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Facebook Group 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.

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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