Facebook Timeline Posts & Reel Transcript Extractor
Pull recent posts and Reels from a public Facebook Page or Profile, or fetch one post by its link, with text, reaction breakdown, comments, media, and real auto-generated video captions. No login or cookies required.
Open in Apify Store$0.99 / 1K on Free
Short answer
Facebook Timeline Posts & Reel Transcript Extractor is an Apify Store Actor for Facebook data that returns 14 published output fields, including permalinkUrl, postId, postType, text. It lists $0.99 per 1,000 results on the Free plan (pay per event), $0.49 on the Business plan. It takes 19 input settings; one is required (startUrls). It covers 1 of the 6 core Facebook fields this site tracks. Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
From the public Store listing and published build schema, synced 2026-11-12.What it returns
14 fields from the published dataset schema. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read the dataset through the Apify API.
postIdpostTypetextauthor.namereactionsTotalcommentsCountsharesCountcreationTimepermalinkUrlcontentTypeviewsCountvideoViewCountcreationTimeIsoreactionBreakdown
Not in the schema among the core Facebook fields: name, content, posted_at, author, location. The field matrix shows which other tools return them.
How it differs from the other Facebook Actors
Among the 10 catalogue Actors for Facebook with a published schema, only this one returns postType, contentType, viewsCount.
Pick another Actor if you need
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|---|---|---|
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| Facebook Business Page Recommendation & Review Scraper | pageName, isRecommended, createdAt, reactionCount | $0.99 |
| Facebook Event Details & New-Event Monitor Scraper | event_id, formatted_date, location_name, users_responded | $0.99 |
| Facebook Page Photo Gallery & Engagement Scraper | photoId, caption, pageName, imageExpiresAt | $0.99 |
Input
| Setting | Type | Required | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| startUrls | array | Yes | – | Mix any public Facebook links. A Page or Profile link (facebook.com/nike, profile.php?id=…, /people/…/…) returns its timeline posts. A post, reel, video, photo, watch, share (facebook.com/share/…, fb.watch/…), permalink.php, story.php or public group post link returns that single post. Group feeds, |
| maxItems | integer | No | 20 | How many posts to collect from each Page or Profile link, newest first. Posts removed by the filters below don't count. Single post links always return one post. |
| onlyPostsNewerThan | string | No | – | Page and Profile links only: keep posts published after this moment. Accepts a date (2026-01-01), a full ISO 8601 timestamp, or a relative period such as "7 days", "2 weeks", "3 months" or "1 year". |
| onlyPostsOlderThan | string | No | – | Page and Profile links only: keep posts published before this moment. Same formats as "Only posts newer than". Combine both for a date window. |
| contentTypes | array | No | [] | Page and Profile links only: keep only these kinds of posts. Leave empty to keep everything. When matching posts are rare, the timeline scan stops after 20 × the post limit (at least 50) scanned posts and the run status says so. |
| minReactions | integer | No | – | Page and Profile links only: skip posts with fewer reactions than this. |
| minComments | integer | No | – | Page and Profile links only: skip posts with fewer comments than this. |
| includeTopComments | boolean | No | true | Attach the comments Facebook shows under each post (about 1-10 per post) at no extra cost. |
| fetchAllComments | boolean | No | false | Collect the full comment list of every post into allComments, up to the limit below. Adds a few requests per post. |
| maxCommentsPerPost | integer | No | 100 | Upper limit for allComments on each post. Replies count toward this limit when replies are included. |
Show the other 9 settings
| Setting | Type | Required | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commentsSortOrder | string | No | mostRelevant | Order in which allComments are collected. "Newest first" is the best choice for monitoring recent discussion. |
| onlyCommentsNewerThan | string | No | – | Keep only comments posted after this moment in allComments: a date (2026-01-01), ISO timestamp, or period such as "1 day" or "2 weeks". Comments are then read newest first. |
| includeCommentReplies | boolean | No | false | Add each comment's reply thread (including replies to replies) as a replies list inside the comment. |
| includeCommentReactions | boolean | No | false | Add each comment's reactions split by type (Like, Love, Haha, …) with exact totals, also for busy comments Facebook shows as "1.2K". Adds one request per comment that has reactions. |
| fetchVideoCaptions | boolean | No | false | For videos and reels that have captions, download Facebook's own caption file and add it as a transcript (SRT text plus plain text). These are Facebook's captions, not independent speech-to-text. |
| fetchReelDetails | boolean | No | false | For reels, add the audio track (title, original audio or song, album art) and whether the reel can be remixed. Adds one request per reel. |
| fetchSharedPostDetails | boolean | No | false | For posts that re-share another post, add the original post's text, type and counters to sharedPost. Adds one request per shared post. |
| fetchAllAlbumPhotos | boolean | No | false | The timeline shows at most five photos of an album post. Turn this on to list every photo of the album. |
| rehostMedia | string | No | images | Facebook's media links stop working after a few days. Copies are stored with this run and keep working; the original link stays in the matching …Original field. |
Example input
Built from the input form's published example values and defaults.
