How to get share counts using graph API

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I can get the share count of an URL using PHP SDK and using the deprecated rest API  but didn t find a way to get the share counts of an URL using graph API   Is there any way to find out

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After August 7  2016 you can still make your call like this    http   graph facebook com  id https   www apple com    but the response format is going to be different  it won t be        id    http   www apple com      shares   1146997     but instead it will be        og object            id    388265801869          description    Get a first look at iPhone 7  Apple Watch Series 2  and the new AirPods  u2014 the future of wireless headphones  Visit the site to learn more           title    Apple          type    website          updated time    2016-09-20T08 21 03 0000            share            comment count   1         share count   1094227           id    https   www apple com      So you will have to process the response like this    reponse variable share share count

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Using FQL you could do that   http   graph facebook com fql q SELECT url  total count FROM link stat WHERE url  PASTE YOUR URL HERE

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You should not use graph api  If you either call    http   graph facebook com http   www apple com   or   http   graph facebook com  id http   www apple com   both will return        id    http   www apple com      shares   1146997     But the number shown is the sum of    number of likes of this URL number of shares of this URL  this includes copy pasting a link back to Facebook  number of likes and comments on stories on Facebook about this URL number of inbox messages containing this URL as an attachment    So you must use FQL Look at this answer    How to fetch facebook likes  share  comments count from an article

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What I found useful and I found on one link above is this FQL query where you ask for likes  total  share and click count of one link by looking at the link stat table  https   graph facebook com fql q SELECT 20like count  20total count  20share count  20click count  20comment count 20FROM 20link stat 20WHERE 20url 20  20 22http   google com 22   That will output something like this         data                           like count  3440162               total count  13226503               share count  7732740               click count  265614               comment count  2053601

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Simply type in https   graph facebook com  fields share amp id https   www example com and replace example with your url or page you are looking for   Example of Google  https   graph facebook com  fields share amp id https   www google com

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You can use the https   graph facebook com v3 0  Place your Page ID here  feed fields id shares share count amp access token  Place your access token here  to get the shares count

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Here s a list of API links to get your stats      Facebook    https   api facebook com method links getStats urls   URL   amp format json   Reddit http   buttons reddit com button info json url   URL     LinkedIn  http   www linkedin com countserv count share url   URL   amp format json Digg    http   widgets digg com buttons count url   URL   Delicious    http   feeds delicious com v2 json urlinfo data url   URL     StumbleUpon    http   www stumbleupon com services 1 01 badge getinfo url   URL     Pinterest    http   widgets pinterest com v1 urls count json source 6 amp url   URL     Edit  Removed the Twitter endpoint  since that one has been deprecated    Edit  Facebook REST API is deprecated

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when i used FQL I found the problem  but it is still problem  the documentation says that the number shown is the sum of    number of likes of this URL  number of shares of this URL  this includes copy pasting a link back to Facebook   number of likes and comments on stories on Facebook about this URL  number of inbox messages containing this URL as an attachment    but on my website the shown number is sum of these 4 counts   number of shares  again

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Check out this gist  It has snippets for how to get the sharing count for the following services    Facebook Twitter Google plus Pinterest LinkedIn StumbledUpon

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There is a ruby gem for it - SocialShares  Currently it supports following social networks    facebook twitter google plus reddit linkedin pinterest stumbleupon vkontakte mail ru odnoklassniki   Usage    000  gt  url    http   www apple com       gt   http   www apple com    000  gt  SocialShares facebook url     gt  394927  000  gt  SocialShares google url     gt  28289  000  gt  SocialShares twitter url     gt  1164675  000  gt  SocialShares all url     gt    vkontakte  gt 44   facebook  gt 399027   google  gt 28346   twitter  gt 1836   mail ru  gt 37   odnoklassniki  gt 1   reddit  gt 2361   linkedin  gt nil   pinterest  gt 21011   stumbleupon  gt 43035   000  gt  SocialShares selected url   w facebook google linkedin      gt    facebook  gt 394927   google  gt 28289   linkedin  gt nil   000  gt  SocialShares total url   w facebook google      gt  423216  000  gt  SocialShares has any  url   w twitter linkedin      gt  true

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UPDATE - April  15   If you want to get the count that is available in the Like button  you should use the engagement field in the og object object  like so   https   graph facebook com v2 2  id http   www MY-LINK com amp fields og object engagement  amp access token  lt access token gt    Result        og object          engagement            count   93          social sentence    93 people like this                id    801998203216179           id    http   techcrunch com 2015 04 06 they-should-have-announced-at-420         It s possible with the Graph API  simply use     http   graph facebook com  id YOUR URL   something like     http   graph facebook com  id http   www google com   Would return           id    http   www google com       shares   1163912       UPDATE  while the above would answer how to get the share count  This number is not equal to the one you see on the Like Button  since that number is the sum of      The number of likes of this URL The number of shares of this URL  this includes copy pasting a link back to Facebook  The number of likes and comments on stories on Facebook about this URL The number of inbox messages containing this URL as an attachment    So getting the Like Button number is possible with the Graph API through the fql end-point  the link stat table      https   graph facebook com fql q SELECT url  normalized url  share count  like count  comment count  total count commentsbox count  comments fbid  click count FROM link stat WHERE url  http   www google com    total count is the number that shows in the Like Button

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The facebook like button does two things that the API does not do  This might create confusion when you compare the two    If the URL you use in your like button has a redirect the button will actually show the count of the redirect URL versus the count of the URL you are using  If the page has a og url property the like button will show the likes of that url instead of the url in the browser      Hope this helps someone

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