> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.stophy.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Facebook facebook Post API
> Scrape a public Facebook post, reel or video. Call the Facebook facebook Post API for JSON. 1 credit per call. Every call returns the same flat shape.
Scrape a public Facebook post, reel or video. The post is identified by its URL or ID.
## Request
Exactly one of `postUrl` or `postId` is required. A request that sets both, or none, fails with `invalidRequest`.
```typescript TypeScript icon="https://mintcdn.com/sirathic/7E4w9-IC4ysabjfc/images/icons/typescript.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=7E4w9-IC4ysabjfc&q=85&s=d8272a85e64145620f1fbbfcf7932986" theme={null}
import { Stophy } from "stophy";
const stophy = new Stophy({ apiKey: process.env.STOPHY_API_KEY });
const result = await stophy.facebook.post({ postId: "1652244896270880" });
console.log(result.data);
```
```python Python icon="python" theme={null}
from stophy import Stophy
stophy = Stophy() # reads STOPHY_API_KEY
result = stophy.facebook.post(post_id="1652244896270880")
print(result["data"])
```
```bash cURL icon="terminal" theme={null}
curl -X POST https://api.stophy.dev/v1/facebook/post \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $STOPHY_API_KEY" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{"postId":"1652244896270880"}'
```
```bash CLI icon="square-terminal" theme={null}
stophy facebook post --postId 1652244896270880
```
## Response
If successful, the response body contains the standard envelope. `data` contains the post's text, media, author, reactions, comments and shares.
The following example is a real response, truncated: each list shows one item and long strings are cut.
```json theme={null}
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"postId": "1652244896270880",
"postUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA/posts/pfbid0dPToN66CzcAHGMoaNe3jszH4FfBKvqkE5gogCNJkTxXDPsSGYrGvcVwsLgByyMQQl",
"text": "Brewing up baby stars ⭐\n\nNASA's James Webb Space Telescope's unique view reveals many previously hidden stars in this…",
"publishedAt": "2026-10-09T20:54:33.000Z",
"authorId": "100044561550831",
"authorName": "NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration",
"authorUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA",
"media": [
{
"type": "photo",
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1652244872937549&set=a.416661013162614",
"imageUrl": "https://scontent-phl2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.99422-6/841844892_1454330573225436_3520855839134390984_n.png?stp=dst-jpg_tt6…",
"width": 552,
"height": 515,
"altText": "A young star cluster filled with many stars that display Webb’s unique eight-pronged diffraction pattern. At its…"
}
],
"reactions": {
"total": 4111,
"like": 2401,
"love": 1550,
"care": 86,
"haha": 11,
"wow": 62,
"sad": 0,
"angry": 1
},
"comments": 79,
"shares": 443
},
"creditsUsed": 1,
"requestId": "2fe9dbad-fc48-4890-9751-0b24b596035b"
}
```
| Field | Type | Description |
| - | - | - |
| `type` | string | The kind of item: `photo` or `video`. |
| `total` | integer | The total number of matching results, across all pages. |
| `publishedAt` | string (ISO 8601) | The publication time, in UTC. |
For every field, see the response schema on this page.
## Billing
Each successful request consumes 1 credit, regardless of the number of items returned. Requests that fail, or that return no items, are not billed.
## Pagination
This method is not paginated. A single request returns the complete result.
## Related methods
* [Facebook facebook Post Comments](/api-reference/endpoint/facebook-post-comments): Accepts `postUrl`. Scrape the comments of a public Facebook post.
## OpenAPI
````yaml api-reference/openapi.json POST /v1/facebook/post
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
title: Stophy API
version: '1'
description: >-
Every endpoint is a POST that takes its input as a JSON object body. Unknown
fields are rejected with 400.
Responses leave out empty values: null, empty strings, empty objects and
empty nested lists are not sent.
Text comes back whole. To get shorter responses, add
?maxTextLength= to the URL. Every text value longer than that is
cut and ends with …. A screenshot is never cut, and a page whose text was
cut has isTruncated set to true.
x-credits is what one call costs. Every call costs the same, whatever it
returns, unless an operation's description says it costs per 10 results, or
per second of audio. Then x-credits is the lowest price and x-credits-max
the most one call can cost. Where an operation takes limit, send it to
return fewer results and pay for fewer.
When a response has a cursor, send it back unchanged with the same input to
get the next page. When it has a page, send the next page number.
servers:
- url: https://api.stophy.dev
security:
- apiKey: []
paths:
/v1/facebook/post:
post:
summary: Scrape a public Facebook post, reel or video
description: Costs 1 credit per call.
operationId: facebookPost
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/MaxTextLength'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
postUrl:
type: string
description: >-
Link to the Facebook post, reel or video, like
https://www.facebook.com/NASA/posts/pfbid02gw6zHFiZqf2s6SfjfvdBiBc2qwhTRfXkXsoaUrWS5ik7omNgKFtzDsfimXD4Lpx7l.
