Facebook Post

Retrieves a single public Facebook post or reel by URL.

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Facebook Post
GET /v1/facebook/post

Retrieves a single public Facebook post or reel by URL.

Authentication: x-api-key
Example URL: https://api.datawake.ai/v1/facebook/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1535656380759655&get_comments=false&get_transcript=false

Parameters:
- url (query · string · required) = https://www.facebook.com/reel/1535656380759655
- get_comments (query · boolean · optional) = false
- get_transcript (query · boolean · optional) = false

Overview

WakeScrap exposes this Facebook endpoint as a live-data API. The platform keeps the documented request and response shape stable while unifying auth, request tracking, and credits billing.

Retrieves a single public Facebook post or reel by URL. Returns post_id, like_count, comment_count, share_count, view_count, description, creation_time, and author details. For video posts, includes video sd_url, hd_url, thumbnail, and length_in_second. Optionally fetches comments and transcript via get_comments and get_transcript parameters.

Required params: url.

Headers

x-api-key string required

Your Wake API access key.

Example:

YOUR_API_KEY

Query Parameters

url string required

The URL of the post to get

Example:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1535656380759655

get_comments boolean

Whether you want to get the first several comments of the post

Example:

false

get_transcript boolean

Whether you want to get the transcript of the post

Example:

false


              curl 'https://api.datawake.ai/v1/facebook/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1535656380759655&get_comments=false&get_transcript=false' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'


              const response = await fetch("https://api.datawake.ai/v1/facebook/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1535656380759655&get_comments=false&get_transcript=false", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Accept': 'application/json',
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);


              import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/facebook/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1535656380759655&get_comments=false&get_transcript=false",
    headers={
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Accept": "application/json",
    },
)

print(response.json())


              $ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/facebook/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1535656380759655&get_comments=false&get_transcript=false",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY',
        'Accept: application/json',
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;


              client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/facebook/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1535656380759655&get_comments=false&get_transcript=false", nil)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")

resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()

body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))


              HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.datawake.ai/v1/facebook/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1535656380759655&get_comments=false&get_transcript=false"))
    .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    .header("Accept", "application/json")
    .method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .build();

HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
    .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

System.out.println(response.body());


              {
  "success": true,
  "credits_remaining": 48026,
  "post_id": "25118307061088489",
  "like_count": 2095,
  "comment_count": 48,
  "share_count": 133,
  "view_count": 133000,
  "description": "Air Fryer Chocolate Cake \n\n100% f*cks, super simple and comes out gooey in the middle. 🍆 \n\n👨‍🍳 Ingredients:\n✅ 1 large banana – 100 g (3.5 oz)\n✅ 80 g vanilla YoPro yogurt (2.8 oz / ...",
  "creation_time": "2025-09-18T06:30:18.000Z",
  "feedback_id": "ZmVlZGJhY2s6MjUxMDIxMDY3OTkzNzUxODI=",
  "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1535656380759655",
  "image_url": null,
  "video": {
    "id": "1535656380759655",
    "sd_url": "https://video-fml1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m69/AQPmP0-_mHv5cFqZShaBXjVeIgFmk-_1-6fll0qvoiw3O_StvDRD1FPZafKE0Mri9p94smEKiXpdPjrMnIk2qesQ.mp4?strext=1&_nc_cat=106&_nc_sid=8bf8fe&_n...",
    "hd_url": "https://video-fml1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m69/AQPvY-B_jtS_HwdB--AaOLTiMpw_euZ4QZoJbbh4iBl-faYyL6mYoumXJPqDF8qAnvZk8_SN5QOUds3tDfP0Bfa0.mp4?strext=1&_nc_cat=109&_nc_sid=8bf8fe&_n...",
    "height": 1920,
    "width": 1080,
    "length_in_second": 23.36,
    "thumbnail": "https://scontent-fml1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-10/549761436_18521992156021539_7633323777597918486_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960_tt6&_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=282d23&_nc_ohc=1LkTvL...",
    "captions_url": "https://scontent-fml1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.2093-6/548496336_1535656704092956_4849526113470105591_n.srt?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=c211c2&_nc_ohc=IiEVsW2fSK0Q7kNvwEeCqpW&_nc_oc=Adm..."
  },
  "author": {
    "id": "100000076236457",
    "name": "Matt West",
    "is_verified": true,
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/matt.west.184",
    "image": "https://scontent-fml1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/485744182_9938984382780671_4072259528431711152_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_s40x40_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=1d2534&_nc_ohc=zu8xeHB9..."
  },
  "music": {
    "id": "1506592770696336",
    "type": "CUSTOM_AUDIO",
    "track_title": "Matt West · Original audio",
    "music_album_art": "https://scontent-fml1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/485744182_9938984382780671_4072259528431711152_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_s64x64_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=1d2534&_nc_ohc=zu8xeHB9..."
  }
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_request",
    "message": "One or more required parameters are missing or invalid."
  }
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "Invalid or missing x-api-key header."
  }
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "insufficient_credits",
    "message": "This request requires available credits before execution."
  }
}