Quick Start

Install

pip install facebook-gql-scraper

Python 3.10+

Export cookies

Export your Facebook session cookies as JSON and save as facebook_cookies.json.

Use any cookie export extension, e.g. Cookie-Editor (Firefox) or EditThisCookie (Chrome).

Fetch a profile

import facebook_gql_scraper as fgs

context = fgs.FacebookContext(cookies_file="facebook_cookies.json")
user = fgs.Profile.from_user_id(context, user_id="100084254631043")

print(user.name, user.biography, user.followers_count)

Next steps

• Fetch a user's followees — Profile.get_followees()
• Fetch posts in a group — Group.get_posts()
• Search Marketplace — SearchEngine.search_marketplace()