# Facebook Profile API

Facebook

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`

## Example

cURL:

```shell
curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/profile?handle=NASA' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"
```

TypeScript SDK:

```typescript
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);
```

Node.js (fetch):

```javascript
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);
```

Python (requests):

```python
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"])
```

Go (net/http):

```go
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"])
}
```

200 OK:

```json
{
  "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": []
  }
}
```

Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete.

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Good to know**
>
> - 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.

## Authorizations

`x-api-key`stringheaderrequired

Your API key. [Authentication](https://socialtap.dev/docs/authentication/index.md)

## Query parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Example |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` required | `string`<br>max 2,048 chars | 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>. | `NASA` |

`handle` takes Facebook profile links; another kind of link, or another platform's, fails free with [`invalid_input`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#invalid_input). Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored ([Requests](https://socialtap.dev/docs/requests/index.md)).

**Parameters every endpoint accepts**

| Name | Type | Description | Example |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `max_age` optional | `integer`<br>min 0 | Accept a cached response up to this many seconds old. Cache hits cost 0 credits. Omit to always fetch fresh. The Cache-Control: max-age=N request header is equivalent; max_age wins when both are sent. | — |
| `fields` optional | `string` | Return only these fields of each item: comma-separated paths in the schema's notation (id,text,metrics.view_count,segments\[\].text; a parent path keeps the whole object). Unknown paths are rejected. Applied after the cache, so it changes neither the price nor cache hits; page and meta are always returned whole. | — |

