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

Answer 1

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.