FbAdLibraryScraper

A .NET console application that scrapes Facebook Ads Library using Playwright for browser automation.

Prerequisites

• .NET 10 SDK
• Node.js (for Playwright browser installation)

Setup

1. Clone the repository
2. Run dotnet restore
3. Install Playwright browsers: npx playwright install

Usage

dotnet run --project src/FbAdLibraryScraper -- --country US --query "test" --headless false --scrollRounds 4

Command Line Options

• --country: Country code (default: US)
• --category: Ad category (optional)
• --query: Search query (default: test)
• --headless: Run in headless mode (default: false)
• --scrollRounds: Number of scroll rounds to load more ads (default: 8)
• --outputDir: Output directory (default: responses)
• --screenshotDir: Screenshot directory (default: screenshots)

Output

• Raw GraphQL responses saved to responses/
• Parsed results in responses/results.json and responses/results.csv
• Screenshots on errors saved to screenshots/

Notes

• This is a proof-of-concept and may require manual intervention for CAPTCHAs.
• Do not use for production scraping; respect Facebook's terms of service.