Facebook Posts Scraper API

With the Facebook Post Scraping API, you scrape any post on Facebook. You just have to pass the internal ID of the account to get the data.

Each successful request will cost you 5 API credits.

You have to send a GET request to http://api.scrapingdog.com/facebook/posts with the below-given parameters.

Parameters

Scrapingdog Parameters

Parameter

Description

api_key

required

Your personal API key. Available on your dashboard Type: String

Search Query

Parameter

Description

id required

This is the internal user ID of the Facebook profile, which you can get from Facebook Profile Scraper API from the id field. Type: String

Pagination

Parameter

Description

next_page_token

The next_page_token is used to get the next page of results. Type: String

API Example

cURL "https://api.scrapingdog.com/facebook/posts?api_key=APIKEY&id=100044541544829"

import requests

api_key = 'APIKEY'
id = '100044541544829'


params = {
    'api_key': api_key,
    'id': id
}

response = requests.get('https://api.scrapingdog.com/facebook/posts', params=params)

if response.status_code == 200:
    # Parse the JSON response using response.json()
    response_data = response.json()
    
    # Now you can work with the response_data as a Python dictionary
    print(response_data)
else:
    print(f'Request failed with status code: {response.status_code}')

const axios = require('axios');

const api_key = 'APIKEY';
const id = '100044541544829';


const params = {
  api_key,
  id
};

axios
  .get('https://api.scrapingdog.com/facebook/posts', { params })
  .then((response) => {
    if (response.status === 200) {
      // Parse the JSON response
      const responseData = response.data;
      console.log(responseData);
    } else {
      console.error(`Request failed with status code: ${response.status}`);
    }
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.error('An error occurred:', error);
  });

require 'httparty'
require 'json'

api_key = 'APIKEY'
id = '100044541544829'


# Define the API endpoint
endpoint = 'https://api.scrapingdog.com/facebook/posts'

# Create a hash with the query parameters
params = {
  api_key: api_key,
  id : id
}

# Make the GET request
response = HTTParty.get(endpoint, query: params)

# Check the HTTP response code
if response.code == 200
  # Parse the JSON response
  parsed_response = JSON.parse(response.body)
  puts parsed_response
else
  puts "Request failed with status code: #{response.code}"
end

<?php
$api_key = 'APIKEY';
$id = '100044541544829';


// Create an array with the query parameters
$params = array(
    'api_key' => $api_key,
    'id' => $id
);

// Initialize cURL session
$ch = curl_init('https://api.scrapingdog.com/facebook/posts?' . http_build_query($params));

// Set cURL options
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

// Execute the cURL request
$response = curl_exec($ch);

// Check for cURL errors
if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'cURL error: ' . curl_error($ch);
} else {
    $httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    if ($httpCode === 200) {
        // Parse the JSON response
        $responseData = json_decode($response, true);
        print_r($responseData);
    } else {
        echo 'Request failed with status code: ' . $httpCode;
    }
}

// Close cURL session
curl_close($ch);
?>

import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import okhttp3.ResponseBody;
import org.json.JSONObject;

public class TwitterApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String api_key = "APIKEY";
        String id = "100044541544829";


        String endpoint = "https://api.scrapingdog.com/facebook/posts";
        
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
        Request request = new Request.Builder()
                .url(endpoint + "?api_key=" + api_key + "&id=" + id)
                .get()
                .build();

        try {
            Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
            ResponseBody responseBody = response.body();

            if (response.isSuccessful() && responseBody != null) {
                String jsonString = responseBody.string();
                JSONObject jsonResponse = new JSONObject(jsonString);
                System.out.println(jsonResponse.toString(4)); // Pretty print the JSON response
            } else {
                System.err.println("Request failed with status code: " + response.code());
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

