Facebook Profile API

Returns a public Facebook Page's or person's profile from its name, ID or link: name, bio, category, picture, links and exact follower count. It also has the cover, verified badge, following count and creation date. A business adds its address, phone, email, rating, reviews, price range, services and weekly opening hours. A Page adds whether it is running ads, its Ad Library Page ID, its confirmed owner, where its admins are and its past names. A person adds the work, education and places their intro shows.

GET /v1/facebook/profile

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$ npm install socialtap

handle = NASA

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GET /v1/facebook/profileTry in

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  handle: "NASA",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/profile?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${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/profile",
    params={"handle": "NASA"},
    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/profile")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('handle' => 'NASA')
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([
    'handle' => 'NASA',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/profile?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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("handle", "NASA")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/profile?"+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 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/profile?handle=NASA' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "approximate_fields": [],
    "avatar_url": "https://scontent-atl3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/243095782_416661036495945_3843362260429099279_n.png?stp=dst-png&cstp=mx800x800&ctp=s800x800&_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=7b28…",
    "banner_url": "https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.99422-6/809146614_4484013928506139_3181913787670602881_n.png?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx2047x1487&ctp=s2047x1487&_nc_cat=110&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCRUBBED&_nc_zt=14&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&_nc_gid=SCRUBBED&…",
    "bio": "Explore the universe and discover our home planet. \nThere's space for everybody. ✨",
    "category": "Government organization",
    "country_code": null,
    "created_at": "2009-03-04T21:45:25Z",
    "display_name": "NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration",
    "external_links": [
      {
        "title": "nasa.gov/nasa-app",
        "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-app/"
      },
      {
        "title": "nasa.gov",
        "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/"
      }
    ],
    "id": "100044561550831",
    "is_private": null,
    "is_verified": true,
    "location": null,
    "metrics": {
      "follower_count": 28731903,
      "following_count": 52,
      "post_count": null,
      "total_like_count": null,
      "total_view_count": null
    },
    "platform": "facebook",
    "platform_specific": {
      "facebook": {
        "ad_library_entity_type": null,
        "admin_countries": [
          {
            "count": 15,
            "country": "United States"
          }
        ],
        "alternate_name": null,
        "business_hours": [],
        "education": [],
        "email": "public-inquiries@hq.nasa.gov",
        "gender": null,
        "hometown": null,
        "hours_status": null,
        "instagram_follower_count": null,
        "instagram_username": null,
        "is_deleted": null,
        "is_instagram_verified": null,
        "is_memorialized": false,
        "is_political_advertiser": false,
        "is_running_ads": false,
        "name_changes": [
          {
            "changed_at": "2014-04-07T19:49:21Z",
            "name": "NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration"
          }
        ],
        "owner_location": "WASHINGTON DC, 20024 United States of America",
        "owner_name": "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION",
        "page_id": "54971236771",
        "phone": null,
        "price_range": null,
        "rating": null,
        "recommend_percent": null,
        "relationship": null,
        "review_count": null,
        "services": [],
        "talking_about_count": null,
        "were_here_count": null,
        "work": []
      }
    },
    "type": "organization",
    "unknown_fields": [],
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA",
    "username": "NASA"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "facebook",
    "source": "api",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 1393,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "profile",
      "id": "100044561550831",
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA"
    },
    "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.profile.get({ handle: "NASA" });
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 = "handle=" + encode("NASA");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/profile?" + 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("&",
    "handle=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("NASA"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/profile?" + 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/profile")
        .query(&[("handle", "NASA")])
        .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/profileLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 27 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
The Facebook profile (a Page's or a person's): its vanity name (NASA, case-insensitive), its numeric profile ID or Page ID, or any link to it: facebook.com/<name> with any tab after it, profile.php?id=…, /people/<name>/<id>, /p/<name>-<id>, /pages/category/…, fb.me/<name>.
Write one parser
Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and 24 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring: Platform-native account ID (string; YouTube UC…, Reddit t2_…).
usernamestring: Handle without the @; null when the account has none.
display_namestring: Display name, channel title or page name; null when empty or not exposed.
urlstring: Canonical profile URL.
typestring: Coarse account kind, as the platform labels it; unknown when it does not (TikTok labels organizations only). New values may be added; treat unknown values as unknown.
biostring: Profile bio, channel description or page about text; null when empty or not exposed.
avatar_urlstring: Profile picture URL (largest available). Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours.

What teams build with the Facebook Profile API.

Enrich leads with Page contact details and hours
Track a Page's followers over time
Check a Page's owner and active ads

Good to know before you build.

A profile Facebook shows nothing of logged out (not public, deactivated, age-restricted like an alcohol brand's Page, or an unknown name) returns private_or_unavailable, because Facebook answers them all the same way.
A plain person's profile shows little logged out: usually a name, a picture and a cover, and no counts.
Facebook no longer shows a Page's likes on public profiles, so they aren't returned.
talking_about_count and were_here_count are null unless the request read the profile's own page, which most requests don't need.

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