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Facebook profile photos

Beta GET /v1/facebook/profile/photos

GET /v1/facebook/profile/photos

Photos from a page's Photos tab (type "image"): id, caption, image URL and size. The cursor carries both of ScrapeCreators' paging values (next_page_id and cursor).

  • 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
urlURLyesProfile or page URL. Accepted hosts: facebook.com, fb.com, fb.watch.

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/profile/photos" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://www.facebook.com/NASA" \
  --data-urlencode "cursor=eyJrIjoicGhvdG9zIiwiY29sIjoiWVhCd1gyTnZiR3hsWTNScGIyNDZjR1ppYVdRd00yNUtURUo0ZGs1U01WZzVTRTVFUkZseFp6aERNamN5UVdKWmRFcHJlbUpuZW5OMFEzbE9hR1pFVldOR05rNUtlRTQwVFdoSFIyNWpkRmszV1dsNE5VUmFiMFJRV1RoclJIbFdibEZpVEcxaE9UVm5jVGRTUms0NFRtUnMiLCJhZnRlciI6IkFRSFR4Tl81dXUtMGFtdDR5NzRYM0hQbGVncy1CSVI4X21MVUxRQnk3dFM3OXQtLWVBb2d1dnZXMGRhU0ZnMElXd1FZUHRUMHVVeHN5cWRmeVFXSktwM2ZudyIsInUiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mYWNlYm9vay5jb20vTkFTQSJ9"
Python
import os
import requests

