-H "Authorization: Bearer Token-ID" ^
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" ^
-d "spider_name=facebook.com" ^
-d "spider_id=facebook_post_by-keywords" ^
-d "spider_parameters=[{\"keyword\": \"Dog\",\"recent_posts\": \"true\",\"date\": \"2025\",\"number\": \"5\"}]" ^
-d "spider_errors=true" ^
-d "file_name={{TasksID}}"
keyword
,Keyword (Required)
This parameter is used to specify the search keyword to use when crawling Facebook posts.
Request Example:
"keyword": "Dog"
curl -X POST "https://scraperapi.thordata.com/builder" ^
-H "Authorization: Bearer Token-ID" ^
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" ^
-d "spider_name=facebook.com" ^
-d "spider_id=facebook_post_by-keywords" ^
-d "spider_parameters=[{\"keyword\": \"Dog\",\"recent_posts\": \"true\",\"date\": \"2025\",\"number\": \"5\"}]" ^
-d "spider_errors=true" ^
-d "file_name={{TasksID}}"
recent_posts
,Recent Posts (Optional)
This parameter specifies whether to scrape the most recent posts.
Parameter values:
true
false
Request Example:
"recent_posts":"true"
curl -X POST "https://scraperapi.thordata.com/builder" ^
-H "Authorization: Bearer Token-ID" ^
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" ^
-d "spider_name=facebook.com" ^
-d "spider_id=facebook_post_by-keywords" ^
-d "spider_parameters=[{\"keyword\": \"Dog\",\"recent_posts\": \"true\",\"date\": \"2025\",\"number\": \"5\"}]" ^
-d "spider_errors=true" ^
-d "file_name={{TasksID}}"
date
,Year (Optional)
This parameter sets the time range for the scraping results. By default, if no value is provided, it will scrape information from all available time periods.
Parameter values:
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
Request Example:
"date": "2025"
curl -X POST "https://scraperapi.thordata.com/builder" ^
-H "Authorization: Bearer Token-ID" ^
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" ^
-d "spider_name=facebook.com" ^
-d "spider_id=facebook_post_by-keywords" ^
-d "spider_parameters=[{\"keyword\": \"Dog\",\"recent_posts\": \"true\",\"date\": \"2025\",\"number\": \"5\"}]" ^
-d "spider_errors=true" ^
-d "file_name={{TasksID}}"
number
,Number of Posts (Optional)
This parameter sets the maximum number of results to scrape. The actual returned results may be fewer than the specified value, depending on the available data. The maximum supported is 200 posts.
Request Example:
"number": "5"
curl -X POST "https://scraperapi.thordata.com/builder" ^
-H "Authorization: Bearer Token-ID" ^
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" ^
-d "spider_name=facebook.com" ^
-d "spider_id=facebook_post_by-keywords" ^
-d "spider_parameters=[{\"keyword\": \"Dog\",\"recent_posts\": \"true\",\"date\": \"2025\",\"number\": \"5\"}]" ^
-d "spider_errors=true" ^
-d "file_name={{TasksID}}"
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