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Facebook scraper API. Every public page and group.

Posts and comments from public pages and groups, plus Marketplace listings and the Ad Library, as JSON in one request. No Meta app and no page token.

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  • No Meta app or tokens
  • Marketplace and Ad Library
  • Groups and comment threads
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// Profile lookup — encode the full Facebook URL
const base = "https://api.socialfetch.dev";
const path = "/v1/facebook/profiles";
const profileUrl = "https://www.facebook.com/Meta";

const res = await fetch(
  `${base}${path}?url=${encodeURIComponent(profileUrl)}`,
  { headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" } },
);

const data = await res.json();
{
"displayName": "Meta",
"profileType": "page",
"profileUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/Meta",
"avatarUrl": "https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/...",
// + 20 more — full schema in docs →
}
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Teams running monitoring, research, and enrichment pipelines

Why Social Fetch

We run the Facebook scrapers. You build the product.

Live Facebook data as JSON — proxies, platform changes and consistent output handled for you.

Facebook, plus every other network

One key and one response envelope for Facebook and 24 more platforms — profiles, posts, search, comments and transcripts.

Pricing you can reason about

One request, one credit. Know how far your balance will go before you run your next batch.

Live data on every request

Fetch public data when you ask for it — not from a shared cache.

No scraper maintenance

We handle proxies, browser changes, and platform breakages.

Built for production jobs

Run concurrent workloads with explicit statuses and request IDs.

Regular jobs. Better rates.

Running lookups every month? Get lower per-credit rates with a monthly plan. For occasional projects, choose pay as you go.

Never expires

What Facebook data can you get?

21 endpoints, one API key. Every response comes back as live JSON in the same envelope.

Browse all 21 Facebook endpoints

Profiles & channels

Lists & graphs

Content

Search & discovery

Comments

Transcripts

Marketplace

Ads

Other

Use cases

What teams build with Facebook data

Monitoring, enrichment, research and content workflows on Facebook data — the same API as every other platform.

What you can build

Monitor brands and competitors

Find and vet creators

Check reach and engagement before you reach out.

Turn video into searchable text

Transcribe and index video and audio content so you can find the exact moment you need.

Track public communities

Follow the subreddits, groups, and channels where your audience talks.

Browse all workflows →

How it works

Your first request in three steps.

Use TypeScript or your automation tool of choice.

Sources

+ 19 more platforms

One request

Social Fetch API

GET/v1/tiktok/profiles/charlidamelio

x-api-key: sk_live_••••••••

1 request · 1 credit

Same JSON shape

response.json200 OK
{
  "data": {
    "lookupStatus": "found",
    "profile": {
      "platform": "tiktok",
      "handle": "charlidamelio",
      "displayName": "charli d’amelio",
      "verified": true
    },
    "metrics": {
      "followers": 160263648
    }
  }
}

  1. Step 1

    Create your free account

    Get an API key with 100 requests included.

  2. Step 2

    Choose an endpoint

    Pass a username, URL, keyword, or post ID.

  3. Step 3

    Get clean JSON

    Use the response immediately or send it into your pipeline.

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Pricing

Social data, priced simply.

Start with 100 free credits. Monthly plans give you predictable volume and lower per-request rates.

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Teams building on Social Fetch.

“Our TikTok and Instagram scrapers broke constantly. Social Fetch took us off that rotation — we ship product again.”

Daniel Reeve · Founder, Social Crow

  • “Transcripts at volume from one endpoint. No broken scrapers for our small team to maintain.”

    Marcus Lin · Founder, Voice Gecko

  • “Live profile data on every request. We never flag accounts from a stale cache.”

    Hannah Webb · Founder, Scam Finder

  • “Heavy concurrent load, no rate limits to negotiate. The rare API I haven't wrapped in retries.”

    Owen Pritchard · Founder, IP Flare

Facebook API: common questions

Is there a Facebook scraper API that doesn't need Graph API access?

