Facebook Profile Scraper

Facebook is a social media platform that contains a huge variety of prospects.

This Facebook Profile Scraper automation will help you to:

• Scrape all the available public data from Facebook profiles

• Extract data like full names, emails, phone numbers, education history and more

• Leverage basic profile data to use as the first step for any Facebook workflow

All of this takes place in the cloud. This means you don't need to have your browser open or your computer on for it to work.

We only gather data that you can access manually. If certain details, like email addresses or phone numbers, are private or hidden, our scraper won't fetch them.

Take note: We recommend you process a maximum of 5 profiles per hour. If you bypass this by too much, you will have to update your session cookie more often.
You should always spread your web scraping actions on Facebook across several launches spaced throughout the day, during daytime hours where possible.

How does the Facebook Profile Scraper Phantom work?

This Facebook scraper Phantom will easily scrape Facebook profiles and extract all the displayed data in just a few easy steps.

Here's a tutorial to help you set up the Facebook Profile Scraper Phantom:

Check out the Tutorial tab for a detailed written guide.

Take note: The best results come steadily over time. Because we care about the safety of your account, we strongly suggest using this Facebook Profile Scraper Phantom at a moderate rate.
To scrape safely and efficiently, we recommend scraping 5 profiles per hour.
If you bypass these rate limits, you will have to update your session cookie more often. You should always spread your web scraping actions on Facebook across several launches spaced throughout the day, during daytime hours where possible.

What Facebook profile data can I scrape?

Wondering what Facebook data insights you can extract by scraping Facebook profiles?

Here are some examples of public Facebook profile data that can be scraped using this automation.

1. Basic Facebook profile data: Scrape public Facebook data, including the user's full name, profile URL, page URL, location, education, employment history, and interests.

2. Contact data: Collect data, including phone numbers and emails.

3. Website data: Scrape website information from Facebook profiles.

It is important to note that you can only extract public data from Facebook using the Facebook Profile Scraper Phantom.

What is a proxy?

A proxy is an intermediary server that sits between your computer and the internet. It acts as a gateway between you and the websites you visit, allowing you to browse the web anonymously by hiding your IP address and location.

PhantomBuster runs from the cloud. This means Phantoms, like our Facebook Profile Scraper Phantom, can act on your behalf without your browser having to be active or you having to be around. However, the thing about this "cloud" is that it actually has an address, or addresses, all over the world - and the ones being used might be totally different from where you are in the world.

Some websites, such as Facebook, closely monitor your IP address's geographical location (es). If they see that you're connecting from your own browser in, for example, Japan and PhantomBuster is simultaneously connecting from elsewhere in the world, they will very quickly block your account.

Good to know
Our Facebook Phantoms are configured with PhantomBuster proxies.

Why use a proxy when scraping Facebook?

When using this Facebook Profile Scraper automation, using a residential proxy can help you in a few ways:

• Increase anonymity: By using a proxy, you can mask your IP address, making it more difficult for Facebook to track your activity.

• Access geo-restricted content: Some Facebook pages or groups may be restricted in certain regions. Using a proxy server located in a different region allows you to access this content even if it is restricted in your location.

Take note:

As our Phantoms are launching from a different server location than your own, Facebook may be suspicious of your first or second launch and ask you to confirm your identity, causing the Phantom's launch to fail. If this happens simply log into your own Facebook account and confirm it's you, then relaunch the Phantom.

What are the rate limits for scraping Facebook profiles?

To scrape safely and efficiently using this Facebook scraper, we recommend scraping 5 profiles per hour.

How to scrape Facebook group members in 2 easy steps

If you are a Marketer, you may know that leveraging Facebook data goes beyond social media campaigns.

Whatever the size of your search needs, scraping Facebook groups allow you to extract up to 5000 group members.

To get the most out of this strategy, we recommend joining niche Facebook groups that speak to the needs of your business.

For example, let's say you're searching for brand designer creatives and want to extract 1500 Facebook profiles. To leverage this Facebook group scraper use case, use case to scrape Facebook users who are members of a group and use a Facebook scraper automation to extract data.

Split up your search as follows:

• Step 1: Use the Facebook Group Members Export Phantom to retrieve brand designer creatives in San Francisco.

• Step 2: Use the Facebook Profile Scraper Phantom to filter further and scrape the data of your leads.

And there you have it - all results from scraping your Facebook group is exported into an Excel and CSV file.