---
title: "Get a Facebook post or reel"
method: GET
path: "/v1/facebook/post"
tags: ["Facebook"]
---

# Get a Facebook post or reel

`GET /v1/facebook/post`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.scrapeatlas.com`
- URL: `https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/facebook/post`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Retrieve one public post or reel with available media and engagement; optional comments and transcript reads preserve failures as nulls with warnings. view=transcript returns only the original caption file with SRT/WebVTT/XML cue timing; format=camelCase returns camelCase fields under data. Includes ordered media attachments with native IDs, GIF types and video rendition metadata. Each successful request costs 1 account credit, including partial results. Failed requests cost 0 credits.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required
- `get_comments` 'true' | 'false'
- `get_transcript` 'true' | 'false'
- `view` 'standard' | 'transcript'
- `format` 'native' | 'camelCase'

## Response `200`

Inspect the response status and failure or coverage fields.

- union
  - object
    - `post_id` string, required
    - `like_count` number, nullable, required
    - `comment_count` number, nullable, required
    - `share_count` number, nullable, required
    - `view_count` number, nullable, required
    - `description` string, nullable, required
    - `creation_time` string, nullable, required
    - `feedback_id` string, nullable, required
    - `url` string, nullable, required
    - `image_url` string, nullable, required
    - `video` object, nullable, required
    - `mediaAttachments` object[], required
      - `id` union, required
        - string
        - number
      - `index` integer, required
      - `type` 'image' | 'video' | 'gif' | 'unknown', required
      - `url` string, nullable, required
      - `thumbnailUrl` string, nullable, required
      - `width` number, nullable, required
      - `height` number, nullable, required
      - `bestVideo` object, nullable, required
        - `url` string, required
        - `width` number, nullable, required
        - `height` number, nullable, required
        - `bitrate` number, nullable, required
        - `hasAudio` boolean, nullable, required
        - `source` 'progressive' | 'dash', required
        - `mimeType` string, nullable, required
      - `audioUrl` string, nullable, required
      - `variants` object[], required
        - `url` string, required
        - `width` number, nullable, required
        - `height` number, nullable, required
        - `bitrate` number, nullable, required
        - `hasAudio` boolean, nullable, required
        - `source` 'progressive' | 'dash', required
        - `mimeType` string, nullable, required
    - `author` object, nullable, required
    - `music` object, nullable, required
    - `data` object
    - `hydration` object
      - `total` integer, required
      - `enriched` integer, required
      - `failed` integer, required
    - `success` true, required
    - `status` 'success' | 'partial', required
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `sourceUrl` string, uri, required
    - `fetchedAt` string, date-time, required
    - `coverage` object, required
      - `source` 'public_web', required
      - `complete` boolean, required
      - `warnings` string[], required
      - `order` 'newest_first' | 'oldest_first' | 'ranked' | 'relevance' | 'source_order'
      - `window` object
        - `since` string, date-time
        - `until` string, date-time
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` integer, required
    - `comments` object[], nullable
    - `transcript` string, nullable
    - `comments_cursor` string, nullable
  - object
    - `success` false, required
    - `status` 'failed' | 'challenged', required
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `failure` object, required
      - `code` 'invalid_request' | 'unauthorized' | 'not_found' | 'restricted_page' | 'upstream_challenged' | 'upstream_rate_limited' | 'upstream_error' | 'unsupported_page' | 'response_too_large' | 'unsafe_redirect' | 'request_limit' | 'timeout' | 'payload_too_complex' | 'busy', required
      - `message` string, required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` integer, required
  - object
    - `data` object
    - `hydration` object
      - `total` integer, required
      - `enriched` integer, required
      - `failed` integer, required
    - `success` true, required
    - `status` 'success' | 'partial', required
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `sourceUrl` string, uri, required
    - `fetchedAt` string, date-time, required
    - `coverage` object, required
      - `source` 'public_web', required
      - `complete` boolean, required
      - `warnings` string[], required
      - `order` 'newest_first' | 'oldest_first' | 'ranked' | 'relevance' | 'source_order'
      - `window` object
        - `since` string, date-time
        - `until` string, date-time
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` integer, required
    - `post_id` string, nullable, required
    - `transcript` string, nullable, required
  - object
    - `success` false, required
    - `status` 'failed' | 'challenged', required
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `failure` object, required
      - `code` 'invalid_request' | 'unauthorized' | 'not_found' | 'restricted_page' | 'upstream_challenged' | 'upstream_rate_limited' | 'upstream_error' | 'unsupported_page' | 'response_too_large' | 'unsafe_redirect' | 'request_limit' | 'timeout' | 'payload_too_complex' | 'busy', required
      - `message` string, required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` integer, required
  - object
    - `data` object, required
    - `hydration` object
      - `total` integer, required
      - `enriched` integer, required
      - `failed` integer, required
    - `success` true, required
    - `status` 'success' | 'partial', required
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `sourceUrl` string, uri, required
    - `fetchedAt` string, date-time, required
    - `coverage` object, required
      - `source` 'public_web', required
      - `complete` boolean, required
      - `warnings` string[], required
      - `order` 'newest_first' | 'oldest_first' | 'ranked' | 'relevance' | 'source_order'
      - `window` object
        - `since` string, date-time
        - `until` string, date-time
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` integer, required
  - object
    - `success` false, required
    - `status` 'failed' | 'challenged', required
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `failure` object, required
      - `code` 'invalid_request' | 'unauthorized' | 'not_found' | 'restricted_page' | 'upstream_challenged' | 'upstream_rate_limited' | 'upstream_error' | 'unsupported_page' | 'response_too_large' | 'unsafe_redirect' | 'request_limit' | 'timeout' | 'payload_too_complex' | 'busy', required
      - `message` string, required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` integer, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `401`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `402`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `403`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `404`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `408`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `413`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `429`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `500`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `502`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `503`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `504`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.

---

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