Facebook public group API

Q: Which errors can it return?

invalid_params (do not retry), unsupported_url (do not retry), not_found (do not retry). Account and platform errors from the errors list can also happen. A failure always costs 0 credits.

Q: Is there an SDK call for it?

The Python client has client.facebook.group(...) and the TypeScript client client.facebook.group() . Both return the same envelope as the HTTP API. Install them from PyPI ( socialscrape-sdk ) or npm ( socialscrape ); plain HTTP works in any language.

Q: Can an AI agent call it?

Yes. The MCP server , which you run on your own machine, reaches every built endpoint, with the same prices.

Cost: 1 credit
Cached repeats: 0 creditssend max_age_days, results kept 30 days
Failed requests: 0 credits

Description, privacy, member and activity counts, categories, admins and moderators where shown, history and rules.

You send one of url or id.

Part of the Facebook Scraper API: 23 Facebook endpoints on one key.

Request

Send your key in the x-api-key header.

1curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/facebook/group" \2  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \3  --data-urlencode 'url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/366190054572553'

1import os2import requests34params = {5    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/366190054572553",6}7res = requests.get(8    "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/facebook/group",9    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},10    params=params,11    timeout=60,12)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/group");2url.search = new URLSearchParams({3  url: "https://www.facebook.com/groups/366190054572553",4}).toString();5const res = await fetch(url, {6  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },7});8const body = await res.json();910if (body.ok) {11  console.log(body.data);12} else {13  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);14}

1{2  "nodes": [3    {4      "name": "SocialScrape Facebook public group",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/group",14        "sendQuery": true,15        "queryParameters": {16          "parameters": [17            {18              "name": "url",19              "value": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/366190054572553"20            }21          ]22        },23        "sendHeaders": true,24        "headerParameters": {25          "parameters": [26            {27              "name": "x-api-key",28              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"29            }30          ]31        }32      }33    }34  ],35  "connections": {}36}

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`url`	url	one of	Public group URL (facebook.com/groups/...). Sub-pages such as /about work too.
`id`	string	one of	Numeric group id; use it instead of `url` if you have it. Also accepted as `group_id`.

Every request also accepts trim, raw and max_age_days.

Response

Sample from a recorded response, shortened. Values are examples, not your data.

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_d05ae521cb97f1a25d8a6524",8  "data": {9    "object": "community",10    "platform": "facebook",11    "id": "366190054572553",12    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/366190054572553/",13    "kind": "group",14    "name": "Python Programming",15    "title": "Python Programming",16    "description": "Let's share our knowledge on Python Programming",17    "avatar_url": "https://scontent-iad6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/121615771_3201454343306997_2348901429098757975_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx640x400&ctp=s640x400&_nc_cat=106...",18    "banner_url": null,19    "member_count": 759600,20    "online_count": null,21    "is_nsfw": null,22    "is_private": false,23    "verified": null,24    "created_at": "2020-10-14T11:05:03Z",25    "extra": {26      "activity": {27        "new_members_text": "No new members in the last week",28        "posts_last_day": 28,29        "posts_last_month": 154230      },31      "administrator_count": 3,32      "administrators": [33        {34          "id": "pfbid029gmqPLAMDT2z4drrFEsicJ4ivhnAGkEPBNUPTujKbSYf6bMCjTzRKrNNPmePAotrl",35          "name": "Nusrat Jahan",36          "profile_picture_url": "https://scontent-iad6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/297738489_149183324449711_6655284279259187616_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx720x730&ctp=s32x32&_nc_cat=...",37          "url": null38        },39        {40          "id": "100079525026696",41          "name": "Thesoftwarelion",42          "profile_picture_url": "https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/242977119_109642788145497_5023972278328162431_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1200x1200&ctp=s32x32&_nc_ca...",43          "url": null44        },45        {46          "id": "pfbid0pzs33rRB9YA54hRjvjaPeA62UVZTg73Aqbnn8jSjS9Mo1DUAZNyzV6wFUgYgnDwhl",47          "name": "Jamil Ahmed",48          "profile_picture_url": "https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/795255518_27959759933716428_4332290339331851799_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1568x1556&ctp=s32x32&_nc_...",49          "url": null50        }51      ],52      "categories": [53        {54          "id": "242504017103922",55          "name": "Software & tech"56        },57        {58          "id": "202183377053878",59          "name": "Engineering"60        }61      ],62      "history_summary": "Group created on October 14, 2020. Name last changed on October 16, 2020.",63      "member_count_text": "759.6K members"64    }65  },66  "cursor": null,67  "has_more": null68}

Fields

One Community in data.

A field the platform does not give is null, never made up. Extra platform details are in extra.

Field	Type	Always	Notes
`object`	`"community"`
`platform`	Platform	yes
`id`	string or null
`url`	string or null
`kind`	`"subreddit"` or `"group"` or `"community"` or `"channel"` or `"unknown"`
`name`	string or null		the slug, "python" for r/python
`title`	string or null
`description`	string or null
`avatar_url`	string or null
`banner_url`	string or null
`member_count`	integer or null
`online_count`	integer or null
`is_nsfw`	boolean or null
`is_private`	boolean or null

Show the other 3 fields

Field	Type	Notes
`verified`	boolean or null	the platform's verified badge (Telegram channels)
`created_at`	string (ISO 8601 date-time) or null
`extra`	object or null

Full field list in the reference for this endpoint and the data models. Errors are listed under Errors.

Questions

Which errors can it return?

invalid_params (do not retry), unsupported_url (do not retry), not_found (do not retry). Account and platform errors from the errors list can also happen. A failure always costs 0 credits.

Is there an SDK call for it?

The Python client has client.facebook.group(...) and the TypeScript client client.facebook.group(). Both return the same envelope as the HTTP API. Install them from PyPI (socialscrape-sdk) or npm (socialscrape); plain HTTP works in any language.

Can an AI agent call it?

Yes. The MCP server, which you run on your own machine, reaches every built endpoint, with the same prices.

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