Graph API Version

Post `/{post-id}`

An individual entry in a profile's feed. The profile could be a user, page, app, or group.

Reading

A Facebook Feed story

Permissions

Any valid access token can read posts on a public Page.
A page access token can read all posts posted to or posted by that Page.
A user access token can read any post your application created on behalf of that user.
A user's post can be read if the owner has granted the user_posts permission.
A user access token may read a post that user is tagged in if they have granted the user_posts permission. However, in some cases the post's owner's privacy settings may not allow your application to access it.

Example

GET /v4.0/{post-id} HTTP/1.1
Host: graph.facebook.com

/* PHP SDK v5.0.0 */
/* make the API call */
try {
  // Returns a `Facebook\FacebookResponse` object
  $response = $fb->get(
    '/{post-id}',
    '{access-token}'
  );
} catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookResponseException $e) {
  echo 'Graph returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
  exit;
} catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookSDKException $e) {
  echo 'Facebook SDK returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
  exit;
}
$graphNode = $response->getGraphNode();
/* handle the result */

/* make the API call */
FB.api(
    "/{post-id}",
    function (response) {
      if (response && !response.error) {
        /* handle the result */
      }
    }
);

/* make the API call */
new GraphRequest(
    AccessToken.getCurrentAccessToken(),
    "/{post-id}",
    null,
    HttpMethod.GET,
    new GraphRequest.Callback() {
        public void onCompleted(GraphResponse response) {
            /* handle the result */
        }
    }
).executeAsync();

// For more complex open graph stories, use `FBSDKShareAPI`
// with `FBSDKShareOpenGraphContent`
/* make the API call */
FBSDKGraphRequest *request = [[FBSDKGraphRequest alloc]
                               initWithGraphPath:@"/{post-id}"
                                      parameters:params
                                      HTTPMethod:@"GET"];
[request startWithCompletionHandler:^(FBSDKGraphRequestConnection *connection,
                                      id result,
                                      NSError *error) {
    // Handle the result
}];

If you want to learn how to use the Graph API, read our Using Graph API guide.

Parameters

This endpoint doesn't have any parameters.

