facebook graph API endpoint for getting "likes, shares, comments" for post(s)

Question

Facebook is planning to drop support for FQL after V2.0 https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/changelog/#v2_0_fql

The below task could be done easily with FQL

SELECT like_info.like_count, comment_info.comment_count, share_count 
FROM stream 
WHERE post_id = "POST_ID_HERE"

I am unable to find a replacement to the above method in graph api. I know we can get likes and comments count like

POST_ID/likes?summary=true AND 
POST_ID/comments?summary=true

but I am unable to find a similar endpoint for shares.

NOTE: I am not looking for solutions that take URL input and query graph api for that URL shares, rather I am looking at finding solution to get shares count by POST_ID

PAGE_ID/feed?fields=comments.limit(1).summary(true),likes.limit(1).summary(true)

I have looked at.

The result should be something like this:

{
  "data": [{
      "like_info": {
      "like_count": 3506
    }, 
      "comment_info": {
      "comment_count": 263
    }, 
      "share_count": 278
  }]
}

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Cheers!

UPDATE: It was an access token issue as the token I was using did not have "read_stream" permission.

score 37 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 11 '17 at 23:36

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The field shares does not need the .summary(true) at the end. It will bring always the total. But the likes and comments does need .summary(true)

Example:

[POST_ID]?fields=shares,likes.summary(true),comments.summary(true)

Improved version works with Graph Api v2.11 (add limit(0) to removes lists of likes and comments and get only summary data):

[POST_ID]?fields=shares,likes.summary(true).limit(0),comments.summary(true).limit(0)

This will bring the total count of shares, comments and likes.

You may have a access_token with an read_stream permission to get the shares count.

edited Dec 11 '17 at 23:36

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answered May 25 '14 at 20:24

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Yes that is correct, but that is not what I want. I need the share count for post which is not available by the above method. – Jaspal Singh May 25 '14 at 20:26
Sorry, I forgot the rest. I change the answer. Try now. – João Mosmann May 25 '14 at 20:29
If you look closely at the result, you will see there is no shares data. It only has likes and comments data. https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/145634995501895/?method=GET&path=134039003289754_890855580941422%3Ffields%3Dshares%2Clikes.summary(true)%2Ccomments.summary(true)&version=v2.0 – Jaspal Singh May 25 '14 at 20:32
Strange, for me is coming the shares count, the likes count and the comments count. – João Mosmann May 25 '14 at 20:34
Nice! At the end was just the permission. – João Mosmann May 25 '14 at 20:38
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/54396/discussion-between-jaspal-singh-and-joao-mosmann). – Jaspal Singh May 25 '14 at 20:38
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If anyone comes by here, this still works in November 2015 with Graph API v2.5 – ComputerFellow Nov 29 '15 at 18:01
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And still working in August 2016 with Graph API v2.7. Thanks! – Phil Gyford Aug 23 '16 at 12:37
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@BugHunterUK I just tested here and still works, just had to do a limit change to get only the summary, which is adding a .limit(0) to likes and comments. – João Mosmann Mar 14 '17 at 19:54
Try this `[POST_ID]?fields=likes.summary(true).limit(0),comments.summary(true).limit(0),shares` – João Mosmann Mar 14 '17 at 19:55
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Shares count is shown only if the post Shares `count > 0` – Anirudh Aug 06 '18 at 06:56

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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Get likes, comments and shares and all 3 combined.

Check my ans : https://stackoverflow.com/a/36997725/2439715

Improved version ( add limit(0) to removes list of likes and get only summary ):

114916098537132_1265715836790480?fields=shares,likes.limit(0).summary(true),comments.limit(0).summary(true)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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answered May 03 '16 at 07:13

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`limit(0)` Exactly what I was looking for ! – Hamzeh Soboh Jul 04 '17 at 12:40

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 03 '16 at 20:24

Get comments, shares, and likes count from post:

[POST_ID]/?fields=id,shares,likes.limit(0).summary(true),comments.limit(0).summary(true)

I've included limit(0) to prevent the API from spitting out the actual comments and likes. I believe the default limit is 25.

Please note you can also add these fields to /feed to get this data for all the posts on the page.

[PAGE_ID]/feed?fields=id,shares,likes.limit(0).summary(true),comments.limit(0).summary(true)

Final note: If shares data is missing on the return, it is because the post has no shares. Instead of returning "shares": {"count": 0}, the shares section will be removed entirely.

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 23 '15 at 16:45

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"https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/PAGEid_POSTid/? fields=shares&access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN";

I am using above mentioned endpoint.

Replace $pageID and $videoID (post id) with your variables.

"https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/" . $pageID."_".$video->id . "/?fields=shares&access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN";

edited Jul 23 '15 at 16:45

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answered Feb 02 '15 at 11:59

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facebook graph API endpoint for getting "likes, shares, comments" for post(s)

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