Yes. Social Fetch's Facebook routes read public pages, posts, groups, Marketplace, and Ad Library data over REST with a Social Fetch API key. You never connect a Meta app, request a page access token, or need admin rights on the Page, group, or ad account you're looking up.

How do I look up a Facebook page or profile by URL?

Call GET /v1/facebook/profiles with a public Facebook url query param. Check data.lookupStatus (found, private, or not_found) before reading data.profile, which can include profileType (person or business), likes, followers, contact fields, and business hours when includeBusinessHours=true is set.

How do I list posts, Reels, photos, or events for a Facebook Page?

Page the feed with GET /v1/facebook/profiles/posts, the Reels tab with GET /v1/facebook/profiles/reels, the Photos tab with GET /v1/facebook/profiles/photos, or the Events tab with GET /v1/facebook/profiles/events. Each takes a public url (posts also accepts pageId) and pages with data.page.nextCursor while hasMore is true. Profile events is a Page's own calendar, not city-wide explore or event search by name.

Can I get comments and a transcript on the same post call?

Yes. GET /v1/facebook/posts accepts includeComments=true for a sample of top-level comments and includeTranscript=true for plain-text speech, alongside the caption, author, and media fields. For a full paginated thread instead of a sample, call GET /v1/facebook/posts/comments and, for nested replies, GET /v1/facebook/posts/comments/replies with a comment's repliesCursor.

Do you support Facebook groups?

Public groups only. GET /v1/facebook/groups returns the About-page profile (name, privacy, member counts, admins, rules) from a group URL or numeric groupId. GET /v1/facebook/groups/posts pages the feed; use sortBy=chronologicalListings for Buy/Sell marketplace groups. Private groups are not accessible — there is no public lookup path for them.

Does Facebook Marketplace search work via API?

Yes, in three steps: resolve a city or place name to coordinates with GET /v1/facebook/marketplace/locations/search, search listings by keyword near that lat/lng with GET /v1/facebook/marketplace/search (filterable by price, radius, condition, and delivery method), and fetch one known listing by itemId or url with GET /v1/facebook/marketplace/items.

Can I access Facebook Ad Library via API?

Yes — four routes under the Facebook tag. GET /v1/facebook/ad-library/ads/search finds ads by keyword with country, status, media-type, and date filters. GET /v1/facebook/ad-library/ads fetches one ad by archive id or URL, with an optional video transcript. GET /v1/facebook/ad-library/companies/search turns a brand name into a pageId, and GET /v1/facebook/ad-library/companies/ads lists every ad for that page.

How much does the Facebook API cost?

Pricing is documented on the operation in the API registry (shown on this page). Confirm on every response with meta.creditsCharged — that field is the billing source of truth. Each paginated page is a separate billed request.

Facebook Graph API vs Social Fetch — what's the difference?

Graph API and Marketing API manage Pages and ad accounts you control — posting, Insights, campaign reporting — and require app review plus access tokens. Social Fetch is public-data enrichment: URL or search query in, structured JSON out, one Social Fetch API key.

Can I pull Facebook Reels and their transcripts?

Yes. List a Page's Reels with GET /v1/facebook/profiles/reels, then hydrate one Reel with GET /v1/facebook/posts?url=…&includeTranscript=true, or call GET /v1/facebook/posts/transcript for transcript text on its own. A found lookup does not guarantee non-null transcript text — some clips have no detectable speech.

Is scraping Facebook data legal?

Social Fetch returns publicly visible pages, posts, groups, Marketplace listings, and Ad Library entries — the same data a signed-out browser can see. You're responsible for how you use it under Meta's terms, applicable law, and your own compliance review. We don't give legal advice.

The Facebook API in detailHow the Facebook routes work, what they cost, and how they differ from the official API.

Why teams use Social Fetch for Facebook

Facebook still has surfaces Instagram and TikTok don't: business Pages, public groups, Marketplace, and Meta Ad Library. Social Fetch's Facebook tag is sixteen REST GETs behind one API key, all returning { data, meta }.

