Facebook Post Search API. Public posts and videos matching your search.

Public posts and videos by keyword. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.

Returns public Facebook posts that a web search finds for your keywords, with each post's link, account, date and opening text. Add fill=true to get each post's full, live Facebook record in the same response: post ID, text, media, exact reaction, comment and share counts and publish time. media=video finds videos instead. Page through the results with the cursor.

GET /v1/facebook/search_posts

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1 credit per page, +1 per result filled in, up to 51 credits, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 pages
16 typed fields null when unknown
50 public posts and videos per page, the search engine's ranking (most relevant first)
query is all it needs, e.g. coffee roaster

Send one request. Get up to 50 public posts and videos 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 socialtap

query = coffee roaster

Open in playground

GET /v1/facebook/search_postsTry in

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

{
  "data": [
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://www.facebook.com/arcaderoasters/posts/welcome-to-the-roasting-part-of-arcade-coffee-roasters-all-our-coffee-is-freshly/877760954366326/",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "facebook",
      "platform_specific": {
        "facebook": {
          "account_type": null,
          "like_count": null,
          "place": null,
          "talking_about_count": null,
          "were_here_count": null
        }
      },
      "position": 0,
      "post": {
        "author": {
          "avatar_url": null,
          "display_name": "Arcade Coffee Roasters",
          "id": null,
          "is_verified": null,
          "url": "https://www.facebook.com/arcaderoasters",
          "username": "arcaderoasters"
        },
        "id": null,
        "metrics": {
          "comment_count": null,
          "like_count": null,
          "quote_count": null,
          "repost_count": null,
          "save_count": null,
          "share_count": null,
          "view_count": null
        },
        "published_at": null,
        "text": null,
        "thumbnail_url": null,
        "title": null,
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/arcaderoasters/posts/877760954366326"
      },
      "profile": null,
      "snippet": "Arcade Coffee Roasters. 2,569 likes · 25 talking about this · 79 were here. Arcade Coffee Roasters is a Specialty Coffee Company located in the Inland Empire.",
      "sound": null,
      "title": "Arcade Coffee Roasters | Facebook",
      "type": "post",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/arcaderoasters/posts/877760954366326"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://www.facebook.com/reddoorroaster/posts/740482067782696/",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "facebook",
      "platform_specific": {
        "facebook": {
          "account_type": null,
          "like_count": null,
          "place": null,
          "talking_about_count": null,
          "were_here_count": null
        }
      },
      "position": 1,
      "post": {
        "author": {
          "avatar_url": null,
          "display_name": "Red Door Coffee Roaster",
          "id": null,
          "is_verified": null,
          "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reddoorroaster",
          "username": "reddoorroaster"
        },
        "id": null,
        "metrics": {
          "comment_count": null,
          "like_count": null,
          "quote_count": null,
          "repost_count": null,
          "save_count": null,
          "share_count": null,
          "view_count": null
        },
        "published_at": null,
        "text": null,
        "thumbnail_url": null,
        "title": null,
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reddoorroaster/posts/740482067782696"
      },
      "profile": null,
      "snippet": "Red Door Coffee Roaster, Center Valley. 624 likes · 1 talking about this · 19 were here. Micro-roaster of fine coffees � NEW! Coffee Shop: Located at the Trolley Barn Public Market 116 E Broad...",
      "sound": null,
      "title": "Red Door Coffee Roaster | Center Valley PA | Facebook",
      "type": "post",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reddoorroaster/posts/740482067782696"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://www.facebook.com/DalianAmazonCoffeeRoaster/posts/dl-a721-sbb-1kg-coffee-roaster/973590226143545/",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "facebook",
      "platform_specific": {
        "facebook": {
          "account_type": null,
          "like_count": null,
          "place": null,
          "talking_about_count": null,
          "were_here_count": null
        }
      },
      "position": 2,
      "post": {
        "author": {
          "avatar_url": null,
          "display_name": "Coffee Roaster",
          "id": null,
          "is_verified": null,
          "url": "https://www.facebook.com/DalianAmazonCoffeeRoaster",
          "username": "DalianAmazonCoffeeRoaster"
        },
        "id": null,
        "metrics": {
          "comment_count": null,
          "like_count": null,
          "quote_count": null,
          "repost_count": null,
          "save_count": null,
          "share_count": null,
          "view_count": null
        },
        "published_at": null,
        "text": null,
        "thumbnail_url": null,
        "title": null,
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/DalianAmazonCoffeeRoaster/posts/973590226143545"
      },
      "profile": null,
      "snippet": "Coffee Roaster, Dalian. 326 likes. Dalian Amazon Coffee Co.,Ltd, a professional Coffee Roaster 's manufacturer, Nine years' Alibaba Gol",
      "sound": null,
      "title": "Coffee Roaster | Dalian | Facebook",
      "type": "post",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/DalianAmazonCoffeeRoaster/posts/973590226143545"
    }
  ],
  "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": "web_search",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 1131,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": null,
    "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.searchPosts.list({ query: "coffee roaster" });
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 = "query=" + encode("coffee roaster");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/search_posts?" + 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("&",
    "query=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("coffee roaster"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/search_posts?" + 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/search_posts")
        .query(&[("query", "coffee roaster")])
        .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/search_postsLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 6 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
Words to find Facebook posts by, as a web search reads them: a topic, a product, a brand or a place (coffee roaster, electric vehicle charging, "nancy grace roman").
Write one parser
Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and 3 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Platform the item is on.
typestring: The kind of item the result names, as the resource that describes it: profile (an account), post, hashtag, sound, place or community. The item's summary is the field of that name, and a filled result's record is details.<type>. A search that finds several kinds (a platform's top search) mixes them in one list. New values may be added as more kinds are searchable; treat unknown values as other.
positioninteger: Zero-based rank of the result in the list, across pages: the search engine's order, counting only the results kept.
urlstring: The item's canonical link on the platform (the account's page for a profile, the post's for a post).
matched_urlstring: The page the index listed: the item's own page, or one of its pages that names it (a video of an account, for a profile found through it).
titlestring: The page's title as the index shows it: often the item's name, but not the item's own field. Null when the index shows none.
snippetstring: The index's excerpt of the page: often the item's description and counts as the page stated them when it was indexed, days or weeks ago. Null when the index shows none.
profileobject: The account the result names (type profile): what its link and the index's text say of it, completed from details when the result is filled. Null for every other type.

