Facebook Comments API. Comments, page by page.
Top-level, with exact reactions and reply counts. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.
Facebook Comments API at a glance
Returns the top-level comments on a public Facebook post, photo, video or reel, most relevant or newest first, a page at a time. Each comment has its text, time, permalink, exact reaction count with the reactions by type, reply count, attached photo and whether the post's author wrote it, and the commenter's ID, name, profile link, picture and verified badge. It takes every link the Facebook Post API does.
GET /v1/facebook/comments
- 1 credit per page, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 pages
- 16 typed fields null when unknown
- 10 comments per page, Facebook's All comments view: every top-level comment, the most relevant first
urlis all it needs, e.g.https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid0zVcLXuYcv5N8D5oZn9NMU3R116cECPXJiKY6QyxiZGTA7eRDZb3zv3NkVwgC1GVdl
Send one request. Get up to 10 comments back.
Copy the request in your language, or hand it to your agent. Sign up for an API key and your first 100 credits are free.
$ npm install socialtapurl = https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid0zVcLXuYcv5N8D5oZn9NMU3R116cECPXJiKY6QyxiZGTA7eRDZb3zv3NkVwgC1GVdlconst params = new URLSearchParams({
sort: "relevance",
url: "https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid0zVcLXuYcv5N8D5oZn9NMU3R116cECPXJiKY6QyxiZGTA7eRDZb3zv3NkVwgC1GVdl",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/comments?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, page, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);import os
import requests
res = requests.get(
"https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/comments",
params={"sort": "relevance", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid0zVcLXuYcv5N8D5oZn9NMU3R116cECPXJiKY6QyxiZGTA7eRDZb3zv3NkVwgC1GVdl"},
headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, page, meta = body["data"], body["page"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])require "json"
require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/comments")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('sort' => 'relevance', 'url' => 'https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid0zVcLXuYcv5N8D5oZn9NMU3R116cECPXJiKY6QyxiZGTA7eRDZb3zv3NkVwgC1GVdl')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]<?php
$query = http_build_query([
'sort' => 'relevance',
'url' => 'https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid0zVcLXuYcv5N8D5oZn9NMU3R116cECPXJiKY6QyxiZGTA7eRDZb3zv3NkVwgC1GVdl',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/comments?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"log"
"net/http"
"net/url"
"os"
)
func main() {
q := url.Values{}
q.Set("sort", "relevance")
q.Set("url", "https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid0zVcLXuYcv5N8D5oZn9NMU3R116cECPXJiKY6QyxiZGTA7eRDZb3zv3NkVwgC1GVdl")
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/comments?"+q.Encode(), nil)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
defer res.Body.Close()
var body struct {
Data json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
Page json.RawMessage `json:"page"`
Meta map[string]any `json:"meta"`
Error *struct {
Code string `json:"code"`
Message string `json:"message"`
} `json:"error"`
}
if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
if body.Error != nil {
log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
}
fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/comments' \
--data-urlencode 'sort=relevance' \
--data-urlencode 'url=https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid0zVcLXuYcv5N8D5oZn9NMU3R116cECPXJiKY6QyxiZGTA7eRDZb3zv3NkVwgC1GVdl' \
-H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"{
"data": [
{
"approximate_fields": [],
"author": {
"avatar_url": "https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/837402617_10240488748735344_2095546189445517301_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx720x720&ctp=s32x32&_nc_cat=100&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCRUBBED&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&_nc_gid=SCRUBBED&_…",
"display_name": "George Sampson",
"id": "pfbid0CYtKGzDDtxXk1PETorcSCFdSM2jxJF3XayHaezE6o8XMEa1APnAcVa4cHPnmyn4al",
"is_verified": false,
"url": null,
"username": null
},
"edited_at": null,
"id": "1134072982431001",
"is_by_post_author": null,
"is_edited": null,
"is_liked_by_author": null,
"is_pinned": null,
"metrics": {
"like_count": 39,
"reply_count": 12
},
"parent_id": null,
"platform": "facebook",
"platform_specific": {
"facebook": {
"author_gender": "male",
"image_url": null,
"reactions": [
{
"count": 27,
"type": "like"
},
{
"count": 11,
"type": "haha"
},
{
"count": 1,
"type": "love"
}
]
}
},
"post_id": "1515533333772646",
"published_at": "2026-10-29T19:37:25Z",
"text": "Fox’s ratings are down substantially while MSNow and CNN are up.",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl?comment_id=1134072982431001"
},
{
"approximate_fields": [],
"author": {
