# Facebook Reels API

Get the reels feed of a public Facebook page or profile. Each unit carries the reel id, post id, creation time, owner name, duration, comment and share counts, and the permalink. One request returns one feed page (measured 10 reels). A page that publishes no reels returns an empty list, which is a real and billable answer rather than an error.

- **Documentation:** [https://scrappa.co/docs/facebook-api/facebook_reels](https://scrappa.co/docs/facebook-api/facebook_reels)
- **API group:** Facebook API
- **Endpoint:** `GET https://scrappa.co/api/facebook/reels`

## Authentication

Send your Scrappa API key in the `X-API-KEY` request header. Paid endpoints also support accountless x402 payments when called without an API key.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | string | Yes | Facebook page or profile handle, without the @ or the facebook.com prefix (e.g. discover). |

## Example request

```bash
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/facebook/reels?handle=discover"
```

## Example response

```json
{
    "success": true,
    "reels": [
        {
            "id": "9876543210",
            "post_id": "1234567890",
            "creation_time": 1790872565,
            "owner_name": "Discover",
            "duration_seconds": 42,
            "comment_count": 310,
            "share_count": 0,
            "permalink_url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/9876543210"
        }
    ],
    "reels_count": 1,
    "meta": {
        "classification": "ok",
        "billable": true,
        "endpoint_family": "facebook_reels",
        "duration_ms": 7800
    }
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Error | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 422 | Validation Error | A required parameter is missing or malformed, for example a handle with characters Facebook does not allow or a non-numeric id. |
| 404 | Not Found | The page, profile, group, event, photo, reel, post or listing does not exist, is not public, or was served by Facebook without the requested record. This is the truthful answer, not a temporary fault: it is never billed and retrying the same permalink will not change it. |
| 503 | Records Not Read | Facebook returned records for this request that the parser could not read. The origin status is 502 and it is reported here as 503 because Cloudflare replaces 502 and 504 bodies with its own page. This request is never billed: the customer received no data. |
| 503 | Temporarily Unavailable | The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly. |

## More Scrappa resources

- [API documentation](https://scrappa.co/docs)
- [Full LLM-readable API reference](https://scrappa.co/llms-full.txt)
- [OpenAPI specification](https://scrappa.co/docs/api.json)
- [Pricing](https://scrappa.co/pricing)