InsightSocial API
Facebook

Facebook Group API reference

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Example request
curl "https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/facebook/group?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroups%2F2204685680" \
  -H "x-api-key: $INSIGHTSOCIAL_API_KEY"
GET
/v1/facebook/group

Returns a Facebook group's public record: name, description, member count, privacy, visibility, and creation date.

Use it to identify a group by URL or group_id before calling group/posts for the recent posts.

10 credits per call.

Authorization

apiKey
x-api-key<token>

Your key from the dashboard. It starts with isk_.

In: header

Query Parameters

url?string

Full URL of the Facebook group. Provide at least one of: url, group_id.

group_id?string

Numeric Facebook group id. Provide at least one of: url, group_id.

dry_run?"1"

Set to 1 to get the price of this call without making it: data.dry_run carries credits_min and credits_max. Nothing is charged.

Value in

  • "1"

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X GET "https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/facebook/group"
{  "success": true,  "platform": "string",  "endpoint": "string",  "schema_version": "2",  "pagination": {    "next_cursor": "string",    "has_more": true,    "page_size": 0,    "stopped_at": "since"  },  "unavailable": [    "string"  ],  "credits_used": 0,  "credits_remaining": 0,  "request_id": "string",  "cached": true,  "idempotent_replay": true,  "charge_reason": "string",  "free_call": true,  "data": {    "author": {      "id": "string",      "username": "string",      "display_name": "string",      "avatar_url": "http://example.com",      "bio": "string",      "verified": true,      "followers": 0,      "followers_approximate": true,      "following": 0,      "posts_count": 0,      "likes_count": 0,      "url": "http://example.com",      "location": "string",      "external_url": "http://example.com",      "private": true,      "joined_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",      "last_post_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",      "ext": {        "property1": null,        "property2": null      }    }  }}

Group › Posts GET

Returns posts from a Facebook group, 3 to 4 per page, each with the post text, reaction count, comment count, the per-reaction breakdown, and author info.

Marketplace › Item GET

Returns one Facebook Marketplace listing: title, description, price, location, condition, photos, seller, and availability flags.