What teams build with the Facebook Post Search API.

Monitor what Pages post about a brand
Find posts about a place or an event
Find public videos on a topic
Track mentions of a name across Pages

Good to know before you build.

Facebook has no logged-out post search, so results come from a public web search engine's index of Facebook posts, in its ranking: a post the index hasn't crawled isn't found, and the newest posts are often missing.
Results are posts of Pages and profiles (facebook.com/<name>/posts/…). Posts in groups, photos, videos and reels aren't listed.
With media=video, results are those accounts' videos (facebook.com/<name>/videos/…) from the same index, in its ranking. Reels aren't listed, and the index has few of them.
Without fill, a post's id, counts and media are null, and its text and publish time are the index's, listed in approximate_fields.
The index's text is usually the post's first words, but can be the title of a link it shares, other text on its page, or null. Its date, on the posts it dates, is usually right to about a day, rarely the date of a later crawl.
With fill=true, each result's details.post is the post's live record from the Facebook Post API, and its summary is updated from it.
since and until filter by the index's dates (post.published_at) and leave out posts the index hasn't dated, so a narrow or recent window often returns few results or none although such posts exist.
A result the post lookup can't fetch (a deleted post, or one Facebook shows only to logged-in visitors) stays unfilled and costs nothing extra; meta.warnings says how many.
The index goes only so deep: a search usually ends within three pages, and its last page can be empty (page.end_reason end).
Case doesn't matter. site: operators in the query are removed, and intitle:, inurl:, intext:, url: and the like count as plain words.

From 1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.

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Plans and packs How this endpoint is priced How credits work

Source	Price per successful page	Per 1,000 pages
Any source	1 credit + 1 per result filled in up to 51 credits (50 results filled in)	$0.75–$1.97 + $0.75–$1.97 per result filled in

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.
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Facebook Post Search API. Public posts and videos matching your search.

Facebook Post Search API at a glance

Send one request. Get up to 50 public posts and videos back.

One schema on 6 platforms.

Null means unknown

What it accepts

Write one parser

What teams build with the Facebook Post Search API.

Monitor what Pages post about a brand

Find posts about a place or an event

Find public videos on a topic

Track mentions of a name across Pages

Good to know before you build.

From 1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.

Questions about the Facebook Post Search API.

Web results on 5 more platforms.

Facebook API. 14 endpoints, one key.

Try it with your own search.