Facebook Group API
Scrape Facebook Group data with one API call. Returns a Facebook group's public record: name, description, member count, privacy, visibility, and creation date. Pass the group URL or group_id. Use group/posts for the group's recent posts.
Last updated August 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
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.
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The Group endpoint gives you structured Facebook data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/facebook/group"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/facebook/group",
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/facebook/group",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| url | No | Full URL of the Facebook group. |
| group_id | No | Numeric Facebook group id. |
What does the Facebook Group API return?
Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "facebook",
"endpoint": "/v1/facebook/profile",
"data": {
"author": {
"id": "100044561550831",
"username": null,
"display_name": "NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration",
"avatar_url": "https://scontent-phl2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/243095782_416661036495945_3843362260429099279_n.png?stp=dst-png&cstp=mx800x800&ctp=s480x480&_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=2d3e12&_nc_ohc=8JwJCEbIJtcQ7kNvwE7bHf3&_nc_oc=Adpgm0tdqHzQi8hCG-6PZSgRGHRJJ4ZOD_GEvGFQVYA9zCX8gaFVxpDZEVFz2fGoHN8&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-phl2-1.xx&_nc_gid=h7hpILJTNe37zLDnM58RQA&_nc_ss=7f289&oh=00_AQB3Q17oyz_VPmyzoVUwa9YnzN3KnPuvUESweRQdc7kzRQ&oe=6A632E95",
"bio": "Explore the universe and discover our home planet. \nThere's space for everybody. ✨",
"verified": null,
"followers": 28000000,
"following": null,
"posts_count": null,
"likes_count": 28657125,
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA/",
"private": null,
"joined_at": "March 4, 2009"
},
"computed": {
"engagement_rate": null,
"language": "en",
"content_category": "other",
"estimated_reach": null
},
"_warnings": [
"computed.engagement_rate: author ratio exceeded 1.0 (raw: 1.023469); returned null — a lifetime likes/followers ratio is not a real engagement rate"
]
},
"credits_used": 1,
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"request_id": "req_example000000",
"cached": false
}Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.
How does the Facebook Group API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
}Ready to scrape Facebook Group data?
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