Fields

Field	Description
`id` token with structure: Post ID	The post ID
`actions` list	Action links
`admin_creator` BusinessUser\|User\|Application	The admin creator of a Page Post. Only available if there exists more than one admin for the page.
`allowed_advertising_objectives` list<string>	Objectives under which this post can be advertised
`application` Application	Information about the app this post was published by.
`backdated_time` datetime	The backdated time for backdate post. For regular post, this field will be set to null.
`call_to_action` struct with keys: type, value	The call to action type used in any Page posts for mobile app engagement ads.
`caption` string	The caption of a link in the post (appears beneath the name).
`child_attachments` list	Sub-shares of a multi-link share post
`comments_mirroring_domain` string	If comments are being mirrored to an external site, this function returns the domain of that external site.
`coordinates` struct with keys: checkin_id, author_uid, page_id, target_id, target_href, coords, tagged_uids, timestamp, message, target_type	An array of information about the attachment to the post
`created_time` datetime	The time the post was published, expressed as UNIX timestamp Default
`description` string	A description of a link in the post (appears beneath the caption).
`event` Event	If this Post has a place, the event associated with the place
`expanded_height` unsigned int32	An array of information about the attachment to the post
`expanded_width` unsigned int32	An array of information about the attachment to the post
`feed_targeting` struct with keys: country, cities, regions, genders, age_min, age_max, education_statuses, college_years, relationship_statuses, interests, interested_in, user_adclusters, locales, countries, geo_locations, work_positions, work_employers, education_majors, education_schools, family_statuses, life_events, industries, politics, ethnic_affinity, generation, fan_of, relevant_until_ts	Object that controls news feed targeting for this post. Anyone in these groups will be more likely to see this post, others will be less likely, but may still see it anyway. Any of the targeting fields shown here can be used, none are required (applies to Pages only).
`from` User\|Page	The ID of the user, page, group, or event that published the post
`full_picture` string	Full size picture from attachment
`height` unsigned int32	An array of information about the attachment to the post
`icon` string	A link to an icon representing the type of this post.
`is_app_share` bool	Whether or not the post references an app
`is_eligible_for_promotion` bool	Whether the post is eligible for promotion.
`is_expired` bool	Whether the post has expiration time that has passed
`is_hidden` bool	Whether a post has been set to hidden
`is_popular` bool	Whether the post is currently popular. Based on whether the total actions as a percentage of reach exceeds a certain threshold
`is_published` bool	Indicates whether a scheduled post was published (applies to scheduled Page Post only, for users post and instanlty published posts this value is always true)
`is_spherical` bool	Whether the post is a spherical video post
`link` string	The link attached to this post.
`message` string	The message written in the post Default
`message_tags` list	Profiles tagged in message. This is an object with a unique key for each tag in the message
`multi_share_end_card` bool	Whether display the end card for a multi-link share post
`multi_share_optimized` bool	Whether automatically select the order of the links in multi-link share post when used in an ad
`name` string	The name of the link.
`object_id` string	The ID of any uploaded photo or video attached to the post.
`parent_id` token with structure: Post ID	The ID of a parent post for this post, if it exists. For example, if this story is a 'Your Page was mentioned in a post' story, the parent_id will be the original post where the mention happened
`permalink_url` uri	The permanent static URL to the post on www.facebook.com. Example: https://www.facebook.com/FacebookforDevelopers/posts/10153449196353553
`place` Place	ID of the place associated with the post
`privacy` Privacy	The privacy settings for a post
`promotable_id` token with structure: Post ID	ID of post to use for promotion for stories that cannot be promoted directly
`properties` list	A list of properties for any attached video, for example, the length of the video.
`scheduled_publish_time` float	UNIX timestamp of the scheduled publish time for the post
`shares` struct with keys: count	Number of times the post has been shared
`source` string	A URL to any Flash movie or video file attached to the post.
`status_type` string	Description of the type of a status update.
`story` string	Text of stories not intentionally generated by users, such as those generated when two users become friends. You must have the "Include recent activity stories" migration enabled in your app to retrieve this field Default
`story_tags` list	The list of tags in the post description
`subscribed` bool	Whether user is subscribed to the post
`target` Profile	The profile this was posted on if different from the author
`targeting` struct with keys: country, cities, regions, zips, genders, college_networks, work_networks, age_min, age_max, education_statuses, college_years, college_majors, political_views, relationship_statuses, interests, keywords, interested_in, user_clusters, user_clusters2, user_clusters3, user_adclusters, excluded_user_adclusters, custom_audiences, excluded_custom_audiences, locales, radius, connections, excluded_connections, friends_of_connections, countries, excluded_user_clusters, adgroup_id, user_event, qrt_versions, page_types, user_os, user_device, action_spec, action_spec_friend, action_spec_excluded, geo_locations, excluded_geo_locations, targeted_entities, conjunctive_user_adclusters, wireless_carrier, site_category, work_positions, work_employers, education_majors, education_schools, family_statuses, life_events, behaviors, travel_status, industries, politics, markets, income, net_worth, home_type, home_ownership, home_value, ethnic_affinity, generation, household_composition, moms, office_type, interest_clusters_expansion, dynamic_audience_ids, product_audience_specs, excluded_product_audience_specs, exclusions, flexible_spec, engagement_specs, excluded_engagement_specs	Object that limited the audience for this content. Anyone not in these demographics will not be able to view this content. This will not override any Page-level demographic restrictions that may be in place.
`timeline_visibility` string	Timeline visibility information of the post
`type` string	A string indicating the object type of this post.
`updated_time` datetime	The time the post was last updated, which occurs when a user comments on the post.
`via` User\|Page	ID of the user or Page the post was shared from
`width` unsigned int32	An array of information about the attachment to the post

Edges

Edge	Description
`attachments`	Any attachments that are associated with the story
`comments`	Comments made on this
`dynamic_posts`	All dynamic ad creatives
`edit_actions`	The edit history of the Post
`insights`	Insights for this post (only for Pages).
`likes`	People who like this
`picture` string	The picture scraped from any link included with the post.
`reactions`	People who reacted on this
`seen`	People who have seen this
`sharedposts`	Shared posts
`sponsor_tags`	An array sponsor pages tagged in the post
`with_tags`	An array of IDs of entities (e.g. users) tagged in this post

Validation Rules

Error	Description
100	Invalid parameter
200	Permissions error
80001	There have been too many calls to this Page account. Wait a bit and try again. For more info, please refer to https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/overview/rate-limiting.
294	Managing advertisements requires an access token with the extended permission for ads_management
210	User not visible

Creating

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.

Updating

You can publish posts by using the /{user-id}/feed, /{page-id}/feed, /{event-id}/feed, or /{group-id}/feed edges.

When creating a Post for a Page if you use a user access token the post will be in the voice of the user that posted it. If you use a page access token, the post will be in the voice of the page.

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.

Deleting

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.

Post /{post-id}

Reading

Permissions

Example

Parameters

Fields

Edges

Validation Rules

Creating

Updating

Deleting

Post `/{post-id}`