/v1/user_posts"platform": "facebook"Facebook User Posts API
The recent posts of one account.
The Facebook User Posts API returns the recent posts of a public Facebook account: text, author, likes, comment count and publish time, in the same response format as every other SocialToAI call. One call costs 2 credits ($0.004 to $0.0067 depending on the pack); failed calls are free. Call it over HTTP or from your AI client over MCP. Last tested 2026-10-17.
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Request and response
curl https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/user_posts \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALTOAI_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "platform": "facebook", "id": "100044561550831" }'import osimport requestsresponse = requests.post( "https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/user_posts", headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SOCIALTOAI_KEY']}"}, json={ "platform": "facebook", "id": "100044561550831", },)print(response.json())# Connected over MCP? Ask in plain words.What has this Facebook account posted lately: 100044561550831# Your AI calls the user_posts tool with:{ "platform": "facebook", "id": "100044561550831"}{ "platform": "facebook", "status": "ok", "items": [ { "platform": "facebook", "id": "…", "ref": "…", "approx": [], "type": "content", "url": "https://example.com/…", "format": "image", "title": null, "text": "…", "published_at": "2026-10-11T16:30:00.000Z", "author": { "id": "…", "username": null, "name": "…", "verified": null, "followers": null }, "metrics": { "likes": 12519, "comments": 412, "shares": null, "collects": null, "views": null, "reposts": null }, "images": ["https://example.com/…"], "hashtags": null, "is_pinned": null } ], "unavailable": ["title", "author.username", "author.verified", "author.followers", "metrics.shares", "metrics.collects", "metrics.views", "metrics.reposts", "hashtags", "is_pinned"], "page": { "has_more": true, "cursor": "cur_…", "cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-12T19:21:03.000Z" }, "cost_credits": 2}nullcollects nullviews nullNames and text were removed from the sample; the numbers are as recorded.
5 parameters.
1 required.
Send them as a JSON body with POST. Your key goes in the Authorization header, never in the URL.
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| platform | string | Required | — | Always "facebook" on this page. |
| id | string | One of these | — | Page ID, a string of digits; faster than the handle |
| username | string | One of these | — | Page handle: the segment after facebook.com/ in the page's link |
| url | string | One of these | — | Link to the page, written facebook.com/handle |
| cursor | string | Optional | — | Pass page.cursor from the last response to get the next page. |
Where to get what you send.
idPage ID, a string of digits; faster than the handle (e.g. 100044561550831)
No other interface of the platform returns it: take it from the web page or link as described above.
usernamePage handle: the segment after facebook.com/ in the page's link (e.g. NASA)
No other interface of the platform returns it: take it from the web page or link as described above.
The fields of each item.
What Facebook cannot give is marked.
| Field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| items[].url | string | A link that opens the item. |
| items[].format | string | video, image, text or article. |
| items[].title | stringalways null | The title. |
| items[].text | string | The body text or caption. |
| items[].published_at | string | When it was published, ISO 8601 in UTC. |
| items[].author.id | string | The author's account ID. |
| items[].author.username | stringalways null | The author's handle. |
| items[].author.name | string | The author's display name. |
| items[].author.verified | booleanalways null | Whether the author is verified. |
| items[].author.followers | integeralways null | The author's follower count. |
| items[].metrics.likes | integer | Likes. |
| items[].metrics.comments | integer | Comments. |
| items[].metrics.shares | integeralways null | Shares. |
| items[].metrics.collects | integeralways null | Saves. |
| items[].metrics.views | integeralways null | Views or plays. |
| items[].metrics.reposts | integeralways null | Reposts. |
| items[].images | string[] | Image addresses. |
| items[].hashtags | string[]always null | Hashtags, without the #. |
| items[].is_pinned | booleanalways null | Whether the author pinned it. |
nullFields Facebook cannot giveRead null as “Facebook did not give this”, not as zero. These are always null on this call:
titleThe title.author.usernameThe author's handle.author.verifiedWhether the author is verified.author.followersThe author's follower count.metrics.sharesShares.metrics.collectsSaves.metrics.viewsViews or plays.metrics.repostsReposts.hashtagsHashtags, without the #.is_pinnedWhether the author pinned it.
Every item also has platform, id, ref, approx and type; the response around the items is the same on every call. Response format
What to expect.
1 call per second per key, 5 after a purchase; going over is not charged. Rate limits
A failed call costs 0 credits and is never retried on its own. Error codes
Once connected over MCP, these questions use it.
What has this Facebook account posted lately: 100044561550831
2 creditsuser_posts {"platform":"facebook","id":"100044561550831"}
These ready-made tools call it when they run.
The same call on other platforms.
All platforms and prices/v1/user_posts{ "platform": "facebook", "id": "100044561550831" }2 creditsper call