# Facebook Posts API. Pay per record.

> Recent posts of a Facebook page, profile or group as JSON: text, reactions, comments, shares and views. From $0.0045 per post.

Canonical: https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/facebook/posts-api · Updated 2026-10-21

Get the recent posts of a public Facebook page, profile or group: the text, when it was posted, the content type, reactions, comments, shares and views. Narrow by a since and until date.

- Price: $0.0045 / post
- Billed: Per record
- Free to start: $0.10
- Endpoint: POST /v1/facebook

## What people build with the Facebook Posts API

- **Monitor competitors.** See what rival brands post on Facebook and which posts get reactions and shares.
- **Report on a page.** Pull a month of your own posts with their numbers into a sheet or a dashboard.
- **Feed an agent.** Give your agent a page's recent posts before it writes about that business.

## Quote it, then run it

1. free quote: the exact price, nothing charged:

```bash
curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/facebook \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"posts","subject":"nike","since":"2026-10-01","limit":20,"estimateOnly":true}'
```

2. the same call, run:

```bash
curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/facebook \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"posts","subject":"nike","since":"2026-10-01","limit":20}'
```

## Inputs

Everything you can send in one posts call. Required inputs first.

| Input | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| subject * | string | One page, profile or group URL or handle. ≤400 chars |
| since | string | YYYY-MM-DD |
| until | string | YYYY-MM-DD |
| limit | integer | 1-100 |

## What comes back

The fields of every row, always present. Nothing is guessed: a value that could not be measured is null, and the answer's coverage says why.

| Field | Type |
|---|---|
| postUrl | string |
| postId | string |
| authorKey | string |
| author | any |
| text | string |
| postedAt | string |
| contentType | string |
| reactions | integer |
| reactionBreakdown | any |
| comments | integer |
| shares | integer |
| views | integer |
| media | any |
| videoDuration | string |
| hashtags | list of string |
| mentions | list of string |
| linkPreview | any |
| source | any |
| topComments | any |
| collaborators | any |
| details | object |

details is always the last field: everything else the source sent for that row, under our own field names. Its keys depend on the source that answered, so read them defensively; it is {} when there is nothing more.

## A sample answer

Made-up names and values in the real field names, so you can see the shape before you spend anything.

| author | text | postedAt | contentType | reactions | comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewlab Coffee | New autumn menu is here 🍂 | 2026-10-14T15:00:00Z | photo | 1240 | 86 |
| Brewlab Coffee | Latte art night on the 24th, free entry. | 2026-10-10T18:00:00Z | event | 610 | 44 |
| Brewlab Coffee | Meet our new roaster, Jo. | 2026-10-04T12:00:00Z | video | 890 | 71 |

## Pricing

Pay as you go, in US dollars, per record. No subscription, nothing expires, $5 first top-up, and every new agent starts with $0.10 free.

| Request | Records | At the list price |
|---|---|---|
| One post | 1 | $0.0045 |
| 10 posts | 10 | $0.045 |
| A full page | 100 | $0.45 |

These are per-record list prices. Some calls also carry a minimum, such as a page of search results, so a small request can cost more than the table shows. The quote ("estimateOnly": true) is free, gives the most your exact request can cost, and the charge then settles to what came back. Records that do not come back are refunded.

## Try it without writing code

- [Open the Facebook Posts API in the playground](https://apiforagents.dev/dashboard/run?platform=facebook&op=posts): The playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type.

## Why this one, and not a scraper you run yourself

- No login, no Facebook account, no cookies, no proxies, no browser to babysit.
- When the site changes its pages, your request stays the same: keeping the reads working is our job, not yours.
- A fetch that fails costs nothing: it is named in the answer with a reason, and the quote says the most a call can cost before it runs.

## Use it from your tools

- [Facebook in n8n](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/n8n/facebook)
- [Facebook in Make](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/make/facebook)
- [Facebook in Zapier](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/zapier/facebook)
- [Facebook in Python](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/python/facebook)
- [Facebook in LangChain](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/langchain/facebook)
- [Facebook in Claude Code](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/claude-code/facebook)

## Questions

### What does the Facebook Posts API return?

One row per post: author, text, posted time, content type, reactions, comments, shares, views, post URL, post id and author key.

### What do I pass in?

One page, profile or group URL or handle in subject, optional since and until dates (YYYY-MM-DD), and a limit from 1 to 100.

### How much does it cost?

$0.0045 per post at the list price. A small call can carry a minimum, so quote first with "estimateOnly": true, which is free and is the most the call can cost. You pay for what comes back.

## Why API for Agents

- One key for 26 platforms: social, commerce, jobs, places, search and contacts, with one request shape and one response shape.
- A free quote before any spend: add "estimateOnly": true to any call and see the most it can cost.
- Pay per record in US dollars. No subscription, nothing expires, top-ups from $5.
- $0.10 free to try, no card. An AI agent can sign itself up in one request; a person claims it later.
- Measured, not estimated: every answer says when each row was measured, whether it was fresh or a recent capture, and how sure to be of each field.
- Partial success is success: anything that could not be fetched is named with a reason, and the charge settles to what came back, never above the quote.
- Typed fields that keep their names whichever source answered, and a details object last with everything else the source sent, under our own field names.
- Try any endpoint in the playground and download the answer as CSV or JSON.

## Start

The playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type. Open it at https://apiforagents.dev/dashboard/run?platform=facebook&op=posts (sign in first).

Agents register at https://apiforagents.dev/auth.md (one POST, $0.10 free). People: https://apiforagents.dev/docs#start. Prices: https://apiforagents.dev/pricing.md