SocialAPIs MCP Server

Unified social media API for AI agents

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Official SDKs: Python • JavaScript / TypeScript • Go

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

npm install -g @socialapis/mcp

Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop config:

macOS:

nano ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Windows:

notepad %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Related MCP server: Facebook MCP Server

🔧 Configuration

Method 1: Command Line Argument (Recommended for Claude Desktop)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "socialapis": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@socialapis/mcp", "YOUR_API_KEY"]
    }
  }
}

Method 2: Environment Variable

# Set environment variable
export SOCIALAPIS_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

# Run without argument
npx @socialapis/mcp

Method 3: .env File (For Development)

# Copy example file
cp .env.example .env

# Edit with your values
nano .env

.env file:

SOCIALAPIS_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
MCP_PROXY_URL=https://mcp.socialapis.io

Environment Variables

Get API Key

1. Sign up at socialapis.io

2. Go to Dashboard

3. Copy your API key

4. Replace YOUR_API_KEY in config

Test It

Restart Claude Desktop and ask:

Get Nike's Facebook page details

📋 Features

• 🌐 Unified API - One interface for multiple platforms

• 🤖 AI-First - Built for Claude, Cursor, and AI agents

• 📊 Rich Data - Posts, comments, engagement metrics

• 🔍 Advanced Filtering - Time ranges, pagination

• 🎯 Simple Auth - No OAuth complexity

• ⚡ Fast - Global edge network

• 🔒 Secure - API keys stay local

🛠️ Available Tools

47 tools across Facebook and Instagram. Every tool maps 1:1 to a REST endpoint on api.socialapis.io — pricing notes in each tool description indicate per-call credit cost.

Facebook — Pages

• facebook_get_page_id — Extract page ID from URL

• facebook_get_page_details — Page info, followers, likes, category. Set exact_followers_count=true for the exact integer (charges 5 credits instead of 1)

• facebook_get_page_posts — Fetch posts with after_time / before_time for date filtering. limit 3-9, charges scale per ceil(returned / 3)

• facebook_get_page_videos — Page videos, limit 6-12

• facebook_get_page_reels — Reels / short videos

Facebook — Groups

• facebook_get_group_id — Extract group ID from URL

• facebook_get_group_details — Full details (members, description, rules)

• facebook_get_group_posts — Group posts, same limit + date filtering as page posts

• facebook_get_group_videos — Group videos with pagination

Facebook — Posts

• facebook_get_post_id — Extract post ID from URL

• facebook_get_post_details — Reactions, comments count, shares, media

• facebook_get_post_details_extended — Extended fields: view counts (essential for reels / video posts), video URLs, music/audio metadata, author verification

• facebook_get_post_attachments — Full media attachments (5 credits per call)

• facebook_get_video_details — Video post metadata + stats

• facebook_get_post_comments — Top-level comments, limit up to 30

• facebook_get_comment_replies — Replies to a specific comment

Facebook — Search

• facebook_search_pages — Search pages by keyword + optional location filter

• facebook_search_people — Search public profiles by keyword

• facebook_search_locations — Look up Facebook location UIDs (for use in other endpoints)

• facebook_search_posts — Search posts by keyword, recency, location

• facebook_search_videos — Search Facebook Watch videos

Facebook — Ads Library (Meta Ad Transparency)

• facebook_ads_search — Search ads by keyword, country, status

• facebook_ads_page_details — All ads from a specific page

• facebook_ads_archive_details — Full ad archive details

• facebook_ads_keywords — Search ads by keyword

• facebook_ads_countries — List of supported country codes

Facebook — Marketplace

• facebook_marketplace_search — Item search with location, price, category, condition filters

• facebook_marketplace_listing — Single listing details

• facebook_marketplace_seller — Seller profile + their listings

• facebook_marketplace_categories — Browse category hierarchy

• facebook_marketplace_city_coordinates — Lat/long for a city (for radius search)

• facebook_marketplace_vehicles — Vehicle-specific listing search

• facebook_marketplace_rentals — Rental property listings

Facebook — Media

• facebook_download_media — Direct download URL for FB media (images, videos)

Instagram — Profile

• instagram_get_user_id — Resolve username → numeric ID

• instagram_get_profile_details — Profile info, follower count, bio, post count

• instagram_get_profile_posts — Recent posts from a profile

• instagram_get_profile_reels — Reels from a profile

• instagram_get_profile_highlights — Story highlights list

• instagram_get_highlight_details — Full content of a specific highlight

Instagram — Posts + Reels

• instagram_get_post_id — Resolve post URL → ID

• instagram_get_post_details — Likes, comments, media, caption

• instagram_get_reels_feed — Reels feed for a profile

• instagram_get_reels_by_audio — Reels using a specific audio/music ID

Instagram — Discovery

• instagram_popular_search — Trending queries / suggestions

• instagram_get_location_posts — Posts tagged at a specific location

• instagram_get_nearby_locations — Nearby location IDs (for use in location-posts)

Coming soon

• TikTok (videos, profiles, hashtags)

• X / Twitter (tweets, profiles, search)

• LinkedIn (company pages, posts, employees)

• YouTube (videos, channels, comments)

Track the platform roadmap at socialapis.io/api-sources.

