Facebook Gaming Search Scraper 🎮

What does Facebook Gaming Search Scraper do? 🤔

This actor allows you to scrape game information from Facebook Gaming search results. It's perfect for game developers, marketers, and researchers who want to analyze the Facebook gaming ecosystem. The actor uses advanced browser automation to search and extract detailed information about games, including game names, URLs, player counts, and more! 🎯

Features ✨

• 🔍 Search any game keyword on Facebook Gaming
• 📊 Extract comprehensive game data including:
  • Game ID and name
  • Game URL
  • Thumbnail image
  • Game type and player count
  • Game category (Instant Games, etc.)
• 🚀 Handles infinite scrolling automatically
• ⚡ Fast and efficient data collection
• 🔒 Uses stealth browser techniques for reliable scraping

Input Parameters 📝

• searchQuery: Your search keyword for games
• maxItems: Maximum number of games to scrape

Use Cases 💡

• Market research for game developers
• Competitive analysis
• Gaming trends analysis
• Player base monitoring
• Game discovery and categorization

Tips 💪

• Use specific keywords for better results
• Adjust maxItems based on your needs
• Consider running the actor periodically to track changes

Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

1{
2    "searchQuery": "ball",
3    "maxItems": 20
4}

Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the Storage tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

1[
2    {
3        "id": "617940815660752",
4        "gameName": "Sort Ball 3D",
5        "gameUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/gaming/play/617940745660759/?source=fb_gg_url&ext=1737263662&hash=AeSXP4FA2V0eLC-EGKA",
6        "thumbnailUrl": "https://scontent-ams4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.2081-1/231456211_965795357541961_4666965615938218824_n.png?stp=dst-png_s120x120&_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=699440&_nc_ohc=_1auF_J4TdEQ7kNvgELMq48&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-ams4-1.xx&_nc_gid=ALmDyRcUJX321Whh_qDUCYv&oh=00_AYDJWtKX_YFYxajDkvDMKLBkFKSoY00xHySMu2jRWGSFBg&oe=678E4E28",
7        "gameInfo": "Instant Game · Puzzle games · 38K players",
8        "type": "INSTANT_GAMES"
9    },
10    {
11        "id": "760755571699685",
12        "gameName": "Ball Sort Puzzle",
13        "gameUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/gaming/play/760365448405364/?source=fb_gg_url&ext=1737263662&hash=AeSLC4_QS9pecGrn4RI",
14        "thumbnailUrl": "https://scontent-ams4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.2081-1/302411538_760762528365656_2165728504343463229_n.png?stp=dst-png_s120x120&_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=699440&_nc_ohc=iWK7N9vUa-UQ7kNvgF4HoLW&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-ams4-1.xx&_nc_gid=ALmDyRcUJX321Whh_qDUCYv&oh=00_AYArMV9VqctX183GHH7Six22NLGJZvJS5qhVy484aoLRTg&oe=678E6F8B",
15        "gameInfo": "Instant Game · Puzzle games · 105K players",
16        "type": "INSTANT_GAMES"
17    },
18    ...
19]