Facebook
Facebook Group API
To get public group About information from Facebook, call GET /v1/facebook/group?url=… with your API key. You get clean JSON back.
GET
/v1/facebook/groupcurl "https://api.scraperize.com/v1/facebook/group?url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/cristianoronaldo404" \ -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
Cost
1 credit / call
Only successful calls are charged. Errors are free.
Pagination
Single response
Everything comes back in one call.
Caching
0 credits
Set
cache_max_age to reuse a recent result for free.Rate limit
Per team / minute
Over the limit:
429 with a Retry-After header.Parameters
urlOptionalRequired — provide one of `url` or `groupId`. Public Facebook group URL (sub-pages like /about work too).
groupIdOptionalRequired — provide one of `url` or `groupId`. Numeric Facebook group id (faster if you have it).
cache_max_ageOptionalOptional. Return a cached result if one this age or newer exists — served for 0 credits with
meta.cached=true and meta.cachedAt. Otherwise a fresh scrape runs (1 credit) and refreshes the cache. Omit to always scrape fresh.One of 5 values.Send your key in the x-api-key header. Full API reference
Example response
200 OK · application/json
{
"data": {
"group": {
"id": "367172990112802",
"name": "Cristiano Ronaldo CR 7",
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/cristianoronaldo404/about/",
"vanity": "cristianoronaldo404",
"description": "Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH ComM is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier…",
"privacy": {
"label": "Public group",
"icon": "globe-americas"
},
"groupType": "GROUP",
"memberCount": 1184205,
"memberCountText": "1.2M members",
"activity": {
"postsLastDay": 0,
"postsLastMonth": 0,
"newMembersText": "No new members in the last week"
},
"createdTimestamp": 1416202227,
"createdAt": "2014-11-17T05:30:27.000Z",
"historySummary": "Group created on 17 November 2014. Name last changed on 8 July 2022.",
"coverPhotoUrl": null,
"admins": {
"count": 3,
"profiles": [
{
"id": "pfbid02ejSBAvbRYFR3vnmPXzdVZAdLbpwDmTbNBmsT8FixHgvDLgomKToW9FobussSUmXal",
"name": "សីហា កំពត",
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/pfbid02ejSBAvbRYFR3vnmPXzdVZAdLbpwDmTbNBmsT8FixHgvDLgomKToW9FobussSUmXal",
"avatarUrl": "https://scontent-los4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/330989668_765158771278136_4230346575304946020_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_t…"
}
]
},
"moderators": {
"count": 11,
"profiles": [
{
"id": "100094571611307",
"name": "Scarlett Rose",
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/100094571611307",
"avatarUrl": "https://scontent-los4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.30497-1/453178253_471506465671661_2781666950760530985_n.png?stp=cp0_dst-png&cs…"
}
]
},
"adminModeratorSentence": "Janice and 2 other members are admins. Alice and 10 other members are moderators.",
"rules": [
{
"title": "anybody can join this group, but don’t post bad.",
"description": "it’s is a only Ertugrul Gazi fans group, so you can post for Ertugrul pictures, family picture, dirilis series and good …"
}
],
"viewerJoinState": "CAN_JOIN"
},
"fetchedAt": "2026-10-05T14:43:20.223Z"
},
"meta": {
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
"creditsCharged": 1,
"creditsRemaining": 4999,
"cached": false
}
}A real response, shortened to one item per list.
FAQ
Facebook Group API questions
How much does the Facebook Group API cost?
1 credit per successful call. Errors and cached results are free, and new accounts start with 100 free credits, no card required. See pricing.
Do I need a Facebook account or API key?
No. You only need a Scraperize API key, sent in the x-api-key header. Scraperize returns publicly available data. No Facebook login or developer app is needed.
How fresh is the data?
Each call fetches the data live. To trade freshness for cost, pass cache_max_age (e.g. 1h, 1d) to get a recent cached result instantly for 0 credits.
Where are the full parameters and response fields?
In the API reference, with every parameter, field and error.