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arshile
arshile

Reputation: 21

Using Graph API to get reactions count for posts in feed

I am trying to use Facebook's graph API to access every post in a group's feed, along with the number of reactions of each type, for every post.

When I try with just one reaction type, it works fine:

[GROUP_ID]/feed/?fields=message,from,created_time,updated_time,reactions.type(LOVE).limit(0).summary(total_count)&limit=1

However, when I add multiple reaction types, I receive an error.

[GROUP_ID]/feed?fields=message,from,created_time,updated_time,reactions.type(LOVE).limit(0).summary(total_count),reactions.type(WOW).limit(0).summary(total_count)&limit=1

gives me:

{
  "error": {
    "message": "Syntax error \"Field reactions specified more than once. This is only possible before version 2.1\" at character 139: message,from,created_time,updated_time,reactions.type(LOVE).limit(0).summary(total_count),reactions.type(WOW).limit(0).summary(total_count)",
    "type": "OAuthException",
    "code": 2500,
    "fbtrace_id": "GzMCG2dRioK"
  }
}

I followed the syntax in this post, however it seems to only work when trying to access reactions for a single post, not for every post in a feed. Is the only option to use the API to grab the post ID's for every post in the feed, and then make individual calls on every post?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2372

Answers (2)

user7375413
user7375413

Reputation:

You can get around the aliasing issue, and still receive what you need, by asking for the following:

    insights.metric(post_reactions_by_type_total).period(lifetime)

(I found it here: Getting Facebook Post all Reactions Count in single Graph API request)

Upvotes: 1

Norbert
Norbert

Reputation: 1462

Try this:

[GROUP_ID]/feed?fields=message,from,created_time,updated_time  
,reactions.type(LOVE).limit(0).summary(total_count).as(reactions_love)
,reactions.type(WOW).limit(0).summary(total_count).as(reactions_wow)
&limit=1

Then you find instead of reactions the fields reactions_love and reactions_wow with your desired data. You can add all types and it is shortened here for a better overview ;)

Upvotes: 3

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