# Facebook Marketplace Location Search API Facebook Marketplace Returns the places Facebook Marketplace's location picker offers for a city, neighborhood or postal code, with the ID a Marketplace search takes. Each place has its name, coordinates, the city and postal code Facebook gives it, the area line the picker shows, whether Facebook calls it a city, and its check-in count. Filter to one country, or rank around coordinates to tell places of the same name apart. GET `/v1/facebook/search_places` ## Example cURL: ```shell curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/search_places?query=Austin' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` TypeScript SDK: ```typescript import { SocialTap } from "socialtap"; const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY const res = await client.facebook.searchPlaces.list({ query: "Austin" }); console.log(res.data); console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id); ``` Node.js (fetch): ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ query: "Austin", }); const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/search_places?${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); ``` Python (requests): ```python import os import requests res = requests.get( "https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/search_places", params={"query": "Austin"}, 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"]) ``` Go (net/http): ```go package main import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "log" "net/http" "net/url" "os" ) func main() { q := url.Values{} q.Set("query", "Austin") req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/search_places?"+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"]) } ``` 200 OK: ```json { "data": [ { "account": null, "address": "Austin, IL", "approximate_fields": [ "platform_specific.facebook.checkin_count" ], "category": null, "city": "Chicago", "country_code": null, "description": null, "id": "108120015875983", "images": [], "latitude": 41.894086, "longitude": -87.763202, "metrics": { "image_count": null, "post_count": null, "review_count": null }, "name": "Austin", "phone": null, "platform": "facebook", "platform_specific": { "facebook": { "checkin_count": 25676 } }, "postal_code": "60644-1112", "price_range": null, "type": "area", "unknown_fields": [ "images" ], "url": "https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/108120015875983/", "website_url": null }, { "account": null, "address": "Austin, GA", "approximate_fields": [ "platform_specific.facebook.checkin_count" ], "category": null, "city": "Marietta", "country_code": null, "description": null, "id": "312180006098697", "images": [], "latitude": 33.955058, "longitude": -84.529634, "metrics": { "image_count": null, "post_count": null, "review_count": null }, "name": "Austin", "phone": null, "platform": "facebook", "platform_specific": { "facebook": { "checkin_count": 162 } }, "postal_code": "30060-1862", "price_range": null, "type": "area", "unknown_fields": [ "images" ], "url": "https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/312180006098697/", "website_url": null }, { "account": null, "address": null, "approximate_fields": [], "category": "City", "city": "Austin", "country_code": null, "description": null, "id": "106224666074625", "images": [], "latitude": 30.2677, "longitude": -97.7475, "metrics": { "image_count": null, "post_count": null, "review_count": null }, "name": "Austin, Texas", "phone": null, "platform": "facebook", "platform_specific": { "facebook": { "checkin_count": null } }, "postal_code": "78701", "price_range": null, "type": "area", "unknown_fields": [ "images" ], "url": "https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/106224666074625/", "website_url": null } ], "page": { "has_more": false, "next_cursor": null, "next_cursor_expires_at": null, "end_reason": "platform_limit" }, "meta": { "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f", "platform": "facebook", "source": "api", "is_cached": false, "credits_charged": 1, "latency_ms": 297, "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z", "input": null, "credits_remaining": 9999, "client_request_id": null, "warnings": [] } } ``` Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete. > [!NOTE] > > **Good to know** > > - id is the Facebook Page behind the place: the Facebook Marketplace Search API takes it as location, and the Facebook City Events API takes a city's. > - Facebook doesn't put the biggest place first (Austin, Illinois comes before Austin, Texas): send country, or lat and lng, to get one specific place. > - The picker returns one page per query and no more, so a full page ends at platform_limit: make the query more specific or filter by country to see others. > - city is the enclosing city Facebook gives the place's coordinates, in the local script: the Austin neighborhood of Chicago has city Chicago, and Tokyo's wards have 千代田区 and 新宿区. > - Facebook files a few streets among its neighborhoods, and they come back with type area, as the picker offers them. ## Authorizations `x-api-key`stringheaderrequired Your API key. [Authentication](https://socialtap.dev/docs/authentication/index.md) ## Query parameters | Name | Type | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `query` required | `string`
max 200 chars | What to look for, as typed into Marketplace's location picker: a city, neighborhood or postal code. Matched by name, case-insensitive; a place ID matches nothing. | `Austin` | | `country` optional | `string`
