# Facebook Reels API. Pay per record.

> A Facebook page's recent reels as JSON: plays, duration, audio, publish date and video links. From $0.0045 per reel.

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

Get a Facebook page's recent reels: plays, duration, audio title and artist, publish date, and links to the reel, the video and the thumbnail.

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

## What people build with the Facebook Reels API

- **Short video research.** See which reels a brand publishes and how many plays each one gets.
- **Audio trends.** Read which audio tracks a page uses on its reels.
- **Report on a page.** Pull your own reels with their plays into a report.

## 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":"reels","subject":"natgeo","limit":10,"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":"reels","subject":"natgeo","limit":10}'
```

## Inputs

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

| Input | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| subject * | string | One page URL or handle. ≤400 chars |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| reelId | string |
| reelUrl | string |
| plays | integer |
| playsLabel | string |
| publishedAt | string |
| durationSec | number |
| audioTitle | string |
| audioArtist | string |
| audioTrack | string |
| audioTrackId | string |
| audioType | string |
| audioMuted | boolean |
| remixable | boolean |
| videoUrl | string |
| thumbnailUrl | string |
| dimensions | string |
| captionLanguages | list of string |
| dubbedAudioLanguages | list of string |
| captionsFileUrl | string |
| page | 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.

| plays | playsLabel | durationSec | audioTitle | audioArtist | publishedAt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 184000 | 184K | 22 | Original audio | Brewlab Coffee | 2026-10-13 |
| 96000 | 96K | 31 | Autumn Lo-fi | Sundays | 2026-10-09 |
| 12400 | 12K | 45 | Original audio | Brewlab Coffee | 2026-10-03 |

## 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 reel | 1 | $0.0045 |
| 10 reels | 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 Reels API in the playground](https://apiforagents.dev/dashboard/run?platform=facebook&op=reels): 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 Reels API return?

One row per reel: plays, a plays label, duration in seconds, audio title and artist, published date, whether it can be remixed, reel id and URL, audio track id, video URL, thumbnail URL and captions file URL.

### What do I pass in?

One page URL or handle in subject and a limit from 1 to 100.

### How much does it cost?

$0.0045 per reel 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=reels (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