Facebook Post API. Send a post or video link, or an ID.
Post, photo, video or reel with exact counts. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.
Facebook Post API at a glance
Returns a public Facebook post, photo, video or reel from its link or ID: text, author, date, and exact reaction, comment, share and view counts. It also has the reactions by type, hashtags and mentions, every photo of an album, the video file with its thumbnail, size and length, and the shared link card or reshared post.
GET /v1/facebook/post
- 1 credit per request, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 requests
- 22 typed fields null when unknown
urlis all it needs, e.g.https://www.facebook.com/reel/4075684206061398/- 100 credits free when you sign up, no card, so you can build before you spend
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$ npm install socialtapurl = https://www.facebook.com/reel/4075684206061398/const params = new URLSearchParams({
url: "https://www.facebook.com/reel/4075684206061398/",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/post?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);import os
import requests
res = requests.get(
"https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/post",
params={"url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/4075684206061398/"},
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, meta = body["data"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])require "json"
require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/post")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://www.facebook.com/reel/4075684206061398/')
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([
'url' => 'https://www.facebook.com/reel/4075684206061398/',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/post?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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("url", "https://www.facebook.com/reel/4075684206061398/")
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/post?"+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"`
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/post' \
--data-urlencode 'url=https://www.facebook.com/reel/4075684206061398/' \
-H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"{
"data": {
"approximate_fields": [],
"author": {
"avatar_url": "https://scontent-atl3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/243095782_416661036495945_3843362260429099279_n.png?stp=cp0_dst-png&cstp=mx800x800&ctp=s80x80&_nc_cat=1&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCRUBBED&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-2.xx&_nc_gid=SCRUBBED&_nc_ss=7b…",
"display_name": "NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration",
"id": "100044561550831",
"is_verified": true,
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA",
"username": "NASA"
},
"coauthors": [],
"duration_ms": 39381,
"hashtags": [],
"id": "1670768087751894",
"is_nsfw": null,
"is_pinned": null,
"is_sponsored": null,
"language": null,
"media": [
{
"alt_text": null,
"duration_ms": 39381,
"expires_at": "2026-10-25T18:00:00Z",
"height": 2160,
"thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-atl3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t15.5256-10/877658791_1832631854542515_4430770165954872904_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1920x1080&ctp=s960x960&_nc_cat=101&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCRUBBED&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-2.xx&_nc_gid=SCRUBBED&_n…",
"type": "video",
"url": "https://video-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m366/AQMS1Kmor5hpvEHAtxe3lVPcxOt4prhHPFgKMLcPxvBSvELFTPbkpMPfDvKx8gg5c4VOCCZrgCV0tzqv9ahLzz1s3O0N2Cdf2DaUFGeUSO0WTA.mp4?_nc_cat=106&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&_nc_ht=video-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&efg=SCRUBBED&ccb=SCRUBBED&vs=SCRUBBE…",
"width": 3840
}
],
"mentions": [
"CanadianSpaceAgency",
"ISS"
],
"metrics": {
"comment_count": 55,
"like_count": 574,
"quote_count": null,
"repost_count": null,
"save_count": null,
"share_count": null,
"view_count": 52713
},
"platform": "facebook",
"platform_specific": {
"facebook": {
"feedback_id": "ZmVlZGJhY2s6MTY3MDc2ODA4Nzc1MTg5NA==",
"group": null,
"is_attachment_unavailable": null,
"link": null,
"listing": null,
"music": null,
"reactions": [
{
"count": 476,
"type": "like"
},
{
"count": 70,
"type": "love"
},
{
"count": 13,
"type": "care"
}
],
"shared_post": null,
"video_id": "4075684206061398"
}
},
"platform_type": "reel",
"published_at": "2026-10-29T11:48:37Z",
"text": "NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk are getting ready to head out of the International Space Station!\n \nAt this point, they have donned spacesuits called Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs), which contain all the protections and life suppo…",
"thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-atl3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t15.5256-10/877658791_1832631854542515_4430770165954872904_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1920x1080&ctp=s960x960&_nc_cat=101&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCRUBBED&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-2.xx&_nc_gid=SCRUBBED&_n…",
"title": null,
"type": "video",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/4075684206061398/"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
"platform": "facebook",
"source": "page",
"is_cached": false,
"credits_charged": 1,
"latency_ms": 1353,
"fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
"input": {
"kind": "video",
"id": "1670768087751894",
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/4075684206061398/"
},
"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.post.get({ url: "https://www.facebook.com/reel/4075684206061398/" });
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 = "url=" + encode("https://www.facebook.com/reel/4075684206061398/");
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/post?" + 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("&",
"url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://www.facebook.com/reel/4075684206061398/"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/post?" + 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/post")
.query(&[("url", "https://www.facebook.com/reel/4075684206061398/")])
.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/postLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs One schema on 21 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: /<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 18 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.
platformstring- Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring- Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit with its t3_ prefix).
urlstring- Canonical post URL.
typestring- Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
platform_typestring- The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …).
titlestring- Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms.
textstring- Caption, description or body as plain text.
languagestring- BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it.
Live data from 33 platforms.
What teams build with the Facebook Post API.
Track engagement on Page and creator posts
Monitor competitors' campaigns and reels
Collect post text and links for social listening
Archive post media before it expires
Good to know before you build.
- view_count is set on videos and reels, share_count on posts and photos: Facebook's video page shows no shares logged out.
- Media links are Facebook CDN links that expire at media[].expires_at, so download what you need before then.
- Private, friends-only, group-only and deleted posts return private_or_unavailable, because Facebook answers them all alike logged out.
- When the post's page is unavailable, the post comes from Facebook's embedded post: large counts are rounded (approximate_fields lists them), and the view count, reactions by type, feedback ID, reshared post and a video's file and length are null, with a partial_data warning.
- Past and current live broadcasts are platform_type live, with their title.
1 credit per request. Failed requests are free.
Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform.
| Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests |
|---|---|---|
Public page page | 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 Post API.
More in the API reference.
Are the counts exact?
Yes. Reaction, comment, share and view counts are the exact figures Facebook's page states, not the rounded ones it displays.
Can I download the video?
Yes. media[0].url links the video file, HD when Facebook has it, else SD. The link expires at media[0].expires_at.
Is like_count only likes?
No. It counts every reaction (like, love, care, haha, wow, sad, angry), as Facebook does, and platform_specific.facebook.reactions splits it by type.
What is id for a video or reel?
The post ID, as for every other post. The video's own ID (the one in /reel/<id>) is platform_specific.facebook.video_id. A video a Page uploaded to its videos tab without a post of its own, such as a live broadcast's, has no post ID, so there id is the video's ID.
How much does the Facebook Post API cost?
A request costs 1 credit. SocialTap credits cost $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000, depending on the plan or pack.
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
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