Facebook Timeline Posts & Reel Transcript Extractor: MCP config, n8n workflow and API

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/pepsi/posts/1054998311204476"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 1,
  "includeTopComments": false,
  "fetchAllComments": false,
  "includeCommentReplies": false,
  "includeCommentReactions": false,
  "fetchVideoCaptions": false,
  "fetchReelDetails": false,
  "fetchSharedPostDetails": false,
  "fetchAllAlbumPhotos": false,
  "rehostMedia": "none"
}

---
name: facebook-timeline-posts-and-reel-transcript
description: "One record per Facebook post, reel or video: text, author, reactions by type, comment and share counts, video views, media links, link previews, comments with replies and optional transcripts. Runs the Apify Actor nimbryxo-studio/facebook-timeline-posts-and-reel-transcript. Use when the user needs Facebook data with fields such as postId, postType, text, author.name, reactionsTotal, commentsCount and an Apify token is available."
compatibility: "Needs network access, curl, and an APIFY_TOKEN environment variable. Runs are billed to the token owner's Apify account."
metadata:
  actor: "nimbryxo-studio/facebook-timeline-posts-and-reel-transcript"
  store-url: "https://apify.com/nimbryxo-studio/facebook-timeline-posts-and-reel-transcript"
---

# Facebook Timeline Posts & Reel Transcript Extractor

Use this skill to fetch Facebook data with the Apify Actor `nimbryxo-studio/facebook-timeline-posts-and-reel-transcript` and work with the returned rows.

## Before running

1. Check that `APIFY_TOKEN` is set in the environment. Never print it or write it to a file.
2. Build `input.json` from the user's request using the fields below. Keep limits small for a first run.
3. Confirm the search terms or URLs with the user if the request is ambiguous.

## Input fields

| Field | Type | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `startUrls` | array, required | Mix any public Facebook links. A Page or Profile link (facebook.com/nike, profile.php?id=…, /people/…/…) returns its timeline posts. |
| `maxItems` | integer | 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. |
| `includeTopComments` | boolean | Attach the comments Facebook shows under each post (about 1-10 per post) at no extra cost. |
| `fetchAllComments` | boolean | Collect the full comment list of every post into allComments, up to the limit below. Adds a few requests per post. |
| `includeCommentReplies` | boolean | Add each comment's reply thread (including replies to replies) as a replies list inside the comment. |
| `includeCommentReactions` | boolean | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | The timeline shows at most five photos of an album post. Turn this on to list every photo of the album. |
| `rehostMedia` | one of `images`, `imagesAndVideos`, `none` | 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.json` (the Actor's published prefill):

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/pepsi/posts/1054998311204476"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 1,
  "includeTopComments": false,
  "fetchAllComments": false,
  "includeCommentReplies": false,
  "includeCommentReactions": false,
  "fetchVideoCaptions": false,
  "fetchReelDetails": false,
  "fetchSharedPostDetails": false,
  "fetchAllAlbumPhotos": false,
  "rehostMedia": "none"
}
```

## Run

```bash
curl -sS -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nimbryxo-studio~facebook-timeline-posts-and-reel-transcript/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @input.json > results.json
```

The call waits for the run to finish and returns the dataset items as a JSON array. If the run needs more than 300 seconds the API answers with HTTP 408; then start the run with `POST /v2/acts/nimbryxo-studio~facebook-timeline-posts-and-reel-transcript/runs`, poll `GET /v2/actor-runs/{runId}` until `SUCCEEDED`, and read `GET /v2/datasets/{defaultDatasetId}/items`.

## Output

Each item is one record. Published fields include: `postId`, `postType`, `text`, `author.name`, `reactionsTotal`, `commentsCount`, `sharesCount`, `creationTime`, `permalinkUrl`, `contentType`, `viewsCount`, `videoViewCount`, `creationTimeIso`, `reactionBreakdown`.

Summarise what was found, cite the record URLs when present, and say how many items came back. Do not invent values for empty fields.