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Facebook Events search

Beta GET /v1/facebook/events/search

GET /v1/facebook/events/search

Events matching a name or description, as facebook.com/events/search shows them to a logged-out visitor (about 7 on the first page). There is no logged-out place filter: location is searched as words after the query.

  • Cost: 1 credit
  • Status: Beta. Built and tested against recorded responses; the shape may still gain fields.
  • 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
querystringyesSearch terms. Also accepted as keyword, q.
locationstringnoCity or area to search around ("Austin, TX").

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).

curl
curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/facebook/events/search" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "query=jazz jam"
Python
import os
import requests

params = {
    "query": "jazz jam",
}
res = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/facebook/events/search",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},
    params=params,
)
body = res.json()

if body["ok"]:
    print(body["data"])
else:
    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])
TypeScript
const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/facebook/events/search");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({
  "query": "jazz jam"
}).toString();
const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },
});
const body = await res.json();

if (body.ok) {
  console.log(body.data);
} else {
  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);
}
n8n
{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "SocialScrape Facebook Events search",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/facebook/events/search",
        "sendQuery": true,
        "queryParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "query",
              "value": "jazz jam"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "x-api-key",
              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {}
}

Example response#

This is a sample from a recorded response, lists and long text are shortened. Status 200.

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_8add0412826d1eb6ef2d024d",
  "data": {
    "object": "list",
    "items": [
      {
        "object": "event",
        "platform": "facebook",
        "id": "28848663088088051",
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/events/28848663088088051/",
        "title": "Sunday Jazz Jam",
        "description": null,
        "starts_at": "2026-10-25T20:00:00Z",
        "ends_at": null,
        "place": {
          "name": "114 S Broadway, South Amboy, NJ",
          "address": null,
          "city": null,
          "region": null,
          "country": null,
          "latitude": null,
          "longitude": null
        },
        "is_online": false,
        "host": null,
        "going_count": 1,
        "interested_count": 4,
        "cover_url": "https://scontent-sea5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.99422-6/861479592_1420981459660647_4106507575597665627_n.png?stp=c0.167.1206.804a_dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1206x804&ctp=s168x128&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=75d36f&_nc_ohc=Ib-snZkHuEAQ7kNvwEo0xAo&_nc_oc=...",
        "extra": {
          "day_time_sentence": "Sun, 1 Nov at 16:00 EST",
          "event_kind": "PUBLIC_TYPE",
          "is_happening_now": true,
          "is_past": false,
          "place_id": "1749917266701109",
          "social_context": "4 interested · 1 going",
          "source": "logged_out_public_view"
        }
      },
      {
        "object": "event",
        "platform": "facebook",
        "id": "1737414620694897",
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/events/1737414620694897/",
        "title": "The Brooklyn jazz jam session on Thursdays at Marian's, 8:30-11:30pm",
        "description": null,
        "starts_at": "2026-10-30T00:30:00Z",
        "ends_at": null,
        "place": {
          "name": "Bedstuy Brooklyn NYC",
          "address": null,
          "city": null,
          "region": null,
          "country": null,
          "latitude": null,
          "longitude": null
        },
        "is_online": false,
        "host": null,
        "going_count": 1,
        "interested_count": 1,
        "cover_url": "https://scontent-sea5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/861750764_1576602187603331_6423329380935671992_n.jpg?stp=c0.197.1522.1015a_dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1522x1015&ctp=s168x128&_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=75d36f&_nc_ohc=W7Qp_RTiHb4Q7kNvwFU1OzX&_nc_o...",
        "extra": {
          "day_time_sentence": "Happening now",
          "event_kind": "PUBLIC_TYPE",
          "is_happening_now": true,
          "is_past": false,
          "place_id": "260649337355557",
          "social_context": "1 interested · 1 going",
          "source": "logged_out_public_view"
        }
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "eyJrIjoiZXZzZWFyY2giLCJxIjoiamF6eiBqYW0iLCJhZnRlciI6IntcInBhZ2VfbnVtYmVyXCI6MCxcImZsb3dfY3Vyc29yc19zZXJpYWxpemVkXCI6e1wiU0VBUkNIX0NPTlRST0xTX0lOVEVSQ0VQVFwiOlwie31cIixcIlNJTVBMRV9CUk9XU0VcIjpcIntcXFwiaGFzX21vcmVfcmVzdWx0c1xcXCI6dHJ1ZSxcXFwi...",
    "has_more": true,
    "parent": null
  },
  "cursor": "eyJrIjoiZXZzZWFyY2giLCJxIjoiamF6eiBqYW0iLCJhZnRlciI6IntcInBhZ2VfbnVtYmVyXCI6MCxcImZsb3dfY3Vyc29yc19zZXJpYWxpemVkXCI6e1wiU0VBUkNIX0NPTlRST0xTX0lOVEVSQ0VQVFwiOlwie31cIixcIlNJTVBMRV9CUk9XU0VcIjpcIntcXFwiaGFzX21vcmVfcmVzdWx0c1xcXCI6dHJ1ZSxcXFwi...",
  "has_more": true
}

Response#

A list of Event 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.
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.