iso3166-1-alpha-2 | Region: an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code such as US or BR (case-insensitive). Only places in this country: an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code such as US. Every country when omitted; Facebook ignores a code it does not know. | `US` | | `lat` optional | `number`
min -90
max 90 | Latitude (WGS 84 degrees) to rank places near, with lng: of two Springfields, the closer comes first. | `42.1` | | `lng` optional | `number`
min -180
max 180 | Longitude (WGS 84 degrees) to rank places near, with lat. | `-72.59` | | `limit` optional | `integer`
min 1
max 10 | Items per page, 1 to the endpoint's page size (its default and maximum; larger values are reduced to it). Omit it: every page costs the same, so a smaller limit means more pages to pay for. | `10` | | `cursor` optional | `string` | page.next_cursor from the previous response. Send the same other parameters; omit to start from the first page. | — | Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored ([Requests](https://socialtap.dev/docs/requests/index.md)). `limit` and `cursor` page through the list: see Pagination. **Parameters every endpoint accepts** | Name | Type | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `max_age` optional | `integer`
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, page, meta}`. `data` is an array of up to 10 [place](https://socialtap.dev/resources/place/index.md) objects, most relevant first, as Marketplace's location picker ranks them; `page` says how to get the next page; `meta` describes the request ([meta](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/index.md#meta)). Fields only Facebook Marketplace has are under `platform_specific.facebook`. | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `data[].platform` | `string` | Platform ID (tiktok, instagram, …). | | `data[].id` | `string` | Platform-native place ID (TikTok POI ID, Instagram location ID, Facebook Page ID). | | `data[].name` | `string` | Place name as the platform shows it. | | `data[].url` | `string` (uri) | Canonical place page URL. | | `data[].type` | `string` | Coarse kind: venue for one spot (a business, landmark or address), area for a region (a neighborhood, city, state or country); unknown when the platform does not say. New values may be added; treat unknown values as unknown.
One of `venue`, `area`, `unknown` | | `data[].category` | `string` or `null` | The platform's category label (Cafe, City, Pizza Fast Food), as shown; not normalized across platforms. | | `data[].description` | `string` or `null` | The place's description or about text; null when none is shown. | | `data[].address` | `string` or `null` | Address as the platform shows it: a street line on some platforms, the whole postal address or only the enclosing region on others; not normalized. | | `data[].city` | `string` or `null` | City or locality, as shown. | | `data[].postal_code` | `string` or `null` | Postal or ZIP code. | | `data[].country_code` | `string` or `null` | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country of the place. | | `data[].latitude` | `number` or `null` | WGS 84 latitude in degrees; null when the platform does not show coordinates (set together with longitude). | | `data[].longitude` | `number` or `null` | WGS 84 longitude in degrees; null when the platform does not show coordinates (set together with latitude). | | `data[].phone` | `string` or `null` | The business's public phone number, as shown; null when none is shown. | | `data[].website_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | The place's own website. | | `data[].price_range` | `integer` or `null` | The business's price range, 1 (inexpensive, $) to 4 (expensive, $$$$); null when the platform shows none. | | `data[].images` | `object[]` | Pictures of the place the platform shows, in its order; each of type image. \[\] when none (listed in unknown_fields when the source cannot see them). Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours: see expires_at. | | `data[].images[].type` | `string` | Kind of file. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
One of `image`, `video`, `audio`, `gif` | | `data[].images[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Direct file URL; null when the platform withholds it, or when the link would only work from SocialTap's network or with a login. Often signed and expiring: see expires_at. | | `data[].images[].expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When url stops working, RFC 3339 UTC, read from the platform's signed URL; null when unknown or when it does not expire. | | `data[].images[].thumbnail_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Poster or preview image URL. | | `data[].images[].width` | `integer` or `null` | Width in pixels. | | `data[].images[].height` | `integer` or `null` | Height in pixels. | | `data[].images[].duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Duration in milliseconds (video and audio only). | | `data[].images[].alt_text` | `string` or `null` | Accessibility text provided by the author or platform. | | `data[].account` | `object` or `null` | The platform account that represents the place (its business account or Page); null when none is linked. | | `data[].account.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data[].account.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data[].account.