diff --git a/facebook_scraper/__init__.py b/facebook_scraper/__init__.py
index d512b939..43fbff37 100644
--- a/facebook_scraper/__init__.py
+++ b/facebook_scraper/__init__.py
@@ -497,6 +497,18 @@ def handle_pagination_url(url):
     output_file.close()
 
 
+def get_groups_by_search(
+    word: str,
+    **kwargs,
+):
+    """Searches Facebook groups and yields ids for each result
+        on the first page"""
+    _scraper.requests_kwargs['timeout'] = kwargs.pop('timeout', DEFAULT_REQUESTS_TIMEOUT)
+    cookies = kwargs.pop('cookies', None)
+    set_cookies(cookies)
+    return _scraper.get_groups_by_search(word, **kwargs)
+
+
 def enable_logging(level=logging.DEBUG):
     handler = logging.StreamHandler()
     handler.setLevel(level)
diff --git a/facebook_scraper/facebook_scraper.py b/facebook_scraper/facebook_scraper.py
index 84299486..539b0b0b 100755
--- a/facebook_scraper/facebook_scraper.py
+++ b/facebook_scraper/facebook_scraper.py
@@ -1098,3 +1098,23 @@ def _generic_get_posts(
                     if remove_source:
                         post.pop('source', None)
                     yield post
+
+    def get_groups_by_search(self, word: str, **kwargs):
+        group_search_url = utils.urljoin(FB_MOBILE_BASE_URL, f"search/groups/?q={word}")
+        r = self.get(group_search_url)
+        for group_element in r.html.find('div[role="button"]'):
+            button_id = group_element.attrs["id"]
+            group_id = self.find_group_id(button_id, r.text)
+            try:
+                yield self.get_group_info(group_id)
+            except AttributeError:
+                continue
+
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def find_group_id(button_id, raw_html):
+        """Each group button has an id, which appears later in the script
+        tag followed by the group id."""
+        s = raw_html[raw_html.rfind(button_id) :]
+        group_id = s[s.find("result_id:") :].split(",")[0].split(":")[1]
+        return int(group_id)
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