Events

GET /v1/facebook/events

Get the events of a city. Check out this link for an example of where we are getting the data from.

Authentication

All requests require the x-api-key header. Get your key at scrapecreators.com.

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
url	string	yes	The URL of the city's Facebook Events page	https://www.facebook.com/events/explore/saint-petersburg-florida/111326725552547
time	enum(today, this_week, next_week)	no	The time frame to search for. Defaults to all time
cursor	string	no	The cursor to paginate to the next page	eyJzdGFydF...

Example Request

curl

curl 'https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/facebook/events?url=https://www.facebook.com/events/explore/saint-petersburg-florida/111326725552547' \
  -H 'x-api-key: $SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY'

Node / TypeScript

const params = new URLSearchParams({ url: 'https://www.facebook.com/events/explore/saint-petersburg-florida/111326725552547' });
const res = await fetch(`https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/facebook/events?${params}`, {
  headers: { 'x-api-key': process.env.SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY }
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import os, requests
r = requests.get(
    'https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/facebook/events',
    headers={'x-api-key': os.environ['SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY']},
    params={'url': 'https://www.facebook.com/events/explore/saint-petersburg-florida/111326725552547'},
)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json())

CLI

scrapecreators facebook-events events --help

Example Response

{
  "success": true,
  "credits_remaining": 49998305425,
  "events": [
    {
      "id": "2255360061870188",
      "schema_context": null,
      "cover_photo": {
        "photo": {
          "accessibility_caption": "May be an image of crowd",
          "image": {
            "uri": "https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/651106377_950305721046361_5055393414866459656_n.jpg?stp=c0.128.2048.977a_dst-jpg_s640x640_tt6&_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=7e0d18&_nc_ohc=uoUS18WdA8AQ7kNvwFst0pe&_nc_oc=AdrKSULesf0R7do30SFyq0RoMV3ZxJYTz5leueITbRx88Cbg1yRFOKo-d1-yMT01j68&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&_nc_gid=qD91MpaVYDRFp7bLWxiBHg&_nc_ss=7e289&oh=00_Af5VIYxAG3h_o7zT5ilskEWnNSJsEIbKRSi0j0G8xTorjA&oe=69FC8B8B"
          },
          "id": "950305717713028"
        }
      },
      "cover_video": null,
      "gif_cover_photo": null,
      "online_event_setup": null,
      "is_happening_now": false,
      "day_time_sentence": "Sun, May 3 at 12:00 PM EDT",
      "name": "May St. Pete Flea ",
      "is_online": false,
      "ticketing_context_row": {
        "price_range_text": null
      },
      "event_place": {
        "__typename": "Page",
        "contextual_name": "Mirror Lake Park, Downtown St Pete",
        "__isNode": "Page",
        "id": "521768081246129"
      },
      "eventUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/events/2255360061870188/",
      "can_page_viewer_invite_as_user": false,
      "can_viewer_invite": false,
      "can_viewer_rsvp": false,
      "can_viewer_share": false,
      "event_kind": "PUBLIC_TYPE",
      "if_viewer_can_duplicate_event": null,
      "is_online_or_detected_online": false,
      "is_past": false,
      "is_viewer_host": false,
      "start_timestamp": 1777824000,
      "rsvp_button_renderer": {
        "__typename": "PublicRsvpStyleRenderer",
        "event": {
          "id": "2255360061870188",
          "connection_style": "INTERESTED",
          "can_viewer_join": false,
          "can_viewer_watch": false,
          "can_viewer_unwatch": false,
          "viewer_watch_status": "UNWATCHED",
          "if_viewer_can_see_going_button": null,
          "event_connection_data_privacy_scope": null,
          "privacy_scope_for_toast": null,
          "can_join_group_chat": false,
          "created_for_group": null,
          "chat": null
        },
        "__module_operation_EventCometUniversalRSVPButton_event": {
          "__dr": "PublicEventCometRSVPButtonRenderer_rsvpStyleRenderer$normalization.graphql"
        },
        "__module_component_EventCometUniversalRSVPButton_event": {
          "__dr": "PublicEventCometRSVPButtonRenderer.react"
        }
      },
      "parent_if_exists_or_self": {
        "online_event_setup": null,
        "id": "2255360061870188"
      },
      "live_virtual_event_info": null,
      "__typename": "Event",
      "social_context": {
        "text": "7.3K interested · 195 going",
        "ranges": [],
        "interested_count": 7300,
        "going_count": 195,
        "went_coun
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Credits

Most ScrapeCreators endpoints consume 1 credit per successful response. Some heavier endpoints (transcripts, AI-driven enrichment, ad detail lookups) may cost more. Check GET /v1/credit-balance for your remaining balance.

Errors

Status	Meaning	Action
200	Success.	Use the JSON payload.
400	Invalid or missing parameter.	Verify required parameters and value format.
401	Missing or invalid x-api-key.	Pass a valid API key in the header.
402	Out of credits.	Top up at scrapecreators.com or wait for plan reset.
404	Resource not found or private.	Confirm the handle, URL, or id and that the resource is public.
429	Rate limited.	Backoff and retry with exponential delay.
500	Server error or upstream platform failure.	Retry with backoff; report persistent errors to support.