Facebook comment replies API

Replies to one comment.

GET /v1/facebook/post/comment/replies

Replies to one comment. Either the post url and the parent comment_id, or the comment's feedback_id and expansion_token as the comments list returns them (both are needed).

Cost: 1 credit
Cache: Results are kept up to 30 days; send max_age_days to reuse them for free.
Timeout: A request still running after about 25 seconds answers 202 with a job to poll (Batch and jobs).

Parameters#

Name	Type	Required	Description
`url`	URL	one of	Post, video or reel URL. Accepted hosts: `facebook.com`, `fb.com`, `fb.watch`.
`comment_id`	string	no	Id of the parent comment. Also accepted as `commentId`.
`feedback_id`	string	one of	The comment's feedback id (not the comment id), from `post/comments`.
`expansion_token`	string	no	The comment's expansion token, from `post/comments`.

Send at least one of feedback_id, url. If you send several, the first listed is used and the rest are ignored.

Every request also accepts:

cursor: the cursor from the previous page (Pagination).
trim: true for a smaller response without null fields and extra.
raw: true to also get the platform's original object as raw.
max_age_days: accept a cached result up to this many days old, for 0 credits (Caching).

Example request#

Set your key in the environment first (see Authentication).

1curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/facebook/post/comment/replies" \2  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \3  --data-urlencode "url=https://www.facebook.com/reel/2166091230582141/" \4  --data-urlencode "comment_id=2082653245809386"

1import os2import requests34params = {5    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2166091230582141/",6    "comment_id": "2082653245809386",7}8res = requests.get(9    "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/facebook/post/comment/replies",10    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},11    params=params,12)13body = res.json()1415if body["ok"]:16    print(body["data"])17else:18    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])

1const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/facebook/post/comment/replies");2url.search = new URLSearchParams({3  "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2166091230582141/",4  "comment_id": "2082653245809386"5}).toString();6const res = await fetch(url, {7  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },8});9const body = await res.json();1011if (body.ok) {12  console.log(body.data);13} else {14  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);15}

1{2  "nodes": [3    {4      "name": "SocialScrape Facebook comment replies",5      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",6      "typeVersion": 4.2,7      "position": [8        0,9        010      ],11      "parameters": {12        "method": "GET",13        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/facebook/post/comment/replies",14        "sendQuery": true,15        "queryParameters": {16          "parameters": [17            {18              "name": "url",19              "value": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2166091230582141/"20            },21            {22              "name": "comment_id",23              "value": "2082653245809386"24            }25          ]26        },27        "sendHeaders": true,28        "headerParameters": {29          "parameters": [30            {31              "name": "x-api-key",32              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"33            }34          ]35        }36      }37    }38  ],39  "connections": {}40}

Example response#

This is a sample from a recorded response, lists and long text are shortened, other people's names and handles are replaced. Status 200.

200 OKSample response

1{2  "ok": true,3  "credits_charged": 1,4  "credits_remaining": 4999,5  "cached": false,6  "cached_at": null,7  "request_id": "req_05da3a79480a285e0ec7d057",8  "data": {9    "object": "list",10    "items": [11      {12        "object": "comment",13        "platform": "facebook",14        "id": "994541046495331",15        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2166091230582141/?comment_id=2082653245809386&reply_comment_id=994541046495331",16        "post_id": null,17        "parent_id": "2082653245809386",18        "author": {19          "id": "1000000001",20          "handle": "sample_user",21          "name": "Sample User",22          "url": null,23          "avatar_url": null,24          "verified": false25        },26        "text": "Hola nike buenas noches soy phantom me  pongo en contacto con ustedes para preguntarles que es lo que podemos hacer por hacer tacos para futbol profesional soccer con mi imagen y mi nombre espero contesten este mensaje y podamos hablar más...",27        "published_at": "2026-05-11T05:02:07Z",28        "stats": {29          "likes": 2,30          "replies": 1,31          "dislikes": null32        },33        "is_pinned": null,34        "is_by_creator": null,35        "extra": {36          "depth": 1,37          "expansion_token": "MjoxNzkzMzE5ODc4OgF_XfQI35y9txYZSGO1L6nc693dNU7g3DqY3swQ8m1_P4piHXaF83MUqoD6vmeByXtjSYORMWQJxQKb2g901tOQjKQsb0iAyqwQNhepN6QSxpl52fCTsCe91K9pn2qbN5xoaQWLa6UmnUzdULZH9vvMa7L5WxErtAAfuMva61yvLAqQUZtEoiwDPraIHXf6OMzvjPYQY-xDt6cCpoXXcuagsgjnKGST...",38          "feedback_id": "ZmVlZGJhY2s6MTM5MzQ2MTExNTQ4MTkyN185OTQ1NDEwNDY0OTUzMzE=",39          "graphql_id": "Y29tbWVudDoxMzkzNDYxMTE1NDgxOTI3Xzk5NDU0MTA0NjQ5NTMzMQ=="40        }41      },42      {43        "object": "comment",44        "platform": "facebook",45        "id": "943757141880594",46        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2166091230582141/?comment_id=2082653245809386&reply_comment_id=943757141880594",47        "post_id": null,48        "parent_id": "2082653245809386",49        "author": {50          "id": "1000000001",51          "handle": "sample_user",52          "name": "Sample User",53          "url": null,54          "avatar_url": null,55          "verified": false56        },57        "text": "Erick Coyopol Landa Hey",58        "published_at": "2026-05-12T10:03:43Z",59        "stats": {60          "likes": 0,61          "replies": 0,62          "dislikes": null63        },64        "is_pinned": null,65        "is_by_creator": null,66        "extra": {67          "depth": 2,68          "expansion_token": "MjoxNzkzMzE5ODc4OgF_oh3_o3X8NU0z1YHwuUzBRLruGGCD0OGKRjWkjwSke32IdQIVjK-LjVcN4I5U8XWFw8yxbqobJLE3BjeyEzA9EdN_XYqinjuPJSi0-Yar5uZv1OcaDCwPyQtE3olledjFx7c7Ej-JSBzJFFmoFim9BoKpWUhcxNd1KAKKuzPQKnFCx3lcbHDu5XwljDUDmqZZIaHDCGIPFwFZX4Z-OFG9IITKvWk8...",69          "feedback_id": "ZmVlZGJhY2s6MTM5MzQ2MTExNTQ4MTkyN185NDM3NTcxNDE4ODA1OTQ=",70          "graphql_id": "Y29tbWVudDoxMzkzNDYxMTE1NDgxOTI3Xzk0Mzc1NzE0MTg4MDU5NA=="71        }72      }73    ],74    "cursor": null,75    "has_more": false,76    "parent": null77  },78  "cursor": null,79  "has_more": false80}

Response#

A list of Comment objects in data.items, with data.cursor and data.has_more.

See Data models for every field. The envelope around data is described in Responses.

Errors#

Failures are free: credits_charged is 0. Branch on error.code, never on the message.

Code	HTTP	Retry	Meaning
`invalid_params`	400	no	A parameter is missing, unknown or has the wrong type.
`unsupported_url`	400	no	The URL is not one this endpoint accepts (wrong platform or form).
`not_found`	404	no	The platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.

Every request can also fail with the account and platform errors listed on the Errors page.

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