params = {
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA",
    "cursor": "eyJrIjoicGhvdG9zIiwiY29sIjoiWVhCd1gyTnZiR3hsWTNScGIyNDZjR1ppYVdRd00yNUtURUo0ZGs1U01WZzVTRTVFUkZseFp6aERNamN5UVdKWmRFcHJlbUpuZW5OMFEzbE9hR1pFVldOR05rNUtlRTQwVFdoSFIyNWpkRmszV1dsNE5VUmFiMFJRV1RoclJIbFdibEZpVEcxaE9UVm5jVGRTUms0NFRtUnMiLCJhZnRlciI6IkFRSFR4Tl81dXUtMGFtdDR5NzRYM0hQbGVncy1CSVI4X21MVUxRQnk3dFM3OXQtLWVBb2d1dnZXMGRhU0ZnMElXd1FZUHRUMHVVeHN5cWRmeVFXSktwM2ZudyIsInUiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mYWNlYm9vay5jb20vTkFTQSJ9",
}
res = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/facebook/profile/photos",
    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/profile/photos");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({
  "url": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA",
  "cursor": "eyJrIjoicGhvdG9zIiwiY29sIjoiWVhCd1gyTnZiR3hsWTNScGIyNDZjR1ppYVdRd00yNUtURUo0ZGs1U01WZzVTRTVFUkZseFp6aERNamN5UVdKWmRFcHJlbUpuZW5OMFEzbE9hR1pFVldOR05rNUtlRTQwVFdoSFIyNWpkRmszV1dsNE5VUmFiMFJRV1RoclJIbFdibEZpVEcxaE9UVm5jVGRTUms0NFRtUnMiLCJhZnRlciI6IkFRSFR4Tl81dXUtMGFtdDR5NzRYM0hQbGVncy1CSVI4X21MVUxRQnk3dFM3OXQtLWVBb2d1dnZXMGRhU0ZnMElXd1FZUHRUMHVVeHN5cWRmeVFXSktwM2ZudyIsInUiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mYWNlYm9vay5jb20vTkFTQSJ9"
}).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 profile photos",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/facebook/profile/photos",
        "sendQuery": true,
        "queryParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "url",
              "value": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA"
            },
            {
              "name": "cursor",
              "value": "eyJrIjoicGhvdG9zIiwiY29sIjoiWVhCd1gyTnZiR3hsWTNScGIyNDZjR1ppYVdRd00yNUtURUo0ZGs1U01WZzVTRTVFUkZseFp6aERNamN5UVdKWmRFcHJlbUpuZW5OMFEzbE9hR1pFVldOR05rNUtlRTQwVFdoSFIyNWpkRmszV1dsNE5VUmFiMFJRV1RoclJIbFdibEZpVEcxaE9UVm5jVGRTUms0NFRtUnMiLCJhZnRlciI6IkFRSFR4Tl81dXUtMGFtdDR5NzRYM0hQbGVncy1CSVI4X21MVUxRQnk3dFM3OXQtLWVBb2d1dnZXMGRhU0ZnMElXd1FZUHRUMHVVeHN5cWRmeVFXSktwM2ZudyIsInUiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mYWNlYm9vay5jb20vTkFTQSJ9"
            }
          ]
        },
        "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_d901d6509f944c63019eab32",
  "data": {
    "object": "list",
    "items": [
      {
        "object": "post",
        "platform": "facebook",
        "id": "1662377855257584",
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1662377855257584&set=pb.100044561550831.-2207520000&type=3",
        "type": "image",
        "author": null,
        "title": null,
        "text": null,
        "published_at": null,
        "duration_seconds": null,
        "language": null,
        "hashtags": null,
        "mentions": null,
        "stats": {
          "views": null,
          "likes": null,
          "comments": null,
          "shares": null,
          "saves": null,
          "dislikes": null
        },
        "media": {
          "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&ctp=s206x206&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=714c7a&_nc_ohc=upapdFU9i_EQ7kNvwHSJyVu&_nc_o...",
          "video_url": null,
          "audio_url": null,
          "image_urls": [
            "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&ctp=s206x206&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=714c7a&_nc_ohc=upapdFU9i_EQ7kNvwHSJyVu&_nc_o..."
          ],
          "width": 1600,
          "height": 1145
        },
        "song": null,
        "location": null,
        "is_pinned": null,
        "is_sponsored": null,
        "extra": {
          "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 both wearing suits and ties. They appear to be shaking hands while also holding up a...",
          "node_id": "YXBwX2l0ZW06MTAwMDQ0NTYxNTUwODMxOjIzMDUyNzI3MzI6NTo6MTY2MjM3Nzg1NTI1NzU4NA==",
          "source": "logged_out_public_view"
        }
      },
      {
        "object": "post",
        "platform": "facebook",
        "id": "1658876725607697",
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1658876725607697&set=pb.100044561550831.-2207520000&type=3",
        "type": "image",
        "author": null,
        "title": null,
        "text": null,
        "published_at": null,
        "duration_seconds": null,
        "language": null,
        "hashtags": null,
        "mentions": null,
        "stats": {
          "views": null,
          "likes": null,
          "comments": null,
          "shares": null,
          "saves": null,
          "dislikes": null
        },
        "media": {
          "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&ctp=s206x206&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=714c7a&_nc_ohc=3G0SXarMeMQQ7kNvwEcDfez&_nc_o...",
          "video_url": null,
          "audio_url": null,
          "image_urls": [
            "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&ctp=s206x206&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=714c7a&_nc_ohc=3G0SXarMeMQQ7kNvwEcDfez&_nc_o..."
          ],
          "width": 1086,
          "height": 1448
        },
        "song": null,
        "location": null,
        "is_pinned": null,
        "is_sponsored": null,
        "extra": {
          "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 fuzzy, faint form below that would make the jellyfish's \"legs\".",
          "node_id": "YXBwX2l0ZW06MTAwMDQ0NTYxNTUwODMxOjIzMDUyNzI3MzI6NTo6MTY1ODg3NjcyNTYwNzY5Nw==",
          "source": "logged_out_public_view"
        }
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "eyJrIjoicGhvdG9zIiwiY29sIjoiWVhCd1gyTnZiR3hsWTNScGIyNDZjR1ppYVdRd00yNUtURUo0ZGs1U01WZzVTRTVFUkZseFp6aERNamN5UVdKWmRFcHJlbUpuZW5OMFEzbE9hR1pFVldOR05rNUtlRTQwVFdoSFIyNWpkRmszV1dsNE5VUmFiMFJRV1RoclJIbFdibEZpVEcxaE9UVm5jVGRTUms0NFRtUnMiLCJhZnRl...",
    "has_more": true,
    "parent": null
  },
  "cursor": "eyJrIjoicGhvdG9zIiwiY29sIjoiWVhCd1gyTnZiR3hsWTNScGIyNDZjR1ppYVdRd00yNUtURUo0ZGs1U01WZzVTRTVFUkZseFp6aERNamN5UVdKWmRFcHJlbUpuZW5OMFEzbE9hR1pFVldOR05rNUtlRTQwVFdoSFIyNWpkRmszV1dsNE5VUmFiMFJRV1RoclJIbFdibEZpVEcxaE9UVm5jVGRTUms0NFRtUnMiLCJhZnRl...",
  "has_more": true
}

Response#

A list of Post 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.