GET /v1/facebook/profiles resolves a public page or profile URL to a card with profileType, likes, followers, and business fields. GET /v1/facebook/profiles/posts, .../reels, .../photos, and .../events page a Page's feed, Reels tab, Photos tab, and Events tab with cursor pagination. GET /v1/facebook/posts hydrates a single post or Reel permalink, with optional includeComments and includeTranscript; GET /v1/facebook/posts/comments and .../comments/replies page the full thread; GET /v1/facebook/posts/transcript returns spoken text on its own. GET /v1/facebook/groups returns a public group's About-page profile (privacy, members, admins, rules) by group URL or numeric group ID. GET /v1/facebook/groups/posts pages that group's feed by URL with sortBy options for Buy/Sell groups. Three Marketplace routes cover city-to-coordinates, keyword search near lat/lng, and single-listing lookup. Four Ad Library routes cover keyword ad search, single-ad detail, advertiser name-to-page-id search, and full ad listings for one page.

Every response uses data.lookupStatus (found / not_found, and private on profiles). List routes add data.page.hasMore and data.page.nextCursor. Every call reports meta.requestId and meta.creditsCharged.

How to call the Facebook API

  1. 1. Create an API key

    Sign up at Social Fetch and copy a key (sfk_…). New accounts get 100 free credits — enough to resolve a Page profile, page a few posts, and run one Ad Library search against live data.

  2. 2. Call a Facebook route

    Start with GET /v1/facebook/profiles?url=… for a Page or profile card, then move to profiles/posts, profiles/reels, profiles/events, groups, groups/posts, marketplace/search, or the Ad Library routes depending on what you need. Send x-api-key on every request — the playground works for one-off checks, the TypeScript SDK or curl for production jobs.

  3. 3. Read the shared envelope

    Branch on data.lookupStatus before writing rows — found, not_found, or private. Page list routes with data.page.nextCursor while hasMore is true. Log meta.requestId for support and bill from meta.creditsCharged, the source of truth for what a call cost.

What each Facebook route returns

  • Public profile and Page cards — profileType, likes, followers, contact fields, business hours (GET /v1/facebook/profiles).
  • Page and profile feed, Reels tab, Photos tab, and Events tab with cursor pagination (profiles/posts, profiles/reels, profiles/photos, profiles/events).
  • Single post or Reel by permalink with optional inline comments and transcript (GET /v1/facebook/posts).
  • Full comment threads and nested replies via cursor (posts/comments, posts/comments/replies).
  • Standalone video transcript for posts and Reels (GET /v1/facebook/posts/transcript).
  • Public group About-page profile by URL or group ID (GET /v1/facebook/groups), and the group feed with a sortBy mode for Buy/Sell marketplace groups (GET /v1/facebook/groups/posts).
  • City events from a Facebook Events explore URL, with optional today / thisWeek / nextWeek filters (GET /v1/facebook/events).
  • Marketplace: city/place to coordinates, keyword listing search near a lat/lng, and single-listing detail by item id or URL.
  • Ad Library: keyword ad search, single-ad detail with optional transcript, advertiser name-to-pageId search, and full ad lists for one page.

How much does the Facebook API cost?

Every Facebook operation bills a flat 1 credit per completed lookup. Paginated routes (profiles/posts, profiles/reels, profiles/photos, profiles/events, groups/posts, posts/comments, posts/comments/replies, marketplace/search, and the three Ad Library list/search routes) bill each page separately. Credits never expire on pay-as-you-go packs. Always trust meta.creditsCharged.

Social Fetch vs the official Facebook API

Meta Graph API and Marketing API manage Pages and ad accounts you own — posting, Insights, campaigns. They require app review, access tokens, and (for Marketing API) an active ads account. Social Fetch looks up publicly visible pages, posts, groups, Marketplace listings, and Ad Library entries with a Social Fetch API key only — no Meta app review, no page token, no ads account.

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