Facebook Group Info

Retrieve facebook group info from Facebook with a single API request.

GET/api/data/v1/facebook/group

1credit base cost

Request parameters

Up to 1 credit

urloptional

The Facebook group URL. Group sub-page URLs such as /about work too.

group_idoptional

The numeric Facebook group ID. Provide this instead of url if you already have it.

Try in the console

Live requests use your prepaid balance. Cached responses cost zero where supported.

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://fetchgoblin.com/api/data/v1/facebook/group?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroups%2F366190054572553%2Fabout' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_FETCHGOBLIN_API_KEY'

Response

Example

{
  "success": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "id": "366190054572553",
  "url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/366190054572553",
  "name": "Python Programming",
  "description": "Let's share our knowledge on Python Programming",
  "privacy": {
    "label": "Public",
    "description": "Anyone can see who's in the group and what they post."
  },
  "visibility": {
    "label": "Visible",
    "description": "Anyone can find this group."
  },
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": "242504017103922",
      "name": "Software & tech"
    }
  ],
  "created_at": "2020-10-14T15:45:03.000Z",
  "history_summary": "Group created on October 14, 2020. Name last changed on October 16, 2020.",
  "member_count": 710386,
  "member_count_text": "710,386 total members",
  "administrator_count": 3,
  "moderator_count": 0,
  "administrators": [
    {
      "id": "pfbid029b9bjf9rZfL4v9EHdxt1uxng857G4UqwpZjbCHySg88UYWu2XL5ivSixWhXBnZMnl",
      "name": "Nusrat Jahan",
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/people/Nusrat-Jahan/pfbid029b9bjf9rZfL4v9EHdxt1uxng857G4UqwpZjbCHySg88UYWu2XL5ivSixWhXBnZMnl/",
      "profile_picture_url": "https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/example.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "moderators": [],
  "activity": {
    "posts_last_day": 16,
    "posts_last_month": 512,
    "new_members_text": "No new members in the last week"
  },
  "rules": [
    {
      "id": "366191957905696",
      "title": "Be Kind and Courteous",
      "description": "We're all in this together to create a welcoming environment. Let's treat everyone with respect."
    }
  ],
  "about_info": [
    {
      "type": "XFBPrivacyGroupsAboutInfoItem",
      "label": "Public",
      "description": "Anyone can see who's in the group and what they post."
    }
  ]
}

Example data from the API specification. Run a request to retrieve current data.

Response shape

This schema describes the documented data shape. Some platform fields may be absent or null. The response also includes your FetchGoblin request ID and current credit balance.

View JSON Schema +

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "success": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "credits_remaining": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "credits_charged": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "privacy": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "label": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "visibility": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "label": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "categories": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "created_at": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "history_summary": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "member_count": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "member_count_text": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "administrator_count": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "moderator_count": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "administrators": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "profile_picture_url": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "moderators": {
      "type": "array"
    },
    "activity": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "posts_last_day": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "posts_last_month": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "new_members_text": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "rules": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "about_info": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "type": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "label": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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