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Facebook Group Posts Search

GET /v1/facebook/group/search

Search posts within a specific Facebook group by keyword. Returns matching posts with content, engagement metrics, and author data. Supports pagination and date filtering.

Temporarily unavailable. This endpoint is temporarily unavailable while we upgrade it. See https://apidirect.io/status for updates.

Cost

$0.008 per page

Free tier

50 requests/month

Parameters

query *

Search keyword (max 500 characters)

group_id *

Facebook group ID to search within

pages

Number of pages to fetch (1-10, default 1). Billed per page.

start_date

Filter posts from this date (YYYY-MM-DD)

end_date

Filter posts until this date (YYYY-MM-DD)

get_sentiment

Set to true to add AI emotion analysis (+$0.001/page)

Example Request

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/facebook/group/search?query=data%20science&group_id=457987654321&start_date=2026-01-01" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/facebook/group/search",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "query": "data science",
        "group_id": "457987654321",
        "start_date": "2026-01-01"
    }
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "posts": [
    {
      "post_id": "457987654321_5566778899",
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/python/posts/5566778899",
      "message": "Best data science libraries in Python for 2026? Looking for recommendations beyond pandas and scikit-learn.",
      "sentiment": {
        "emotions": {
          "joy": 40,
          "trust": 55,
          "fear": 0,
          "surprise": 10,
          "sadness": 0,
          "disgust": 0,
          "anger": 0,
          "anticipation": 30
        },
        "dominant_emotion": "trust",
        "emotional_intensity": 5,
        "polarity": "positive"
      },
      "date": "2026-02-28 08:20:00",
      "timestamp": 1772266800,
      "author_name": "Maria Lopez",
      "author_id": "100054321098",
      "author_url": "https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100054321098",
      "author_profile_picture": "https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/...",
      "comments_count": 67,
      "reactions_count": 124,
      "reshare_count": 5,
      "reactions": {"like": 80, "love": 25, "wow": 10, "haha": 4, "sad": 0, "angry": 5},
      "image_url": null,
      "video": null,
      "external_url": null
    }
  ],
  "count": 1,
  "pages": 1
}

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