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data[].account.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data[].account.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data[].account.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data[].metrics` | `object` | Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero. | | `data[].metrics.post_count` | `integer` or `null` | Public posts tagged with the place, as the platform counts them. | | `data[].metrics.review_count` | `integer` or `null` | Public reviews or recommendations of the place, as the platform counts them. | | `data[].metrics.image_count` | `integer` or `null` | Pictures the platform has of the place; more than the length of images when the source returns only the first ones. | | `data[].platform_specific` | `object` | Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.\); each null when unknown. | | `data[].platform_specific.facebook` | `object` or `null` | A Facebook place's own fields. | | `data[].platform_specific.facebook.checkin_count` | `integer` or `null` | People who checked in at the place, as Facebook shows it; null when Facebook shows no count (it shows none for a city). | | `data[].approximate_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of values rounded by the platform or parsed from display text (e.g. metrics.post_count). \[\] 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 is item-level: the request was fine, the item can't be returned. ### 400 400 Bad Request: 2 error codes. 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. | | `invalid_cursor` | 400 | No | The cursor is malformed or expired, belongs to another endpoint, or came with other parameters than the request that returned it. | Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again. | ### 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: 1 error code. 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. | ### 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. | ## Pagination Items come in pages, **most relevant first, as Marketplace's location picker ranks them**. To get the next page, send **the same request plus `cursor`** set to `page.next_cursor` from the previous response. Keep every other parameter the same (limit, max_age and fields may change); anything else that differs is rejected. When `page.has_more` is `false` the walk is over, and `page.end_reason` says why: only `end` means you have every item (the others say the platform or a page cap stopped the walk early). - **Order**: Most relevant first, as Marketplace's location picker ranks them - **Page size**: Up to 10 places (the default; `limit` lowers it) - **Cursor lifetime**: 24 hours; don't store cursors - **Price**: Per page, 1 credit ### The `page` object | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `page.has_more` | `boolean` | True when another page exists; then next_cursor is set. An empty page with has_more true is not the end. | | `page.next_cursor` | `string` or `null` | Pass as cursor, with the same other parameters, to get the next page; null at the end. | | `page.next_cursor_expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When next_cursor stops working, RFC 3339 UTC; null at the end. Don't store cursors. | | `page.end_reason` | `string` or `null` | Why there are no more pages; null while has_more is true. end: the list ended, or reached since/until. platform_limit: the platform stops serving further pages although the list goes on. max_pages: SocialTap's cap on pages in one walk. New values may be added. A short or empty page is not the end: only has_more false is.
One of `end`, `platform_limit`, `max_pages` | ### Next page cURL: next page: ```shell curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/facebook/search_places?query=Austin&cursor=NEXT_CURSOR' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` - The price is per page: each successful page costs the same, whatever `limit` is and however many items it has. Empty pages are charged too (an empty page with `has_more: true` is not the end). - A `limit` below 10 doesn't save credits: the next request serves the rest of the same platform page, which is fetched again and charged as a page each time, and items can shift between those requests if the platform changes the list. Omitting `limit` is the cheapest way to walk the list. - Errors are free, including a rejected cursor. - Pages served from the cache are free. - An expired or altered cursor, or one sent with different parameters, fails with [`invalid_cursor`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#invalid_cursor) (HTTP 400): Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again. [Pagination guide](https://socialtap.dev/docs/pagination/index.md) ## Pricing From **1 credit** per page. Charged per successful page, whatever its number of items. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as `meta.source`. | Source | Price per successful page | Per 1,000 pages | | --- | --- | --- | | Platform API `api` | 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. | `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.search_places` · operationId `facebook.search_places.list` · [Product overview](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook/search_places/index.md) --- [HTML version](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/facebook/search_places/) · [Docs index for AI agents](https://socialtap.dev/llms.txt) · [All docs in one file](https://socialtap.dev/llms-full.txt)