Facebook Comment Replies API. Replies, page by page.
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Facebook Comment Replies API at a glance
Returns the replies to one comment on a public Facebook post, photo, video or reel, oldest first, replies to replies included. Each reply has its text, time, permalink, the comment it answers, exact reaction count with the reactions by type, attached photo and whether the post's author wrote it, and the replier's ID, name, profile link, picture and verified badge. Send the comment's link from the Facebook Comments API, or the post's link and the comment's ID.
GET /v1/facebook/replies
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- 16 typed fields null when unknown
- 10 replies per page, oldest first
urlis all it needs, e.g.https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl?comment_id=1134072982431001
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$ npm install socialtapurl = https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl?comment_id=1134072982431001const params = new URLSearchParams({
comment_id: "2241840356745830",
url: "https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/replies?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${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/replies",
params={"comment_id": "2241840356745830", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl"},
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/replies")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('comment_id' => '2241840356745830', 'url' => 'https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl')
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([
'comment_id' => '2241840356745830',
'url' => 'https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/replies?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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("comment_id", "2241840356745830")
q.Set("url", "https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl")
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/replies?"+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/replies' \
--data-urlencode 'comment_id=2241840356745830' \
--data-urlencode 'url=https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl' \
-H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"{
"data": [
{
"approximate_fields": [],
"author": {
"avatar_url": "https://scontent-atl3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/468351006_10159593503532255_6774442294622346739_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx488x488&ctp=s32x32&_nc_cat=104&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCRUBBED&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-2.xx&_nc_gid=SCRUBBED&_…",
"display_name": "Joe Krozel",
"id": "pfbid02adNe4WrmH1JqGH4w8KfHniEngAHQXky7jRYawTwtdhGRAdoBdb1kRtdzy6iNRJbBl",
"is_verified": false,
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/joe.krozel",
"username": "joe.krozel"
},
"edited_at": null,
"id": "2219135261976665",
"is_by_post_author": null,
"is_edited": null,
"is_liked_by_author": null,
"is_pinned": null,
"metrics": {
"like_count": 1,
"reply_count": 1
},
"parent_id": "2241840356745830",
"platform": "facebook",
"platform_specific": {
"facebook": {
"author_gender": "male",
"image_url": null,
"reactions": [
{
"count": 1,
"type": "haha"
}
]
}
},
"post_id": "1515533333772646",
"published_at": "2026-10-29T22:42:30Z",
"text": "Steve Jenkins Hey loser, Republicans don't take polls, so the polls underreport their support. Fox is just passing it on as it is received. Blue wave is fictitious.",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl?comment_id=2241840356745830&reply_comment_id=2219135261976665"
},
{
"approximate_fields": [],
"author": {
"avatar_url": "https://scontent-atl3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/453750901_122190017804061302_7467119486547392352_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx849x850&ctp=s32x32&_nc_cat=101&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCRUBBED&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-2.xx&_nc_gid=SCRUBBED&…",
"display_name": "Jenna Redstone",
"id": "61551839077397",
"is_verified": false,
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/marion.weiler.2023",
"username": "marion.weiler.2023"
},
"edited_at": null,
"id": "1995314554488520",
"is_by_post_author": false,
"is_edited": null,
"is_liked_by_author": null,
"is_pinned": null,
"metrics": {
"like_count": 1,
"reply_count": 2
},
"parent_id": "2241840356745830",
"platform": "facebook",
"platform_specific": {
"facebook": {
"author_gender": "female",
"image_url": null,
"reactions": [
{
"count": 1,
"type": "haha"
}
]
}
},
"post_id": "1515533333772646",
"published_at": "2026-10-30T08:40:18Z",
"text": "Steve Jenkins They always have been more truthful.",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl?comment_id=2241840356745830&reply_comment_id=1995314554488520"
},
{
"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": "1118282917795771",
"is_by_post_author": null,
"is_edited": null,
"is_liked_by_author": null,
"is_pinned": null,
"metrics": {
"like_count": 0,
"reply_count": 0
},
"parent_id": "1995314554488520",
"platform": "facebook",
"platform_specific": {
"facebook": {
"author_gender": "male",
"image_url": null,
"reactions": []
}
},
"post_id": "1515533333772646",
"published_at": "2026-10-30T13:00:28Z",
"text": "Jenna Redstone Right, that's why they had to pay out 700+ million dollars for lying, you Maga cultists are funny as hell..",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl?comment_id=2241840356745830&reply_comment_id=1118282917795771"
}
],
"page": {
"has_more": false,
"next_cursor": null,
"next_cursor_expires_at": null,
"end_reason": "end"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
"platform": "facebook",
"source": "api",
"is_cached": false,
"credits_charged": 1,
"latency_ms": 1166,
"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.replies.list({ url: "https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl", comment_id: "2241840356745830" });
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 = "comment_id=" + encode("2241840356745830")
+ "&url=" + encode("https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl");
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/replies?" + 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("&",
"comment_id=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("2241840356745830"),
"url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/replies?" + 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/replies")
.query(&[("comment_id", "2241840356745830"), ("url", "https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/pfbid034UhZgwWAxAbbbqcVT6TLJQz9aGu17AWYtaZib2nUzN6ueQKyvyoBSJ1Ao4R7Aibzl")])
.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/repliesLong 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
The comment's link, as the Facebook Comments API returns it in data[].url: the post, photo, video or reel link with ?comment_id= (a reply's link, with reply_comment_id too, reads the thread it is in).
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 Comment Replies API.
Read the whole conversation under a comment
See how a brand answers its customers
Collect complete comment threads for research
Good to know before you build.
- comment_id names a top-level comment. Facebook nests replies two deep, the list holds both levels, and each reply's parent_id names the comment or reply it answers.
- A reply's link (with reply_comment_id) reads the thread it is in.
- Oldest first, so until stops paging when it is reached.
- A comment Facebook doesn't show on the post (deleted, hidden, or another post's) returns not_found. A private, limited or deleted post returns private_or_unavailable, as on the Facebook Post API.
- When Facebook refuses its comment queries, a post's or photo's first page comes from the comment's own page, in Facebook's Most relevant view: some replies are filtered out (a meta.warnings items_omitted says so) and reply_count is null.
- A video's or reel's page ignores which comment it is asked for, so only its first comment's replies can be read that way: any other returns upstream_error, to retry later, never not_found.
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 Comment Replies API.
More in the API reference.
Why are there fewer replies than the comment's reply_count?
Facebook's total includes replies it no longer shows logged out, such as removed or hidden ones. The list holds every reply Facebook serves, which can be none.
Where do I get a comment's link?
From the Facebook Comments API: each comment's url is its link, and its id is the comment_id.
How much does the Facebook Comment Replies API cost?
A page of up to 10 replies 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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