Facebook Post

5 credits

Fetch a Facebook post with comments.

POST/api/v1/tools/facebook/post

Parameters

urlstringrequired

Full Facebook post URL (e.g. "https://www.facebook.com/openai/posts/pfbid0w96S8oxKwX").

maxCommentsnumber

Maximum number of comments to return. Must be a positive integer. Defaults to 200. Upper bound is determined by your plan.

fieldsstring[]

Fields to include per comment. Omit for defaults: legacyFbid, text, authorId, authorName, createdTime, reactionCount, replyCount, parentId. Available fields: legacyFbid, text, authorId, authorName, authorProfilePicUrl, createdTime, depth, reactionCount, replyCount, feedbackId, expansionToken, parentId. Use ["*"] for all fields.

Response Schema

dataobject

Facebook post result

postobject

Post metadata

commentsobject[]

Array of comment objects.

countnumber

Number of comments returned

totalCommentsnumber | null

Total comment count reported by Facebook

truncatedboolean

True if more comments exist than were returned. Only present when truncation occurred.

metaobject

Request metadata

toolstring

Tool name (facebook-post)

creditsUsednumber

Credits consumed (5)

requestIdstring

Unique request ID

Request

curl -X POST https://scraper.run/api/v1/tools/facebook/post \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sc_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/openai/posts/pfbid0w96S8oxKwX",
    "maxComments": 50
  }'

Response Example

{
  "data": {
    "post": {
      "id": "pfbid0w96S8oxKwX",
      "author": "OpenAI",
      "text": "We are releasing a new set of research tools designed to help developers build safer AI systems. Read more about how these tools work.",
      "createdAt": "2026-04-07T16:00:00.000Z",
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/openai/posts/pfbid0w96S8oxKwX",
      "reactions": 2340,
      "shares": 412,
      "comments": 187
    },
    "comments": [
      {
        "id": "cmt_fb_001",
        "parentId": "pfbid0w96S8oxKwX",
        "author": "Maria Lopez",
        "text": "This is exactly what the developer community needs. Great work.",
        "createdAt": "2026-04-07T16:30:00.000Z",
        "reactions": 34
      }
    ],
    "count": 1,
    "totalComments": 187,
    "truncated": true
  },
  "meta": {
    "tool": "facebook-post",
    "creditsUsed": 5,
    "requestId": "req_abc123"
  }
}

curl -X POST https://scraper.run/api/v1/tools/facebook/post \

-H "Authorization: Bearer sc_live_..." \

-H "Content-Type: application/json" \

-d '{

"url": "https://www.facebook.com/openai/posts/pfbid0w96S8oxKwX",

"maxComments": 50

{

"data": {

"post": {

"id": "pfbid0w96S8oxKwX",

"author": "OpenAI",

"text": "We are releasing a new set of research tools designed to help developers build safer AI systems. Read more about how these tools work.",

"createdAt": "2026-04-07T16:00:00.000Z",

"url": "https://www.facebook.com/openai/posts/pfbid0w96S8oxKwX",

"reactions": 2340,

"shares": 412,

"comments": 187

"comments": [

{

"id": "cmt_fb_001",

"parentId": "pfbid0w96S8oxKwX",

"author": "Maria Lopez",

"text": "This is exactly what the developer community needs. Great work.",

"createdAt": "2026-04-07T16:30:00.000Z",

"reactions": 34

}

"count": 1,

"totalComments": 187,

"truncated": true

"meta": {

"tool": "facebook-post",

"creditsUsed": 5,

"requestId": "req_abc123"

}