Facebook profile photos 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: How do I get more than one page?

Send the same request with cursor set to the cursor you received, until has_more is false . Each page costs its own price. See pagination .

Q: Is there an SDK call for it?

The Python client has client.facebook.profile_photos(...) and the TypeScript client client.facebook.profilePhotos() . 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

You send url.

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/profile/photos" \2  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \3  --data-urlencode 'url=https://www.facebook.com/NASA'

1import os2import requests34params = {5    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA",6}7res = requests.get(8    "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/facebook/profile/photos",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/profile/photos");2url.search = new URLSearchParams({3  url: "https://www.facebook.com/NASA",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 profile photos",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/profile/photos",14        "sendQuery": true,15        "queryParameters": {16          "parameters": [17            {18              "name": "url",19              "value": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA"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	yes	Profile or page URL.
`cursor`	string		Opaque cursor from the previous page; pass it back unchanged. Also accepted as `continuationToken`, `continuation_token`, `next_max_id`, `max_id`, `max_cursor`, `min_time`, `after`, `page_token`, `pageToken`, `paginationToken`, `next_page_id`, `page`.

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_d901d6509f944c63019eab32",8  "data": {9    "object": "list",10    "items": [11      {12        "object": "post",13        "platform": "facebook",14        "id": "1662377855257584",15        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1662377855257584&set=pb.100044561550831.-2207520000&type=3",16        "type": "image",17        "author": null,18        "title": null,19        "text": null,20        "published_at": null,21        "duration_seconds": null,22        "language": null,23        "hashtags": null,24        "mentions": null,25        "stats": {26          "views": null,27          "likes": null,28          "comments": null,29          "shares": null,30          "saves": null,31          "dislikes": null32        },33        "media": {34          "thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-ord5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.99422-6/859947285_1150825193952429_7405308645209914641_n.png?stp=c228.0.1145.1145a_dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1145x1145&ct...",35          "video_url": null,36          "audio_url": null,37          "image_urls": [38            "https://scontent-ord5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.99422-6/859947285_1150825193952429_7405308645209914641_n.png?stp=c228.0.1145.1145a_dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1145x1145&ct..."39          ],40          "width": 1600,41          "height": 114542        },43        "song": null,44        "location": null,45        "is_pinned": null,46        "is_sponsored": null,47        "extra": {48          "accessibility_caption": "Secretary Marco Rubio and Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov smile at the camera against a background of American and Uzbekistan flags. They are bo...",49          "node_id": "YXBwX2l0ZW06MTAwMDQ0NTYxNTUwODMxOjIzMDUyNzI3MzI6NTo6MTY2MjM3Nzg1NTI1NzU4NA==",50          "source": "logged_out_public_view"51        }52      },53      {54        "object": "post",55        "platform": "facebook",56        "id": "1658876725607697",57        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1658876725607697&set=pb.100044561550831.-2207520000&type=3",58        "type": "image",59        "author": null,60        "title": null,61        "text": null,62        "published_at": null,63        "duration_seconds": null,64        "language": null,65        "hashtags": null,66        "mentions": null,67        "stats": {68          "views": null,69          "likes": null,70          "comments": null,71          "shares": null,72          "saves": null,73          "dislikes": null74        },75        "media": {76          "thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-ord5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.99422-6/855339932_1777262476839819_3793054615548579050_n.png?stp=c0.119.1086.1086a_dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1086x1086&ct...",77          "video_url": null,78          "audio_url": null,79          "image_urls": [80            "https://scontent-ord5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.99422-6/855339932_1777262476839819_3793054615548579050_n.png?stp=c0.119.1086.1086a_dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1086x1086&ct..."81          ],82          "width": 1086,83          "height": 144884        },85        "song": null,86        "location": null,87        "is_pinned": null,88        "is_sponsored": null,89        "extra": {90          "accessibility_caption": "The exhaust plumes from a SpaceX Falcon rocket are lit up by the Sun, creating a shape that looks like a jellyfish. The plumes are blue and red. There is a f...",91          "node_id": "YXBwX2l0ZW06MTAwMDQ0NTYxNTUwODMxOjIzMDUyNzI3MzI6NTo6MTY1ODg3NjcyNTYwNzY5Nw==",92          "source": "logged_out_public_view"93        }94      }95    ],96    "cursor": "eyJrIjoicGhvdG9zIiwiY29sIjoiWVhCd1gyTnZiR3hsWTNScGIyNDZjR1ppYVdRd00yNUtURUo0ZGs1U01WZzVTRTVFUkZseFp6aERNamN5UVdKWmRFcHJlbUpuZW5OMFEzbE9hR1pFVldOR05rNUtlRTQwV...",97    "has_more": true,98    "parent": null99  },100  "cursor": "eyJrIjoicGhvdG9zIiwiY29sIjoiWVhCd1gyTnZiR3hsWTNScGIyNDZjR1ppYVdRd00yNUtURUo0ZGs1U01WZzVTRTVFUkZseFp6aERNamN5UVdKWmRFcHJlbUpuZW5OMFEzbE9hR1pFVldOR05rNUtlRTQwV...",101  "has_more": true102}

Fields

A page of results. Each entry in items is a Post. cursor and has_more page through the rest.

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

Field	Type	Always
`object`	`"post"`
`platform`	Platform	yes
`id`	string	yes
`url`	string or null
`type`	`"video"` or `"short"` or `"reel"` or `"image"` or `"carousel"` or `"story"` or `"live"` or `"clip"` or `"text"` or `"link"` or `"tweet"` or `"pin"` or `"community_post"` or `"episode"` or `"unknown"`
`author`	Author or null
`title`	string or null
`text`	string or null
`published_at`	string (ISO 8601 date-time) or null
`duration_seconds`	number or null
`language`	string or null
`hashtags`	string[] or null
`mentions`	string[] or null
`stats`	Stats

Show the other 6 fields

Field	Type	Always	Notes
`media`	Media
`song`	SongRef or null
`location`	Place or null
`is_pinned`	boolean or null
`is_sponsored`	boolean 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.

How do I get more than one page?

Send the same request with cursor set to the cursor you received, until has_more is false. Each page costs its own price. See pagination.

Is there an SDK call for it?

The Python client has client.facebook.profile_photos(...) and the TypeScript client client.facebook.profilePhotos(). 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.

How to scrape Facebook profile photosStep by step, nine languages Facebook Ad Library searchGET /v1/facebook/ad-library/search Facebook Ad Library ads by pageGET /v1/facebook/ad-library/company/ads Facebook Ad Library ad detailsGET /v1/facebook/ad-library/ad Facebook Ad Library ad transcriptGET /v1/facebook/ad-library/ad/transcript Facebook Ad Library advertiser searchGET /v1/facebook/ad-library/search/companies Reference in the docsEvery parameter and error Facebook Scraper APIAll 23 Facebook endpoints