Facebook Group Posts

GET /v1/facebook/group/posts

Fetches posts from a public Facebook group, limited to 3 posts per page due to API limitations. Each post includes id, text, url, reactionCount, commentCount, publishTime, videoDetails, and topComments. Supports sorting by TOP_POSTS, RECENT_ACTIVITY, CHRONOLOGICAL, or CHRONOLOGICAL_LISTINGS, with cursor-based pagination.

Authentication

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

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
url	string	no	The URL of the group	https://www.facebook.com/groups/1270525996445602/
group_id	string	no	The ID of the group	742354120555345
sort_by	enum(TOP_POSTS, RECENT_ACTIVITY, CHRONOLOGICAL, CHRONOLOGICAL_LISTINGS)	no	How to sort the posts	TOP_POSTS
cursor	string	no	The cursor to paginate to the next page	AQHRBjJCelNvdGRjH8s2j-6...

Example Request

curl

curl 'https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/facebook/group/posts' \
  -H 'x-api-key: $SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY'

Node / TypeScript

const params = new URLSearchParams({  });
const res = await fetch(`https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/facebook/group/posts?${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/group/posts',
    headers={'x-api-key': os.environ['SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY']},
    params={},
)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json())

CLI

scrapecreators facebook group-posts --help

Example Response

{
  "success": true,
  "posts": [
    {
      "id": "1286289372828481",
      "text": null,
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/742354120555345/permalink/1286289372828481/",
      "permalink": "https://www.facebook.com/sofiyati.942655/videos/996458202287759/?idorvanity=742354120555345",
      "author": {
        "__typename": "User",
        "name": "Sofiyati",
        "short_name": "Sofiyati",
        "id": "61552766652796"
      },
      "reactionCount": 198,
      "commentCount": 100,
      "videoViewCount": null,
      "publishTime": 1748639389,
      "videoDetails": {
        "sdUrl": "https://video-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m69/AQO0_B24bEmILx4bmOfr_cQA5BgXwF9DMHJYAkUfQJAmuMGLV9PAc9-TrNen27lHJjr45pVm0ufFCcTJBCeFIr_s.mp4?strext=1&_nc_cat=111&_nc_sid=8bf8fe&_nc_ht=video-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net&_nc_ohc=paW12HBCn0EQ7kNvwFwJnXg&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Inhwdl9wcm9ncmVzc2l2ZS5GQUNFQk9PSy4uQzNlLjY0MC5zdmVfc2QiLCJ4cHZfYXNzZXRfaWQiOjEwNjkzNDUwMjg0MTg4MjYsInZpX3VzZWNhc2VfaWQiOjEwMTIxLCJkdXJhdGlvbl9zIjoxNSwidXJsZ2VuX3NvdXJjZSI6Ind3dyJ9&ccb=17-1&_nc_zt=28&oh=00_AfJNS34mvDAkIbtvP8o2nMuYrJ66ZeyCB1zQRlsD8sajow&oe=684150C7",
        "hdUrl": "https://video-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m69/AQM3UoTI5n6N2jVgKeUXSMPnqwAEQFHNGM9dejk3EV-MyBXNUcHlWtvYgUU2cD672EkWw5UAYZ3jJLXQiFdOvQh7.mp4?strext=1&_nc_cat=102&_nc_sid=5e9851&_nc_ht=video-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net&_nc_ohc=kSrgWXZVr9IQ7kNvwE16oSK&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Inhwdl9wcm9ncmVzc2l2ZS5GQUNFQk9PSy4uQzNlLjEyODAuZGFzaF9oMjY0LWJhc2ljLWdlbjJfNzIwcCIsInhwdl9hc3NldF9pZCI6MTA2OTM0NTAyODQxODgyNiwidmlfdXNlY2FzZV9pZCI6MTAxMjEsImR1cmF0aW9uX3MiOjE1LCJ1cmxnZW5fc291cmNlIjoid3d3In0%3D&ccb=17-1&vs=67dd4c5fe90b11c5&_nc_vs=HBksFQIYOnBhc3N0aHJvdWdoX2V2ZXJzdG9yZS9HRUlZOHgwUVZ4azVjSHdIQUNGeU9XTzlQTzlXYm1kakFBQUYVAALIARIAFQIYOnBhc3N0aHJvdWdoX2V2ZXJzdG9yZS9HQ1V3OFIySHNmZWZhbUVFQUNZbmdLUlBMSzU4YnJGcUFBQUYVAgLIARIAKAAYABsCiAd1c2Vfb2lsATEScHJvZ3Jlc3NpdmVfcmVjaXBlATEVAAAmlLT9qImk5gMVAigDQzNlLBdALkQYk3S8ahgZZGFzaF9oMjY0LWJhc2ljLWdlbjJfNzIwcBEAdQJlkp4BAA&_nc_zt=28&oh=00_AfJKQedBwUVhnjLuJgGuJ7E1TXLk0vib17T3YkAmJUPb8w&oe=68414B6C",
        "thumbnailUrl": "https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t15.5256-10/502130835_1399930867890626_4491393707187246303_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960_tt6&_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=50ce42&_nc_ohc=l5JdWBSutswQ7kNvwFHAOSM&_nc_oc=Adm5GttPwjsWvVb_d8d7buJHGnqW6FNHHuRyi2n0UmFWsS7KDF2bg4bo_0uXYI8Uxh0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&_nc_gid=BIqW4GLH6GWa7rMa2JiKFA&oh=00_AfKO58NMsMKO_OXEVSw8A1BNbt0xSVognLfCBKxypc5etw&oe=684150FC"
      },
      "topComments": [
        {
          "id": "Y29tbWVudDoxMjg2Mjg5MzcyODI4NDgxXzEyODY1MTY1MjYxMzkwOTk=",
          "text": "I can find thousands of videos with the same exact trend. And we all know what I’m referring to 🤭",
          "publishTime": 1748666375,
          "author": {
            "id": "pfbid0haqAQZCvs4cTVyfGwxCGPidvLYRNhFiboXkCH45LmPLAF1oQ7kJxaVig19KT8nZvl",
            "name": "Trent Slushy",
            "gender": "MALE",
            "url": null
          }
  
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Credits

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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.