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Scraping Facebook Ads: Directly Accessing Landing Pages Instead of Links

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I scraped the Facebook Ads Library, but I can't use Serper Dev to process the content since the link remains a Facebook URL that redirects to the landing page (example: https://l.facebook.com/l.php?h=...). The page I want to scrape is the final link: https://parcours-metier.normandie.fr/offre-de-formation-regionale-metiers-de-lhotellerie-restauration..., which I aim to scrape directly. Claygent can't work there ; basicaly i want to find out how to decode this url

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alex
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chatgpt workds but it's costly, i am lookin for a formula for instance
LuisArturo
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Hey there Alexandre thanks for reaching out, can you clarify what you mean by wanting to use a formula for this scenario. Do you mean using a formula with ChatGPT so that it only runs for certain rows? Also have you tried using Apify or Phantombuster to scrape this, if you do you can use one of our integrations with either tool to bring your results into Clay. Here are the docs for these integrations: Phantombuster: https://docs.clay.com/en/articles/9672311-pull-data-with-phantombuster Apify: https://docs.clay.com/en/articles/9672260-run-apify-actor-with-apify
alex
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Hi Luis, thx for helping, sorry for being mosunderstood, i just wondered if we can use Fomula enrichment to decode an url. Exemple : use this link as an input : https://l.facebook.com/l.php?h= (Use formula to decode this url to this one as an ouput : https://parcours-metier.normandie.fr/offre-de-formation-regionale-metiers-de-lhotellerie-restauration (These are the same link but the first one is not « decoded »
Daniela D.
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Hey Alexandre! Thanks for the reply. Happy to help! To confirm, you'd like to scrape the actual website, but currently have just the Facebook urls for those businesses? Do you have a table url with the links imported (link in your browser tab)? Happy to take a look and share suggestions. You could use Claygent to visit the webpage (if publicly accessible) and return the redirect link or final url. You can also try the "Find Redirect page" integration (see screenshot) to get the redirect link. Also sharing a quick guide for using Claygent: (https://www.clay.com/university/lesson/claygent-ai-web-scraper-clay-101) https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/w28k1kwz/1204955619/99cf7a409ade0a5e8af7f182d924/CleanShot+2024-10-05+at+01_23_52%402x.png?expires=1728090000&signature=d2a3102382a2d9f801ac2deb12c69d9f29cfaf2a130eee29656ea98d4b3d630e&req=dSInEsB7mIdeUPMW1HO4zcSs%2F%2FfbGzTJABTgHensLaP7wANlb74QRhFusadh%0Ae0w0%0A
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We haven't heard back from you in a bit, so we're going to go ahead and close things out here - feel free to let us know if you still need something!
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