---
title: "Profile"
description: "Get a Facebook Page's profile: name, category, followers, links and contact details."
---

> Every apinoa docs page as markdown: https://apinoa.com/llms.txt (all in one file: https://apinoa.com/llms-full.txt; this API family in one file: https://apinoa.com/docs/social/llms.txt)

```http
GET | POST /v1/facebook/profile
```

Send parameters as a query string with `GET`, or as a JSON body with `POST`. Both are equivalent.

## Request

```bash tab="cURL"
curl "https://gateway.apinoa.com/v1/facebook/profile?username=nasa" \
  -H "x-api-key: $APINOA_API_KEY"
```

```js tab="JavaScript"
const params = new URLSearchParams({ username: "nasa" });
const res = await fetch(`https://gateway.apinoa.com/v1/facebook/profile?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.APINOA_API_KEY },
});
const { success, data, error } = await res.json();
```

```python tab="Python"
import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://gateway.apinoa.com/v1/facebook/profile",
    params={"username": "nasa"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["APINOA_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
```

## What to Pass

| Pass | Reads | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `username` | The Page | Its vanity name (`nasa`), its numeric id, or the Page URL |

Every identifier also takes the page URL.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `username` | string |  | The Page's vanity name (e.g. nasa), its numeric id, or the Page URL. |

The same parameters, and every response type, are in the OpenAPI document: https://apinoa.com/openapi.json

## Response

Returns [`Account`](/docs/api-reference/sns/response-schema#account) in `data`. A real response, shortened: arrays keep their first entries and long text is cut.

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "platform": "facebook",
    "id": "54971236771",
    "handle": "NASA",
    "displayName": "NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration",
    "bio": "Explore the universe and discover our home planet. \nThere's space for everybody. ✨",
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA",
    "avatarUrl": "https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/243095782_416661036…",
    "bannerUrl": "https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.99422-6/809146614_448401392…",
    "verified": true,
    "counts": {
      "followers": 28730940,
      "following": 52
    },
    "links": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-app/",
        "title": "nasa.gov/nasa-app"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/",
        "title": "nasa.gov"
      }
    ],
    "category": "Government organization",
    "ext": {
      "profileId": "100044561550831",
      "followersText": "28M followers",
      "followingText": "52 following",
      "talkingAbout": 116622,
      "email": "public-inquiries@hq.nasa.gov",
      "confirmedOwner": "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION",
      "categoryText": "Page · Government organization",
      "cover": {
        "id": "1629624498532920",
        "width": 960,
        "height": 697
      },
      "intro": [
        {
          "type": "INTRO_CARD_INFLUENCER_CATEGORY",
          "text": "Page · Government organization"
        },
        {
          "type": "INTRO_CARD_CONFIRMED_OWNER_LABEL",
          "text": "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION",
          "subtitle": "is responsible for this Page"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Code | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | `INVALID_PARAMS` | A parameter is missing, unknown or out of range. The message names it. |
| 401 | `UNAUTHORIZED` | The `x-api-key` header is missing, or the key is revoked or unknown. |
| 402 | `INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE` | The balance does not cover this call. Top up in the dashboard. |
| 404 | `NOT_FOUND` | The account, post or group does not exist, or is private, deleted or age-restricted. |
| 429 | `MARKETPLACE_SATURATED` | Too many concurrent calls. Retry after the `Retry-After` seconds. |
| 502 | `UPSTREAM_ERROR` | The platform answered with something unusable. Retry with backoff. |

Every code is listed in [Errors](/docs/errors). Failed calls are not billed.

## Pricing

**Price** $0.001 per call. [List price](https://apinoa.com/en/pricing); the rate steps down above 1,000 calls a day.

## Notes

- The Page's own facts beyond the shared fields (email, phone, address, hours, price range, rating, the confirmed owner, every item of its intro) are in `ext`, under the names the Page shows them.
- `id` is the Page id `ads` takes as `pageId`.