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Access public data from major social platforms

Facebook Post → Get Post Details

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Summary

Retrieve detailed information about a Facebook post or reel.

Inputs

  • postLink (required) — The Facebook post or reel URL
  • requestOptions — Collection of additional request settings such as batching, SSL bypass, proxy, and timeout
  • allowUnauthorizedCerts — Whether to accept the response even if SSL certificate validation fails
  • proxy — HTTP proxy URL, optionally with authentication credentials
  • timeout — Request timeout in milliseconds

Output shape

a single record containing post details (e.g., id, message, reactions, media, created_time)

May include optional fields like reactions and media; pagination not applicable for a single post details request

Examples

Example 1: Get full details of a public Facebook post

postLink: https://www.facebook.com/permalink/123456789; requestOptions: { timeout: 10000, allowUnauthorizedCerts: false }

Example 2: Fetch post details with batching enabled

postLink: https://www.facebook.com/permalink/123456789; requestOptions: { batching: { batchSize: 50, batchInterval: 1000 } }

Example 3: Ignore SSL errors when accessing Facebook via insecure proxy

postLink: https://www.facebook.com/permalink/123456789; requestOptions: { proxy: "http://myproxy:3128", allowUnauthorizedCerts: true }

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