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Asked: 2026-06-13T00:07:21+00:00

The following query will get all public posts about the word invested. https:graph.facebook.com/search?q=invested&type=post&fields=id,type,message however,

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The following query will get all public posts about the word invested.

https:graph.facebook.com/search?q=invested&type=post&fields=id,type,message

however, only about half have type=status. The rest are links videos and pictures.
Substituting type=status is invalid.

Field Expansion seems to offer a solution, but my first interpretation of it is incorrect.

https:graph.facebook.com/search?q=invested&type=post&fields=id,type(status),message

What is the correct way to get only the status messages?

Before you say it, I know I could just filter them on my end, but I’m looking into this solution because it would be faster.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I don’t believe field expansion will work here. If there is a way to filter on a specific type of sub-field, using field expansion I haven’t found it yet.

    An FQL query of the stream table is the tool for the job with the mystery CONTAINS() operator. Status updates are type 46.

    https://graph.facebook.com/fql?q=SELECT post_id, type, message FROM stream 
    WHERE CONTAINS('invested') AND type=46

    If you wanted to get all posts that have a message, regardless of type, you could replace type=46 with strlen(message)>0

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