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Facebook post comments API

Comments on a post or reel: text, time, reply and reaction counts, author and attachments.

GET /v1/facebook/post/comments

GET /v1/facebook/post/comments

Comments on a post or reel: text, time, reply and reaction counts, author and attachments.

  • 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#

NameTypeRequiredDescription
urlURLone ofPost, video or reel URL. Accepted hosts: facebook.com, fb.com, fb.watch.
feedback_idstringone ofThe post's feedback id (from post); using it instead of url makes the request much faster.

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/comments" \2  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \3  --data-urlencode "url=https://www.facebook.com/reel/2166091230582141/"

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_8cdd56707ccee1aa167be3c6",8  "data": {9    "object": "list",10    "items": [11      {12        "object": "comment",13        "platform": "facebook",14        "id": "2082653245809386",15        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2166091230582141/?comment_id=2082653245809386",16        "post_id": "1393461115481927",17        "parent_id": null,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": "The small breath she took beforehand got my anxiety up",27        "published_at": "2025-11-08T02:07:24Z",28        "stats": {29          "likes": 47,30          "replies": 2,31          "dislikes": null32        },33        "is_pinned": null,34        "is_by_creator": null,35        "extra": {36          "depth": 0,37          "expansion_token": "MjoxNzkzMzE5ODQyOgF_vNwrYh3poM_aW0yz3FbexVQq9RbJvBq3D-jLGU0tsmKoHCDTrx8-W5hrvScxuNn3KgsLpSzwA9tGD_zjTfI3mHW1BP-Wg7TOl6dIDdMo4t7FIm76uwxxq345r8gFOGNy89pghyvuIKdO1iN6lDfQcQZux1xnunMeXVe_fPIfp3lTBGrpsuQ8h_xcAkHfGAi7h8ib-xeTKK3j810ZXVeUHskJu_vf...",38          "feedback_id": "ZmVlZGJhY2s6cGZiaWQwalpKVVNBWDJoeVExQXFQbldnUVFxZVh3Y1Q2OVRQTUZnSnhCcHczd3lZeXc2WDRoZkIxcTV1N2VvQThnQkszOU1OMnBuakVkMWhoNWtZYUdVbTVqUmpmTFhjS05pQ1B1YUJs",39          "graphql_id": "Y29tbWVudDoxMzkzNDYxMTE1NDgxOTI3XzIwODI2NTMyNDU4MDkzODY="40        }41      },42      {43        "object": "comment",44        "platform": "facebook",45        "id": "1330988758174347",46        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/2166091230582141/?comment_id=1330988758174347",47        "post_id": "1393461115481927",48        "parent_id": null,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": "It's November, where are the Basketball post , we wear Nike's too. ALSO WHY DOESN'T Jalen Brunson have a signature shoe... ????",58        "published_at": "2025-11-03T02:13:02Z",59        "stats": {60          "likes": 22,61          "replies": 4,62          "dislikes": null63        },64        "is_pinned": null,65        "is_by_creator": null,66        "extra": {67          "depth": 0,68          "expansion_token": "MjoxNzkzMzE5ODQyOgF__NFdQvnKXCBhSB5NYSCC-IXlj5X4c-cBK1prRd2lfpgfPZRZpWoG6zHU_LmyKzv_JpUJY4JLfEHkx_I6yjQyexVOV6OF69F5giPyvVOhK4CpFIb7zrY-H-q_MTBfV7oWW3RpXoNZfrsOjYBLzNuSj_TplWlIinE6Q7N7pQe6yhCwUTBVWDinwUBwD0R6QFFOpLod42jpjJJdavwrxSY7yhPfLC2k...",69          "feedback_id": "ZmVlZGJhY2s6cGZiaWQwM0d1aExzUVBTZEJFMVRtRzduZ1NiM3Z6S0M2QnFwUDd4Z01GZjFXdjRZVDd1VENISHhMYnJuZFVNOWs4UFVOSmV5dlRaODdzcldHcVhCcVNTclJVbUtXZzVUU01IWmFzYjJ3bA==",70          "graphql_id": "Y29tbWVudDoxMzkzNDYxMTE1NDgxOTI3XzEzMzA5ODg3NTgxNzQzNDc="71        }72      }73    ],74    "cursor": "eyJrIjoiY29tbWVudHMiLCJmaWQiOiJabVZsWkdKaFkyczZNVE01TXpRMk1URXhOVFE0TVRreU53PT0iLCJhZnRlciI6Ik1Ub3hOemt6TXpFNU9EWTBPZ0ZfUGJMVVcxdUJJRzRkNzJhUnFlZ08xbnFQTVZJbEpSY0pwdTkwWkJIajNjUWxnSWpPSVpjSm1RWmNtbjZLbEtVNS1adWpYWGkxRWpLcjF5ZnNaa2UxWUhRcW8z...",75    "has_more": true,76    "parent": null77  },78  "cursor": "eyJrIjoiY29tbWVudHMiLCJmaWQiOiJabVZsWkdKaFkyczZNVE01TXpRMk1URXhOVFE0TVRreU53PT0iLCJhZnRlciI6Ik1Ub3hOemt6TXpFNU9EWTBPZ0ZfUGJMVVcxdUJJRzRkNzJhUnFlZ08xbnFQTVZJbEpSY0pwdTkwWkJIajNjUWxnSWpPSVpjSm1RWmNtbjZLbEtVNS1adWpYWGkxRWpLcjF5ZnNaa2UxWUhRcW8z...",79  "has_more": true80}

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.

CodeHTTPRetryMeaning
invalid_params400noA parameter is missing, unknown or has the wrong type.
unsupported_url400noThe URL is not one this endpoint accepts (wrong platform or form).
not_found404noThe 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.