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Asked: 2026-06-11T21:08:51+00:00

Is there are way to fetch location/coordinate specific public posts using the facebook search

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Is there are way to fetch location/coordinate specific public posts using the facebook search api (https://graph.facebook.com/search/?q=KEYWORD&type=post ...)? I want this to be a general search query, without any user authorization.

I tried using https://graph.facebook.com/search?type=location&center=37.76,-122.427&distance=1000&access_token=... , but this requires access_token and returns objects(not posts) posted only by friends of the user whose access token is used for querying.

I also tried https://graph.facebook.com/search?q=samsung&type=post&center=12.9833,77.5833&distance=1000&access_token=[I-USED-ANY-ACCESS-TOKEN], but I dont think this is giving me the location specific results as I am not receiving any loc info in the json response.

Are there any free data sources/APIs that can provide me location/coordinate/ip specific posts/data/tweets/feeds, etc from the web / social networking websites?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It is possible to walk the FB graph to get such places and their coordinates for types like event, place, checkin. For example:

    Search (link):

    https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer?method=GET&path=search%3Fq%3Dconference%26type%3Devent

    Then pick one of the results and do (link):

    https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer?method=GET&path=463944956965055

    Then lookup the venue id’s coordinates (link):

    https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer?method=GET&path=199344279273

    Check the FQL table definitions to verify that location coordinates are provided.

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