"avatar_url": "https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-1/38985115_2135903490004970_3576751264056213504_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx946x947&ctp=s32x32&_nc_cat=107&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCRUBBED&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&_nc_gid=SCRUBBED&_nc_s…",
"display_name": "Michael Shelton",
"id": "pfbid0HyC8RVyhaoZG7evfeukYuTnh5Q87tU6ACBtTFbpvvGmXLVLAN2au52Vdk3DnKndBl",
"is_verified": false,
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/michael.shelton.528",
"username": "michael.shelton.528"
},
"edited_at": null,
"id": "2366768057490102",
"is_by_post_author": null,
"is_edited": null,
"is_liked_by_author": null,
"is_pinned": null,
"metrics": {
"like_count": 20,
"reply_count": 2
},
"parent_id": null,
"platform": "facebook",
"platform_specific": {
"facebook": {
"author_gender": "male",
"image_url": null,
"reactions": [
{
"count": 20,
"type": "like"
}
]
}
},
"post_id": "1515533333772646",
"published_at": "2026-10-29T19:53:16Z",
"text": "An equally interesting question is what will CNN look like.",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl?comment_id=2366768057490102"
},
{
"approximate_fields": [],
"author": {
"avatar_url": "https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/511906991_24085412141097078_6841766951798215929_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx648x648&ctp=s32x32&_nc_cat=107&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCRUBBED&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&_nc_gid=SCRUBBED&_…",
"display_name": "Steve Jenkins",
"id": "pfbid02tWsPGdCcwsR9MDGBfyqw45aVVh34i1ZxbmHZ41TniRyXx4VMoQAmgt2ikBy1fTLql",
"is_verified": false,
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/people/Steve-Jenkins/pfbid02tWsPGdCcwsR9MDGBfyqw45aVVh34i1ZxbmHZ41TniRyXx4VMoQAmgt2ikBy1fTLql/",
"username": null
},
"edited_at": null,
"id": "2241840356745830",
"is_by_post_author": null,
"is_edited": null,
"is_liked_by_author": null,
"is_pinned": null,
"metrics": {
"like_count": 4,
"reply_count": 5
},
"parent_id": null,
"platform": "facebook",
"platform_specific": {
"facebook": {
"author_gender": "male",
"image_url": null,
"reactions": [
{
"count": 4,
"type": "like"
}
]
}
},
"post_id": "1515533333772646",
"published_at": "2026-10-29T22:21:23Z",
"text": "I have noticed that Fox is reporting more truthfully meaning showing Trump's negative numbers, etc.",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl?comment_id=2241840356745830"
}
],
"page": {
"has_more": true,
"next_cursor": "c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR",
"next_cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z",
"end_reason": null
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
"platform": "facebook",
"source": "api",
"is_cached": false,
"credits_charged": 1,
"latency_ms": 825,
"fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
"input": {
"kind": "post",
"id": "1515533333772646",
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl"
},
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"client_request_id": null,
"warnings": []
}
}import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";
const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY
const res = await client.facebook.comments.list({ url: "https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid0zVcLXuYcv5N8D5oZn9NMU3R116cECPXJiKY6QyxiZGTA7eRDZb3zv3NkVwgC1GVdl", sort: "relevance" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String query = "sort=" + encode("relevance")
+ "&url=" + encode("https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid0zVcLXuYcv5N8D5oZn9NMU3R116cECPXJiKY6QyxiZGTA7eRDZb3zv3NkVwgC1GVdl");
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/comments?" + query))
.header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
.GET()
.build();
HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
// An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
System.out.println(response.body());
}
static String encode(String value) {
return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
}
}using System.Text.Json;
using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));
var query = string.Join("&",
"sort=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("relevance"),
"url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid0zVcLXuYcv5N8D5oZn9NMU3R116cECPXJiKY6QyxiZGTA7eRDZb3zv3NkVwgC1GVdl"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/comments?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;
fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
.get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/comments")
.query(&[("sort", "relevance"), ("url", "https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid0zVcLXuYcv5N8D5oZn9NMU3R116cECPXJiKY6QyxiZGTA7eRDZb3zv3NkVwgC1GVdl")])
.header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
.send()?;
let ok = res.status().is_success();
let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
if !ok {
return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
}
println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
Ok(())
}200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/commentsLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs One schema on 9 platforms.