Send this or postId.
postId:
type: string
description: >-
Facebook post, reel or video ID, like 1652244896270880. Send
this or postUrl.
sendOne:
- postUrl
- postId
additionalProperties: false
responses:
'200':
description: The data, and the credits this call used.
headers:
X-Request-ID:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
x-credits-used:
$ref: '#/components/headers/CreditsUsed'
X-RateLimit-Limit:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit'
X-RateLimit-Remaining:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitRemaining'
X-RateLimit-Reset:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitReset'
x-cache:
$ref: '#/components/headers/Cache'
x-cache-age:
$ref: '#/components/headers/CacheAge'
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- success
- data
- creditsUsed
- requestId
properties:
success:
const: true
data:
type: object
additionalProperties: false
properties:
postId:
type: string
postUrl:
type: string
format: uri
text:
type: string
publishedAt:
type: string
format: date-time
pattern: >-
^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$
authorId:
type: string
authorName:
type: string
authorUrl:
type: string
format: uri
media:
type: array
items:
type: object
additionalProperties: false
properties:
type:
type: string
enum:
- photo
- video
url:
type: string
format: uri
imageUrl:
type: string
format: uri
videoUrl:
type: string
format: uri
width:
type: integer
minimum: -9007199254740991
maximum: 9007199254740991
height:
type: integer
minimum: -9007199254740991
maximum: 9007199254740991
durationSeconds:
type: number
altText:
type: string
required:
- type
reactions:
type: object
additionalProperties: false
properties:
total:
type: integer
minimum: -9007199254740991
maximum: 9007199254740991
like:
type: integer
minimum: -9007199254740991
maximum: 9007199254740991
love:
type: integer
minimum: -9007199254740991
maximum: 9007199254740991
care:
type: integer
minimum: -9007199254740991
maximum: 9007199254740991
haha:
type: integer
minimum: -9007199254740991
maximum: 9007199254740991
wow:
type: integer
minimum: -9007199254740991
maximum: 9007199254740991
sad:
type: integer
minimum: -9007199254740991
maximum: 9007199254740991
angry:
type: integer
minimum: -9007199254740991
maximum: 9007199254740991
required:
- total
- like
- love
- care
- haha
- wow
- sad
- angry
comments:
type: integer
minimum: -9007199254740991
maximum: 9007199254740991
shares:
type: integer
minimum: -9007199254740991
maximum: 9007199254740991
required:
- postUrl
- media
creditsUsed:
type: integer
requestId:
type: string
4XX:
$ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
5XX:
$ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
components:
parameters:
MaxTextLength:
name: maxTextLength
in: query
required: false
description: >-
Cut every text value in the response to this many characters. A value
that was cut ends with …, and a page whose text was cut has isTruncated
set to true. A screenshot is never cut. Leave it out to get the full
text.
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 1
headers:
RequestId:
description: The request id. Quote it when you report a problem.
schema:
type: string
CreditsUsed:
description: Credits this call used.
schema:
type: integer
RateLimitLimit:
description: Requests allowed in the current window.
schema:
type: integer
RateLimitRemaining:
description: Requests left in the current window.
schema:
type: integer
RateLimitReset:
description: Unix time in seconds when the current window resets.
schema:
type: integer
Cache:
description: hit if this result came from the cache, miss if it was fetched live.
schema:
type: string
CacheAge:
description: Seconds since the returned result was written to the cache.
schema:
type: integer
RetryAfter:
description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
schema:
type: integer
responses:
Error:
description: The request failed. retryable says whether trying again can help.
headers:
X-Request-ID:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
Retry-After:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
schemas:
Error:
type: object
required:
- success
- error
properties:
success:
const: false
error:
type: object
required:
- code
- message
- retryable
- requestId
properties:
code:
type: string
enum:
- cliSessionCompleted
- cliSessionExists
- cliSessionNotFound
- forbidden
- insufficientCredits
- internalError
- inviteClaimed
- inviteDisabled
- inviteExpired
- inviteUsedUp
- invalidCliSession
- invalidCliVerifier
- invalidRequest
- notFound
- rateLimited
- sourceChanged
- sourceRefused
- sourceTimeout
- sourceUnavailable
- tooManyInFlight
- unauthorized
- unsupportedMediaType
message:
type: string
retryable:
type: boolean
retryAfterSeconds:
type: integer
requestId:
type: string
requiredCredits:
type: number
availableCredits:
type: number
billingUrl:
type: string
const: https://stophy.dev/billing
securitySchemes:
apiKey:
type: http
scheme: bearer
````
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