Facebook

Group posts

A public group's posts, 3 a page. A private group's answer LOGIN_REQUIRED.

GET/v1/facebook/groups/posts1 credit

Headers

Get your API key

x-api-key*stringrequiredheader

Your API key, made in the dashboard.

Parameters

group_idstringoptionalquery

A group's id: the digits in its link (facebook.com/groups/<id>). Give group_id or url.

example: 366190054572553

urlstringoptionalquery

A group's link: facebook.com/groups/<id or name>, with anything after it. Give group_id or url.

max 300 chars

sortenumoptionalquery

chronological: new posts first; top: Facebook's ranking; recent_activity: posts with new comments first; listings: items for sale, newest first.

one of: chronological, top, recent_activity, listings · default: chronological

cursorstringoptionalquery

For the next page: page.next_cursor from the page before. Send the other parameters again with it.

max 12000 chars

Response fields

dataarray

The result: one object, or a list for the endpoints that return several.

data[].idstringnullable

Facebook's id for the post: digits, written as text. The comments endpoint takes it.

data[].urlstringnullable

The post's link.

data[].textstringnullable

What it says.

data[].created_atstringnullable

When it was posted.

format: date-time

data[].authorstringnullable

Its author's name: a person, a Page or a group member.

data[].author_idstringnullable

Its author's id.

data[].author_urlstringnullable

Its author's profile.

data[].likesintegernullable

Reactions (likes and the others).

data[].comment_countintegernullable

Comments.

data[].sharesintegernullable

Shares.

data[].viewsintegernullable

A video's or reel's plays. Facebook rounds them in lists (127K).

data[].imagestringnullable

Its photo's link, the first of several, or its video's thumbnail.

data[].video_idstringnullable

Its video's or reel's id.

data[].video_urlstringnullable

Its video's file (MP4), in HD where there is one.

data[].duration_secondsnumbernullable

Its video's length, in seconds.

pageobjectnullable

Paging, for the endpoints that page; null for the others.

page.next_cursorstringnullable

Send it as the cursor parameter, with the same other parameters, for the next page. Null on the last page.

page.has_morebooleanoptional

Whether another page follows.

default: false

metaobject

About this call.

meta.platformstring

The platform: reddit, threads, tiktok or youtube.

meta.endpointstring

The endpoint's name, such as channel_videos.

meta.paramsobject

The call's parameters, defaults included. Parameters without a value, and the cursor, are left out.

meta.request_idstring

This call's id. Quote it when you report a problem.

meta.api_versionstring

The API version that answered.

meta.fetched_atstring

When the data was fetched from the platform (UTC).

format: date-time

meta.cachedbooleanoptional

Whether it came from our cache; fetched_at says how old it is.

default: false

Code example

curl -X GET 'https://api.socialparse.dev/v1/facebook/groups/posts?group_id=366190054572553' \  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

Responses

Successful Response

{  "data": [    {      "id": "string",      "url": "string",      "text": "string",      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",      "author": "string",      "author_id": "string",      "author_url": "string",      "likes": 0,      "comment_count": 0,      "shares": 0,      "views": 0,      "image": "string",      "video_id": "string",      "video_url": "string",      "duration_seconds": 0    }  ],  "page": {    "next_cursor": "string",    "has_more": false  },  "meta": {    "platform": "string",    "endpoint": "string",    "params": {      "property1": "string",      "property2": "string"    },    "request_id": "string",    "api_version": "string",    "fetched_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",    "cached": false  }}

Group

A group: its name, description, privacy, members and history, as its About page shows them logged out.

Event

A public event: its name, time, place, host and description.