API Response

{
    "pagination": {
        "has_next_page": true,
        "next_page_token": "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"
    },
    "posts_data": [
        {
            "cache_id": "8051191019963556713",
            "post_id": "1393461115481927",
            "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2166091230582141/",
            "likes": 6071,
            "shares": 941,
            "comments": 1874,
            "timestamp": 1757952119,
            "media": [
                {
                    "type": "Video",
                    "is_playable": false,
                    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2166091230582141/",
                    "image": "https://scontent-lax7-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-10/549104239_18565912819020081_2330706867671026439_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p565x565_tt6&_nc_cat=101&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=c44d43&_nc_ohc=ZAW4lcZWvQIQ7kNvwGJMmay&_nc_oc=Adox_T58V_2KyssrrJv90IOFLV-6w5u3YHolkStQph--01UIaHUgWtQXTGbgPFTsxD4&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lax7-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=HqxEmQM55KBrXMZ3MLc1yw&_nc_ss=7039b&oh=00_Af7dhJ6bG_EA7K_6I2w-IAc1GuP_cvv1tBdFWbn4KeOmSQ&oe=6A1D2FA4",
                    "viewer_image": null,
                    "id": "2166091230582141",
                    "accessibility_caption": null
                }
            ],
            "message": "Leave your limits at the surface. #JustDoIt",
            "actors": [
                {
                    "profile_picture": {
                        "uri": "https://scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t39.30808-1/284964043_10159903868513445_7696353984967674128_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_s50x50_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=2d3e12&_nc_ohc=hsrXiQCvxVsQ7kNvwFx9Qc8&_nc_oc=AdqFFZBL_Riq6H2QcioP1UTjB67ooXA3c9vcjoFNSoIImuNBRpP2Y1EvbuOWmPmjDfo&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=HqxEmQM55KBrXMZ3MLc1yw&_nc_ss=7039b&oh=00_Af79r6G7BaeveHDCY5yfS8C_GDu9UtsE5qsUZGX4gpAn_A&oe=6A1D1A70"
                    },
                    "__typename": "User",
                    "id": "100044541544829",
                    "name": "Nike",
                    "__isEntity": "User",
                    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/nike"
                }
            ],
            "entities": [
                {
                    "entity": {
                        "__typename": "Hashtag",
                        "__isEntity": "Hashtag",
                        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/justdoit",
                        "mobileUrl": "https://m.facebook.com/hashtag/justdoit",
                        "__isNode": "Hashtag",
                        "id": "363339373780672"
                    },
                    "entity_is_weak_reference": false,
                    "length": 9,
                    "offset": 34
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "cache_id": "-7914302619487003160",
            "post_id": "1392071868954185",
            "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/752115997659579/",
            "likes": 4045,
            "shares": 500,
            "comments": 585,
            "timestamp": 1757807583,
            "media": [
                {
                    "type": "Video",
                    "is_playable": false,
                    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/752115997659579/",
                    "image": "https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-10/548838919_18565615666020081_158902364425729178_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p565x565_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=c44d43&_nc_ohc=AjG952bXWDcQ7kNvwGNgDO1&_nc_oc=AdoD_qPHbc0IrHUcxLlZtbzgt6PjW3J-VZaFQ-KAUfm1T45_AxRY-Jwdm-XUB_TLNT4&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=HqxEmQM55KBrXMZ3MLc1yw&_nc_ss=7039b&oh=00_Af7avuRONkcydCLlPd2-YJbngVqGP0wq7wYiesgbGtpZKw&oe=6A1D110D",
                    "viewer_image": null,
                    "id": "752115997659579",
                    "accessibility_caption": null
                }
            ],
            "message": "The longest jump is the one you didn’t doubt. #JustDoIt",
            "actors": [
                {
                    "profile_picture": {
                        "uri": "https://scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t39.30808-1/284964043_10159903868513445_7696353984967674128_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_s50x50_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=2d3e12&_nc_ohc=hsrXiQCvxVsQ7kNvwFx9Qc8&_nc_oc=AdqFFZBL_Riq6H2QcioP1UTjB67ooXA3c9vcjoFNSoIImuNBRpP2Y1EvbuOWmPmjDfo&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=HqxEmQM55KBrXMZ3MLc1yw&_nc_ss=7039b&oh=00_Af79r6G7BaeveHDCY5yfS8C_GDu9UtsE5qsUZGX4gpAn_A&oe=6A1D1A70"
                    },
                    "__typename": "User",
                    "id": "100044541544829",
                    "name": "Nike",
                    "__isEntity": "User",
                    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/nike"
                }
            ],
            "entities": [
                {
                    "entity": {
                        "__typename": "Hashtag",
                        "__isEntity": "Hashtag",
                        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/justdoit",
                        "mobileUrl": "https://m.facebook.com/hashtag/justdoit",
                        "__isNode": "Hashtag",
                        "id": "363339373780672"
                    },
                    "entity_is_weak_reference": false,
                    "length": 9,
                    "offset": 46
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "cache_id": "-3786931348888444351",
            "post_id": "1388501259311246",
            "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1168298751995880/",
            "likes": 2891,
            "shares": 341,
            "comments": 375,
            "timestamp": 1757462067,
            "media": [
                {
                    "type": "Video",
                    "is_playable": false,
                    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1168298751995880/",
                    "image": "https://scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.71878-10/544903342_1488127749039210_7715950054603424720_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p565x565_tt6&_nc_cat=111&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=c44d43&_nc_ohc=hPvBB7oGgdQQ7kNvwFegvfF&_nc_oc=AdpSiRBBMiHHfxFZ8z627AW-NTfVDg4QiE761kn2VQz9lWzXohbdmAScK2p6LZQMetg&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=HqxEmQM55KBrXMZ3MLc1yw&_nc_ss=7039b&oh=00_Af61Fe2fs60AH4qrH5jHqqgoKqsqRknW7XDHvWiB_K_rkQ&oe=6A1D2A77",
                    "viewer_image": null,
                    "id": "1168298751995880",
                    "accessibility_caption": null
                }
            ],
            "message": "Two thoughts, you’re out. #justdoit",
            "actors": [
                {
                    "profile_picture": {
                        "uri": "https://scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t39.30808-1/284964043_10159903868513445_7696353984967674128_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_s50x50_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=2d3e12&_nc_ohc=hsrXiQCvxVsQ7kNvwFx9Qc8&_nc_oc=AdqFFZBL_Riq6H2QcioP1UTjB67ooXA3c9vcjoFNSoIImuNBRpP2Y1EvbuOWmPmjDfo&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=HqxEmQM55KBrXMZ3MLc1yw&_nc_ss=7039b&oh=00_Af79r6G7BaeveHDCY5yfS8C_GDu9UtsE5qsUZGX4gpAn_A&oe=6A1D1A70"
                    },
                    "__typename": "User",
                    "id": "100044541544829",
                    "name": "Nike",
                    "__isEntity": "User",
                    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/nike"
                }
            ],
            "entities": [
                {
                    "entity": {
                        "__typename": "Hashtag",
                        "__isEntity": "Hashtag",
                        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/justdoit",
                        "mobileUrl": "https://m.facebook.com/hashtag/justdoit",
                        "__isNode": "Hashtag",
                        "id": "363339373780672"
                    },
                    "entity_is_weak_reference": false,
                    "length": 9,
                    "offset": 26
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

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