{
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/pepsi/posts/1054998311204476"
}
],
"maxItems": 1,
"contentTypes": [],
"includeTopComments": false,
"fetchAllComments": false,
"maxCommentsPerPost": 100,
"commentsSortOrder": "mostRelevant",
"includeCommentReplies": false,
"includeCommentReactions": false,
"fetchVideoCaptions": false,
"fetchReelDetails": false,
"fetchSharedPostDetails": false,
"fetchAllAlbumPhotos": false,
"rehostMedia": "none"
}Run it from code or an AI agent
The same run through the Apify API, with the example input. You need an Apify API token; the run is billed to your account at the Store price.
Python
from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run_input = {
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/pepsi/posts/1054998311204476"
}
],
"maxItems": 1,
"contentTypes": [],
"includeTopComments": False,
"fetchAllComments": False,
"maxCommentsPerPost": 100,
"commentsSortOrder": "mostRelevant",
"includeCommentReplies": False,
"includeCommentReactions": False,
"fetchVideoCaptions": False,
"fetchReelDetails": False,
"fetchSharedPostDetails": False,
"fetchAllAlbumPhotos": False,
"rehostMedia": "none"
}
run = client.actor("nimbryxo-studio/facebook-timeline-posts-and-reel-transcript").call(run_input=run_input)
if run is None:
raise RuntimeError("The Actor run was not found.")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
print(item)pip install apify-client
JavaScript
import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" });
const input = {
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/pepsi/posts/1054998311204476"
}
],
"maxItems": 1,
"contentTypes": [],
"includeTopComments": false,
"fetchAllComments": false,
"maxCommentsPerPost": 100,
"commentsSortOrder": "mostRelevant",
"includeCommentReplies": false,
"includeCommentReactions": false,
"fetchVideoCaptions": false,
"fetchReelDetails": false,
"fetchSharedPostDetails": false,
"fetchAllAlbumPhotos": false,
"rehostMedia": "none"
};
const run = await client.actor("nimbryxo-studio/facebook-timeline-posts-and-reel-transcript").call(input);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);npm install apify-client
cURL
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/nimbryxo-studio~facebook-timeline-posts-and-reel-transcript/run-sync-get-dataset-items" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"startUrls":[{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/pepsi/posts/1054998311204476"}],"maxItems":1,"contentTypes":[],"includeTopComments":false,"fetchAllComments":false,"maxCommentsPerPost":100,"commentsSortOrder":"mostRelevant","includeCommentReplies":false,"includeCommentReactions":false,"fetchVideoCaptions":false,"fetchReelDetails":false,"fetchSharedPostDetails":false,"fetchAllAlbumPhotos":false,"rehostMedia":"none"}'Waits for the run and returns the dataset items (runs over 300 seconds return HTTP 408; start an async run instead).
MCP (AI agents)
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=nimbryxo-studio/facebook-timeline-posts-and-reel-transcript",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Adds this Actor as a tool in an MCP client that takes a remote server URL (Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code) through Apify's hosted MCP server. OAuth sign-in also works without the header. Clients that only start local servers can wrap the URL with npx mcp-remote.
What a run costs
The result rate falls on higher Apify plans. Each figure is the published per-result rate times the number of results.
| Apify plan | Per 1,000 | 10,000 results | 100,000 results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | $0.99 | $9.90 | $99 |
| Starter plan | $0.82 | $8.20 | $82 |
| Scale plan | $0.66 | $6.60 | $66 |
| Business plan | $0.49 | $4.90 | $49 |
- Every run also has a start event, charged per GB of memory (minimum one): $0.10 on Free, $0.03 on Business. At its default memory of 4 GB a run starts at $0.40 on Free. Fewer, larger runs keep this small.
- The Free plan includes $5 of monthly usage (Apify pricing, checked 2026-11-11); at the Free rate that covers at most about 5,050 results, less start events and platform usage.
- Worked example: 10,000 results in one run on the Free plan cost $10.30 ($9.90 for results + $0.40 start), plus Apify platform usage (compute), billed separately by Apify.