## Response

### 200

`{data, meta}`. `data` is a [profile](https://socialtap.dev/resources/profile/index.md) object; `meta` describes the request ([meta](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/index.md#meta)). Fields only Facebook has are under `platform_specific.facebook`.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `data.platform` | `string` | Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …). |
| `data.id` | `string` | Platform-native account ID (string; YouTube UC…, Reddit t2_…). |
| `data.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. |
| `data.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name, channel title or page name; null when empty or not exposed. |
| `data.url` | `string` (uri) | Canonical profile URL. |
| `data.type` | `string` | 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.<br>One of `person`, `organization`, `community`, `unknown` |
| `data.bio` | `string` or `null` | Profile bio, channel description or page about text; null when empty or not exposed. |
| `data.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL (largest available). Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. |
| `data.banner_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Header or cover image URL. |
| `data.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. |
| `data.is_private` | `boolean` or `null` | True when the account's posts are not public. |
| `data.category` | `string` or `null` | Platform category label (e.g. Musician, Media & Entertainment), as shown; not normalized. Often set only for business or creator accounts. |
| `data.external_links` | `object[]` | Links in the bio or channel links; \[\] if none or not exposed. |
| `data.external_links[].url` | `string` (uri) | Link target, absolute (https:// is added where the platform stores the link without a scheme). |
| `data.external_links[].title` | `string` or `null` | Link label shown by the platform. |
| `data.location` | `string` or `null` | Self-declared location text. |
| `data.country_code` | `string` or `null` | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country the platform states for the account. |
| `data.created_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | Account creation or join date, RFC 3339 UTC (some platforms give only the day: see approximate_fields). |
| `data.metrics` | `object` | Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero. |
| `data.metrics.follower_count` | `integer` or `null` | Followers or subscribers. |
| `data.metrics.following_count` | `integer` or `null` | Accounts this profile follows. |
| `data.metrics.post_count` | `integer` or `null` | Posts or videos as the platform counts them on the profile (for a private account, posts the caller cannot see). |
| `data.metrics.total_like_count` | `integer` or `null` | Likes received across all of the profile's posts (not likes given). |
| `data.metrics.total_view_count` | `integer` or `null` | Lifetime views across all of the profile's posts. |
| `data.platform_specific` | `object` | Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.\<platform>); each null when unknown. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook` | `object` or `null` | A Facebook Page's or person's own fields. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.page_id` | `string` or `null` | The Page ID Facebook shows under Page transparency, which is also the advertiser's ID in Meta's Ad Library; null for an account without one (most people's profiles). |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.gender` | `string` or `null` | A person's gender as Facebook states it, male or female; null for a Page or when it states none. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.alternate_name` | `string` or `null` | The other name the account shows beside its name. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.is_memorialized` | `boolean` or `null` | True for a memorialized account ("Remembering …"). |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.talking_about_count` | `integer` or `null` | How many people Facebook counts as talking about the account. It is shown only on the profile's own page, which most requests are answered without: null when this answer did not read it. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.were_here_count` | `integer` or `null` | How many people have checked in at a place's Page. It is shown only on the profile's own page, which most requests are answered without: null when this answer did not read it, or for an account that is not a place. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.email` | `string` or `null` | The public contact email the profile shows. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.phone` | `string` or `null` | The public contact phone number the profile shows, as written there. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.price_range` | `string` or `null` | A business's price range as shown, such as $$. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.rating` | `string` or `null` | The rating line as shown, such as 96% recommend (1,121 reviews). |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.recommend_percent` | `integer` or `null` | The share of reviewers who recommend the Page, as a percentage; null when it is not yet rated. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.review_count` | `integer` or `null` | How many reviews the Page has. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.services` | `string[]` | What the business offers, as Facebook lists it (Delivery, Takeout, Dine-in). \[\] when it lists none. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.hours_status` | `string` or `null` | Whether the business is open at fetch time, in Facebook's words (Open now, Closed now, Closing soon). |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.business_hours` | `object[]` | A business's weekly opening hours, a day at a time. \[\] when it shows none. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.business_hours[].day` | `string` or `null` | The day of the week, as Facebook names it (Monday). |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.business_hours[].hours` | `string` or `null` | The day's hours as shown, such as 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM, 4:30 PM - 9:30 PM, or Closed. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.business_hours[].periods` | `object[]` | The same hours as 24-hour times, one per opening; \[\] on a closed day or when the text is not a list of times. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.business_hours[].periods[].open` | `string` | Opening time, 24-hour HH:MM, local to the business. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.business_hours[].periods[].close` | `string` | Closing time, 24-hour HH:MM, local to the business. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.work` | `string[]` | The jobs a person's intro lists, as written there (Founder and CEO at Meta). \[\] when it lists none. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.education` | `string[]` | The schools a person's intro lists, as written there. \[\] when it lists none. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.hometown` | `string` or `null` | The hometown a person's intro states. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.relationship` | `string` or `null` | The relationship a person's intro states, as written there. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.owner_name` | `string` or `null` | The organization or person Facebook confirms is responsible for the Page. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.owner_location` | `string` or `null` | The confirmed owner's location, as Page transparency states it. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.is_running_ads` | `boolean` or `null` | True when the account is running ads now (Page transparency). |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.is_political_advertiser` | `boolean` or `null` | True when the account has run ads about social issues, elections or politics. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.admin_countries` | `object[]` | Where the people who manage the Page are, as Page transparency counts them. \[\] when it shows none. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.admin_countries[].country` | `string` or `null` | The country's name. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.admin_countries[].count` | `integer` or `null` | How many of the Page's admins are there. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.name_changes` | `object[]` | The Page's earlier name changes, newest first. \[\] when it has none. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.name_changes[].name` | `string` | The name it took. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.name_changes[].changed_at` | `string` (date-time) | When it changed, RFC 3339 UTC. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.instagram_username` | `string` or `null` | The Instagram account Meta links to the advertiser, as its Ad Library's advertiser search shows it; null when it links none or for a profile read from elsewhere. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.instagram_follower_count` | `integer` or `null` | That Instagram account's exact followers, as the Ad Library's advertiser search shows them. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.is_instagram_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Whether that Instagram account has the verified badge, as the Ad Library's advertiser search shows it. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.is_deleted` | `boolean` or `null` | True when the Page has been deleted, as the Ad Library's advertiser search states it: its ads stay in the library. Null for a profile read from elsewhere. |
| `data.platform_specific.facebook.ad_library_entity_type` | `string` or `null` | Meta's own label for the advertiser in its Ad Library, as written there (PERSON_PROFILE, REGULAR_PAGE, IG_ADS_IDENTITY for an advertiser that exists only on Instagram). It labels brands PERSON_PROFILE too: it says how Meta files the advertiser, not what it is. New values may appear. Null for a profile read from elsewhere. |
| `data.approximate_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of values rounded by the platform or parsed from display text (e.g. metrics.follower_count). A list path (external_links) means the list may be incomplete. \[\] when all exact. |
| `data.unknown_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of lists whose \[\] means unknown rather than none (a source that cannot see them); null already means unknown for every other field. \[\] when every list is known. |

not_found and private_or_unavailable are item-level: the request was fine, the item can't be returned.

