InsightSocial API
Facebook

Search › People

GET
/v1/facebook/search/people

Returns Facebook people matching a keyword, each with profile id, display name, permalink, avatar, and verified flag.

Use it to find people by name. The id is often a pfbid token, not a numeric user id, and follower counts are not on this card.

20 credits per call.

Re-running the exact same call within 1h is free.

Paginates by cursor — see Pagination.

Authorization

apiKey
x-api-key<token>

Your key from the dashboard. It starts with isk_.

In: header

Query Parameters

query*string

Name or phrase to search for.

cursor?string

Cursor from the previous response.

location_uid?string

Facebook location id to scope the search to a city.

Response Body

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curl -X GET "https://example.com/v1/facebook/search/people?query=string"
{  "success": true,  "platform": "instagram",  "endpoint": "/v1/instagram/profile/posts",  "data": {    "items": [      "…"    ],    "dropped": 0  },  "pagination": {    "next_cursor": "is2.eyJwIjoyfQ",    "has_more": true,    "page_size": 12  },  "credits_used": 20,  "credits_remaining": 9980,  "request_id": "req_1a2b3c4d5e6f",  "cached": false,  "idempotent_replay": false,  "charge_reason": "miss",  "free_call": false}

Search › Pages GET

Returns Facebook pages matching a keyword, each with page id, display name, permalink, avatar, and verified flag. Use it to find pages by name; follower counts are not on this card, so take author.url to profile for the full page. **20 credits** per call. Re-running the exact same call within 1h is free. Paginates by `cursor` — see [Pagination](/docs/pagination).

Search › Posts GET

Returns public Facebook posts matching a keyword, each with text, permalink, publish time, like count, comment count, and author. Use it when you have a phrase, not a page URL. recent_posts=true ranks by recency; start_date and end_date bound the window. **Metered: 20–180 credits.** We reserve the ceiling when the call starts and charge what it actually used when it finishes. Re-running the exact same call within 1h is free. Paginates by `cursor` — see [Pagination](/docs/pagination).