Facebook Search API
Search Facebook content by keyword and return matching results.
API Description
Facebook Search API — Search Facebook content by keyword and return matching results.
Authenticate with your Pangolinfo API Key to receive structured JSON data.
Request URL
Request Headers
| Parameters | Parameter value | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content-Type | application/json | string | Data format |
| Authorization | Bearer xxx | string | Authorization Token |
Collection takes up to approximately 75 seconds. Set your client timeout to 90 seconds.
Request Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| target | Yes | string | Target URL, supported ID or search keyword for this operation. |
| options | No | object | Optional collection settings, described below. |
options Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| maxPages | No | integer | Pages to collect. Default: 1; values above 5 are capped at 5. Must be a positive integer. Default: 1 Minimum: 1 Maximum: 5 |
| cursor | No | string | null | Continuation cursor from the previous response. Pass the value unchanged. |
| sort | No | string | Result ordering. Supported values are listed below. Values: [“relevance”, “recent”] |
| timeRange | No | string | Publication time filter. Omit to retain the URL filter. Values: [“all”, “day”, “week”, “month”] |
Only the request parameters listed on this page are used; other fields are ignored. Pass pagination cursors back unchanged, without encoding, decoding or conversion.
One page by default, capped at five per request. Page counts must be positive integers; higher values are capped at five.
Searches videos only.
Response Fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| code | integer | Status code; 0 indicates success. |
| message | string | Response message; ok on success. |
| pointCost | number | Points charged for this request. |
| data | object | Collected data, with fields described below. |
| meta | object | Request identifier and duration in milliseconds. |
| billing | object | Charged units, unit price and billing rule version. |
data Fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| query | string | Query |
| items | object[] | Result items. |
| pagination | object | Continuation cursor and whether more results are available. |
data.items[] Fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| videoId | string | Video id |
| postId | string | null | Post id |
| storyId | string | null | Story id |
| role | string | null | Role |
| url | string | null | Content URL. |
| message | string | null | Response message; ok on success. |
| owner | object | Owner |
| publishedAt | object | null | Publication time. |
| relativeTimeText | string | null | Relative time text |
| durationMs | number | null | Duration in milliseconds. |
| width | number | null | Width |
| height | number | null | Height |
| thumbnailUrl | string | null | Thumbnail url |
| reactionCount | number | null | Reaction count |
| commentCount | number | null | Comment count |
| shareCount | number | null | Share count |
| viewCount | number | null | View count |
data.items[].owner Fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | string | null | Record identifier. |
| name | string | null | Name |
| type | string | null | Result type. |
data.items[].publishedAt Fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| text | string | null | Text value. |
| value | number | null | Parsed value. |
data.pagination Fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cursor | string | null | Continuation cursor from the previous response. Pass the value unchanged. |
| hasMore | boolean | Whether more results are available. |
Request Example
Response Example
This excerpt shows the first item of each list. Long text and URLs are shortened; pointCost is the charge for the complete response. The playground contains the full schema.
Points Usage
0.8 points per primary result.
Empty results and failed requests are not charged. Duplicate IDs are counted once within a response. Separate calls and pages are billed separately. See Social Media Reviews API billing.