### 400

400 Bad Request: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `invalid_input` | 400 | No | A parameter is missing or malformed, or the link is not one this endpoint takes. | Fix the parameter named in param as the message says. For a link of the wrong kind, call an endpoint listed in details.endpoints, when there is one. |

### 401

401 Unauthorized: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `unauthorized` | 401 | No | The x-api-key header is missing, or its key is unknown or revoked. On the dashboard's routes: the session cookie is missing or expired. | Send a valid API key in the x-api-key header. No key yet? A person gets one at details.signup_url; an AI agent follows details.agent_auth_url. |

### 402

402 Payment Required: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `insufficient_credits` | 402 | No | The account does not have enough credits for this request. | Have a person buy credits at details.purchase_url (or make them a checkout link with details.checkout), then repeat the request. Do not retry automatically. |
| `spend_limit_reached` | 402 | No | The API key reached its spend limit for this period. The account may still have credits. | Wait until details.resets_at, or raise the key's spend limit (PATCH /v1/api_keys/{id}). Do not retry automatically. |

### 403

403 Forbidden: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `forbidden` | 403 | No | The API key is valid but may not make this request, and details.reason says why: the account is suspended, the key lacks the route's scope, waits for its owner to confirm it by email, has expired, or was used from an IP outside its allowlist, or a rotated key's previous secret was used for a call that needs the admin scope. A running job stops with it too when its account is suspended or the key that created it is revoked or expires. It is about the key, never the item: a private item is private_or_unavailable, also 403, so branch on the code. | Act on details.reason. suspended: contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev). scope: use a key with details.required_scope. previous_secret: use the new secret. key_pending: have the owner open the emailed link. key_expired or key_revoked: create a new key. ip_not_allowed: call from an allowed IP. |
| `private_or_unavailable` | 403 | No | The item exists but is not public: it is private, age- or region-restricted, or needs a login to view. It shares 403 with forbidden (which is about the key), so branch on the code. | Only public items can be fetched. Do not retry. |

### 404

404 Not Found: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `not_found` | 404 | No | The item does not exist or was deleted. On GET /v1/requests/{id}/response: the response was not kept (details.reason says why). | Check the link or ID. Do not retry. |

### 429

429 Too Many Requests: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `rate_limited` | 429 | Yes, later | The account passed its runaway-protection ceiling: a high per-account limit that stops a broken client loop (plans have no rate limit). Requests without an API key (signup, the MCP server's tool listing and find_endpoint) are limited per IP address instead. It also stops an account whose failed requests in the last hour cost far more than its successful ones paid for: failures are free within a limit (the message says so), and successes raise it. | Wait the seconds in the retry-after header, then retry. If your steady traffic needs more, ask [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one. |

### 500

500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `internal` | 500 | Yes, later | An unexpected error on SocialTap's side. | Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) with the request_id. |

### 502

502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `upstream_error` | 502 | Yes, later | The platform failed, or answered with something we could not read. | Retry with backoff. Failed requests are free. |

### 503

503 Unavailable: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `upstream_blocked` | 503 | Yes, later | The platform refused every attempt, our own retries included. | Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free. |
| `overloaded` | 503 | Yes, later | SocialTap was at capacity, or paused by its operators, and did not start the request. Nothing was fetched or charged. | Retry after the seconds in the retry-after header. Failed requests are free. |

## Pricing

From **1 credit** per request. Charged only for successful requests. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as `meta.source`; sources are tried cheapest first: Platform API → Public page.

| Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Any source | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 |

**Balance, sources and what you were charged**

Your balance must be at least **1 credit** to start a request; with less, it is refused with [`insufficient_credits`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#insufficient_credits) (HTTP 402) and costs nothing. Only that minimum is set aside when the request starts.

| meta.source | Source | What it means |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `api` | Platform API | The platform's public, logged-out API. |
| `page` | Public page | Data embedded in the platform's public web page. |

`meta.credits_charged` and the `x-credits-charged` header show what you paid. [How credits work](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) · [Packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md)

Endpoint ID `facebook.profile` · operationId `facebook.profile.get` · [Product overview](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook/profile/index.md)

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