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 preview Python client has client.facebook.group(...) and the TypeScript client client.facebook.group() . Both return the same envelope as the HTTP API. The packages are not published yet; plain HTTP works today in any language.

What a public group's About page shows.

GETapi.socialscrape.io/v1/facebook/group

Cost: 1 credit
Cached repeats: 0 creditssend max_age_days, results kept 30 days
Failed requests: 0 credits
Status: Betashape may still gain fields

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

You send one of url or id.

Request

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

curl

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

Python

import os
import requests

params = {
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/366190054572553",
}
res = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/facebook/group",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},
    params=params,
    timeout=60,
)
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/group");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({
  url: "https://www.facebook.com/groups/366190054572553",
}).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 public group",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/facebook/group",
        "sendQuery": true,
        "queryParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "url",
              "value": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/366190054572553"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "x-api-key",
              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {}
}

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 public data, not yours.

Status 200Sample

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_d05ae521cb97f1a25d8a6524",
  "data": {
    "object": "community",
    "platform": "facebook",
    "id": "366190054572553",
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/366190054572553/",
    "kind": "group",
    "name": "Python Programming",
    "title": "Python Programming",
    "description": "Let's share our knowledge on Python Programming",
    "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...",
    "banner_url": null,
    "member_count": 759600,
    "online_count": null,
    "is_nsfw": null,
    "is_private": false,
    "verified": null,
    "created_at": "2020-10-14T11:05:03Z",
    "extra": {
      "activity": {
        "new_members_text": "No new members in the last week",
        "posts_last_day": 28,
        "posts_last_month": 1542
      },
      "administrator_count": 3,
      "administrators": [
        {
          "id": "pfbid029gmqPLAMDT2z4drrFEsicJ4ivhnAGkEPBNUPTujKbSYf6bMCjTzRKrNNPmePAotrl",
          "name": "Nusrat Jahan",
          "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=...",
          "url": null
        },
        {
          "id": "100079525026696",
          "name": "Thesoftwarelion",
          "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...",
          "url": null
        },
        {
          "id": "pfbid0pzs33rRB9YA54hRjvjaPeA62UVZTg73Aqbnn8jSjS9Mo1DUAZNyzV6wFUgYgnDwhl",
          "name": "Jamil Ahmed",
          "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_...",
          "url": null
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "id": "242504017103922",
          "name": "Software & tech"
        },
        {
          "id": "202183377053878",
          "name": "Engineering"
        }
      ],
      "history_summary": "Group created on October 14, 2020. Name last changed on October 16, 2020.",
      "member_count_text": "759.6K members"
    }
  },
  "cursor": null,
  "has_more": null
}

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 preview Python client has client.facebook.group(...) and the TypeScript client client.facebook.group(). Both return the same envelope as the HTTP API. The packages are not published yet; plain HTTP works today in any language.

Can an AI agent call it?

Yes. The MCP server reaches every built endpoint, with the same prices.

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