Facebook API endpoint
Use Crawlora's Get Facebook group details API to extract supported public Facebook data as structured JSON. This page includes request parameters, cURL examples, response schema, error behavior, credit cost, and a Playground link for testing before integration.
/facebook/groups/{group}Fetches public data about a Facebook Group given its numeric group id, vanity name, or full group URL: name, cover photo, stable group id, and — when the group exposes them without joining — its privacy setting (public/private) and formatted member count. Developers commonly use this endpoint for data enrichment, monitoring, research dashboards, internal automation, and agent-native workflows that need repeatable structured public web data. Authentication uses the documented Crawlora headers, and usage is metered with the credit cost shown on this page.
Request parameters are generated from the active endpoint catalog. Required values must be sent before Crawlora can call the upstream public web data source.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| group (path) | string | Yes | Facebook Group reference: numeric group id, vanity name, or full Facebook group URL | ||
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/facebook/groups/%3Cgroup%3E" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Send your scraping API key in the x-api-key header. Use the console API Keys page to rotate or select the active key.
Endpoint usage is metered in credits. The plan prices, included credits, limits, and overage rates below match the active backend billing configuration.
| Plan | Price | Included credits | Daily cap | Rate limit | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 2,000 | 500 daily credits | 5/min | No overage |
| Starter | $9/mo | 20,000 | 5,000 daily credits | 15/min | $0.75/1,000 overage credits when enabled |
| Growth | $29/mo | 100,000 | 25,000 daily credits | 45/min | $0.45/1,000 overage credits when enabled |
| Pro | $79/mo | 400,000 | No daily cap | 120/min | $0.30/1,000 overage credits |
| Business | $199/mo | 1,200,000 | No daily cap | 300/min | $0.20/1,000 overage credits |
| Enterprise | $499/mo | 5,000,000 | No daily cap | 1,000/min | $0.12/1,000 overage credits |
This endpoint is executed through Crawlora's managed scraping infrastructure.
when the group exposes them without joining; they are omitted when a group doesn't (or when it's private and hides them from non-members). `groupId` is Facebook's stable numeric identifier, which never changes even if the group renames its vanity handle. `membersCount` is `membersText` parsed into an approximate integer (K/M abbreviations expanded); it is omitted when `membersText` isn't available. There is no free-text description field: a group's own "about" text is not reliably present without joining the group. Example response: ```json { "code": 200, "msg": "OK", "data": { "name": "香港80、90後集中地（吃喝玩樂 着數分享）", "groupId": "476791410478852", "privacy": "Public group", "membersText": "583.7K members", "membersCount": 583700, "coverImage": "https://scontent.fsgn12-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/597615764_10162579247132805_3033175257659170924_n.jpg", "sourceUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/476791410478852/" } } ```
Crawlora does not silently return bad data when the upstream page cannot be used.
| Status | Common failure case |
|---|---|
| 400 | Invalid input or missing required parameter |
| 429 | Plan or endpoint rate limit exceeded |
| 500 | Internal execution error |
| 502 | Upstream platform failed, returned unusable HTML, or served a challenge page that could not be resolved |
When possible, Crawlora returns structured error context so your integration can retry, back off, or inspect the request.
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad request — missing or invalid group reference | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Group not found or unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 500 | Internal server error while fetching group data | #/definitions/app.Response |
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"name": "香港80、90後集中地（吃喝玩樂 着數分享）",
"groupId": "476791410478852",
"privacy": "Public group",
"membersText": "583.7K members",
"membersCount": 583700,
"coverImage": "https://scontent.fsgn12-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/597615764_10162579247132805_3033175257659170924_n.jpg",
"sourceUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/476791410478852/"
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/facebook.groupResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | facebook.Group | No | ||||
| data.coverImage | string | No | https://scontent.fsgn12-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/597615764_10162579247132805_3033175257659170924_n.jpg | |||
| data.groupId | string | No | 476791410478852 | GroupID is Facebook's stable numeric Group identifier -- unlike a vanity name, it never changes. | ||
| data.membersCount | integer | No | 583700 | MembersCount is MembersText parsed into an approximate integer (K/M abbreviations expanded). 0 when MembersText isn't available. | ||
| data.membersText | string | No | 583.7K members | MembersText is the group's formatted member-count string as Facebook renders it (e.g. "583.7K members", "1,234 members"). | ||
| data.name | string | No | 香港80、90後集中地（吃喝玩樂 着數分享） | |||
| data.privacy | string | No | Public group | Privacy is the group header's privacy label, currently one of "Public group" or "Private group", when Facebook exposes it without joining. | ||
| data.sourceUrl | string | No | https://www.facebook.com/groups/476791410478852/ | |||
| msg | string | No | OK |
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curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/facebook/groups/%3Cgroup%3E" \
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