- Pay per event. Platform usage (compute) is billed by Apify on top of the event prices. Compare other tools in the cost estimator.
Where it fits among Facebook routes
It ranks 9 of 10 catalogue Actors for Facebook on the published formula (fields, price, reliability, freshness). Its line is highlighted on the map.
- 1 Facebook Marketplace Listing & Price Extractor 75 output fields, pay per event 3 of 6 core fields
$0.99 / 1K - 2 Facebook Business Page Finder by Keyword & City 25 output fields, pay per event 3 of 6 core fields
$0.99 / 1K - 3 Facebook Business Page Recommendation & Review Scraper 30 output fields, pay per event 3 of 6 core fields
$0.99 / 1K - 9 Facebook Timeline Posts & Reel Transcript Extractor 14 output fields, pay per event 1 of 6 core fields
$0.99 / 1K - + 6 other Store tools, combined Reference only 5 of 6 core fields
from $2.50 / 1K - API Meta Graph API Limited access fields not compared
Stops are fields. A ring means the field is in that route's published output schema; no ring means the line passes without it. Bold labels are the core fields for this website, the rest are fields that differ between routes. A white capsule means every data line stops there. The red line is the official API; its field coverage is not compared. A crossed red line means there is no open official API.
Official route: Meta Graph API
Limited access. The Graph API exposes data for apps and Pages you manage, plus some public Page data with approved permissions. It is not a general crawler of public posts.
No per-call fee is published for standard Graph API use; access depends on app review.
Other Store tools for Facebook
Reference only, from their public listings.
| Tool | Fields | Price / 1K |
|---|---|---|
| Facebook Page Post & Comment Scraper | 21 | $2.50 |
| Facebook Pages Posts PPR | 10 | $2.99 |
| Facebook Pages Scraper | 24 | $12 |
| Facebook Page Search Scraper · No Cookies | 7 | $7.00 |
| Facebook page scraper | – | $5.00 |
What people use it for
- Collect timeline content
- Extract video captions
- Analyze engagement
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Questions people ask
How much does Facebook Timeline Posts & Reel Transcript Extractor cost?
The published result rate depends on your Apify plan: $0.99 per 1,000 on Free, $0.82 per 1,000 on Starter, $0.66 per 1,000 on Scale, $0.49 per 1,000 on Business. So 10,000 results cost about $9.90 on the Free plan and $4.90 on Business, plus a start fee of $0.10 per run per GB of memory on Free. Platform usage is billed separately.
What data does Facebook Timeline Posts & Reel Transcript Extractor return?
Its published output schema lists 14 fields: postId, postType, text, author.name, reactionsTotal, commentsCount, sharesCount, creationTime, permalinkUrl, contentType, viewsCount, videoViewCount, and 2 more. A listed field is not guaranteed to be filled in every row.
What input does Facebook Timeline Posts & Reel Transcript Extractor need?
Required: startUrls. Optional settings include maxItems, onlyPostsNewerThan, onlyPostsOlderThan, contentTypes, minReactions, minComments.
What are the alternatives to Facebook Timeline Posts & Reel Transcript Extractor for Facebook?
10 catalogue Actors cover Facebook. Close alternatives: Facebook Marketplace Listing & Price Extractor; Facebook Business Page Finder by Keyword & City; Facebook Business Page Recommendation & Review Scraper. The Facebook page compares all of them field by field.
How do I run Facebook Timeline Posts & Reel Transcript Extractor from Python or the API?
Use the Apify API client: in Python, ApifyClient(token).actor("nimbryxo-studio/facebook-timeline-posts-and-reel-transcript").call(run_input=...), then read the run's default dataset (run.default_dataset_id); in JavaScript the same call is client.actor("nimbryxo-studio/facebook-timeline-posts-and-reel-transcript").call(input). Without a client, POST the input JSON to https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/nimbryxo-studio~facebook-timeline-posts-and-reel-transcript/run-sync-get-dataset-items with your API token. Ready-to-paste code with the example input is on this page.
Sources
- Facebook Timeline Posts & Reel Transcript Extractor on Apify Store
- Published build with input and output schema (JSON)
- Meta Graph API documentation
Cite this page
Scraper Finder. "Facebook Timeline Posts & Reel Transcript Extractor." https://scraperfinder.com/catalogue/facebook-timeline-posts-and-reel-transcript/ (data checked 2026-11-12).
Run Facebook Timeline Posts & Reel Transcript Extractor
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