The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.
Null means unknown
A field Facebook doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
Facebook post, photo, video or reel URL, as the Facebook Post API takes it: /<page>/posts/<id>, permalink.php and story.php links, /photo/?fbid= and /<page>/photos/… links, reel, watch, video.php and /<page>/videos/… links, fb.watch and /share/p|v|r/ share links (m., mbasic. and web. hosts too), or a numeric post, photo or video ID.
Write one parser
Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and 6 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.
platformstring- Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring- Platform-native comment ID (string; Reddit with its t1_ prefix).
post_idstring- ID of the post commented on (equals post.id).
parent_idstring- ID of the comment this replies to; null for top-level comments.
urlstring- Permalink, when the platform has one.
textstring- Comment body as plain text.
authorobject- The commenting account. An account the platform no longer names (a deleted account) has a null id and username and the platform's label as display_name (Reddit: [deleted]).
published_atstring- When the comment was posted, RFC 3339 UTC. Where the platform shows only a relative time ("3 weeks ago"), the latest time that label allows (the fetch time minus the stated amount), listed in approximate_fields.
Live data from 33 platforms.
What teams build with the Facebook Comments API.
Monitor what people say under a brand's posts
Run sentiment analysis on post comments
Pick giveaway winners from a post's commenters
Find who engages with a competitor's posts
Good to know before you build.
- Top-level comments only, each with its reply count: the Facebook Comment Replies API lists a comment's replies.
- relevance is Facebook's All comments view, which includes the comments its default Most relevant view hides. newest is ordered by time, so since stops paging when it is reached.
- When Facebook refuses its comment queries, a first page in relevance order comes from the post's own page, in Facebook's Most relevant view: some comments are filtered out, and reply_count is null there and on the pages after it.
- Facebook doesn't show pins, edits or the author's likes logged out, so is_pinned, is_edited and is_liked_by_author are null.
- Many commenters' profile link and username are hidden logged out (null), and their ID is Facebook's pfbid form.
- Private, friends-only, group-only and deleted posts return private_or_unavailable, as on the Facebook Post API.
1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.
Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform.
| Source | Price per successful page | Per 1,000 pages |
|---|---|---|
| Any source | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 |
- Cache hits are free.
- Credits from packs and top-ups never expire.
- A monthly plan's credits are spent first, and what is left of them ends at each renewal.
- Prices exclude tax: sales tax is added at checkout where it applies.
- Outside the US, plans and packs are sold to businesses: checkout asks for your VAT, GST or other business tax ID.
Questions about the Facebook Comments API.
More in the API reference.
Can I get all the comments on a post?
Yes, every top-level comment Facebook serves, a page at a time: next_cursor is set until the last one, in either order. The Facebook Comment Replies API returns each comment's replies.
Why are there fewer comments than the post's comment count?
The post's count includes replies, which this list counts per comment in reply_count and the Facebook Comment Replies API lists.
How much does the Facebook Comments API cost?
A page of up to 10 comments costs 1 credit. Every successful page is charged, empty pages included. SocialTap credits cost $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000, depending on the plan or pack.
How do I get the next page?
Repeat the same request with cursor set to page.next_cursor from the previous response, keeping the other parameters. When page.has_more is false there are no more pages. Cursors expire after 24 hours.
Try it on a link you already have.
Paste it in the playground, or copy the request into your code.
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- Failed requests are free
- Works on all 218 endpoints