Collect Facebook profiles by URL

Use the Bright Data Web Scraper API to collect Facebook profiles by URL. Calls the POST /datasets/v3/scrape endpoint and returns a snapshot ID.

POST /datasets/v3/scrape

Collect Profiles by URL

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "input": [
    {
      "url": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}
'

200

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/GoramHomes/mentions/",
    "name": "Goram Homes",
    "id": "100090557460648",
    "profile_photo": "https://...",
    "cover_photo": "https://...",
    "work": null,
    "college": null,
    "high_school": null,
    "photos": null
  }
]

Query Parameters

dataset_id · string · default: "gd_mf0urb782734ik94dz" · required

The dataset ID used for this request.

Must be set to gd_mf0urb782734ik94dz to collect Facebook profiles data.

notify · boolean · default: false

Whether to send notifications when the request is completed.

include_errors · boolean · default: true

Whether to include errors in the response.

Request Body

input · object[] · required

An array of input objects.

Show properties

url · string · required

The URL of the Facebook profile to collect.

Example

{
  "input": [
    {"url": "https://www.facebook.com/zuck"},
    {"url": "https://www.facebook.com/sheryl"}
  ]
}

200

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/GoramHomes/mentions/",
    "name": "Goram Homes",
    "id": "100090557460648",
    "profile_photo": "https://...",
    "cover_photo": "https://...",
    "work": null,
    "college": null,
    "high_school": null,
    "photos": null
  }
]