💡 Usage examples

Each prompt below is a real Claude Desktop session. Some of these are single-tool-call patterns ("get me X"); some require Claude to chain multiple calls + aggregate the results (noted where).

Single-call patterns (fast, cheap)

What's Nike's follower count on Facebook?
→ Uses facebook_get_page_details (1 credit)

Get the latest 9 posts from facebook.com/EngenSA
→ Uses facebook_get_page_posts with limit=9 (1-3 credits depending on actual returned count)

Show me the Meta ads currently running for "Apple Vision Pro" in Germany
→ Uses facebook_ads_search (1 credit)

Multi-call patterns (Claude orchestrates these — but it's slower + more expensive)

Compare engagement on Nike vs Adidas's last 9 Facebook posts
→ Claude calls facebook_get_page_posts twice (~2-6 credits total),
  aggregates reactions/comments/shares per post, returns a comparison.

What are people saying in the comments on Coca-Cola's last 3 posts?
→ Claude calls facebook_get_page_posts (1 credit) then
  facebook_get_post_comments 3 times (3 credits) and summarizes.

Show me marketplace listings for "PlayStation 5" under $400 in Berlin
→ Claude calls facebook_marketplace_city_coordinates (1 credit) +
  facebook_marketplace_search with filters (1 credit).

What this MCP server does NOT do

Some queries look natural in a chat ("compare engagement over the last month") but require aggregations the API doesn't expose as a single tool yet. Claude can still answer them, but it'll fan out into many tool calls — which is slow + expensive.

If your use case maps to one of these patterns and you want the aggregation pre-computed instead of LLM-orchestrated, contact support with the specific query — we're prioritizing the aggregation endpoint based on customer demand.

🏗️ Architecture

Claude Desktop
    ↓
@socialapis/mcp (local MCP client)
    ↓
https://mcp.socialapis.io (global proxy)
    ↓
https://api.socialapis.io (data API)

Why this architecture?

• ✅ Low latency (global edge network)

• ✅ High reliability (99.9% uptime)

• ✅ Auto rate limiting

• ✅ Smart caching

• ✅ Your API key stays local

🔧 Development

Local Setup

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/SocialAPIsHub/mcp-server.git
cd mcp-server

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run MCP client
npm start YOUR_API_KEY

# Run HTTP proxy server
npm run serve

Project Structure

mcp-server/
├── src/
│   └── tools.js          # Tool definitions
├── mcp-wrapper.js        # MCP client (runs locally)
├── server.js             # HTTP proxy server
├── package.json
├── Dockerfile
└── README.md

Testing

# Test MCP client locally
node mcp-wrapper.js YOUR_API_KEY

# Test HTTP proxy
curl http://localhost:3001/health
curl http://localhost:3001/tools

# Test specific tool
curl -X POST http://localhost:3001/proxy \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"tool":"facebook_get_page_details","arguments":{"link":"https://facebook.com/nike"}}'

📊 Pricing

View detailed pricing →

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

Quick Contribution Guide

1. Fork the repository

2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)

3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')

4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)

5. Open a Pull Request

📖 Documentation

• Full Documentation

• API Reference

• MCP Guide

• Examples

💬 Support

• 📧 Email: support@socialapis.io

• 💬 Discord: discord.gg/D5bQskrwV

• 🐛 Issues: GitHub Issues

• 📚 Docs: docs.socialapis.io

🗺️ Roadmap

Shipped:

• Facebook API support — 31 tools (Pages, Groups, Posts, Search, Ads Library, Marketplace, Media)

• Instagram support — 16 tools (Profiles, Posts, Reels, Highlights, Discovery / Locations)

• MCP server implementation

• HTTP proxy server

• npm package published — @socialapis/mcp

• MCP Registry listing — registry.modelcontextprotocol.io

• Python SDK — socialapis-sdk on PyPI (51 endpoints, MIT)

• JavaScript / TypeScript SDK — socialapis-sdk on npm (Node 18+, Bun, Deno, browsers)

• Go SDK — github.com/SocialAPIsHub/socialapis-go (idiomatic, zero deps)

Upcoming:

• TikTok support

• X (Twitter) support

• LinkedIn support

• YouTube support

• Advanced analytics — server-side aggregation endpoints (engagement-over-time, brand comparisons) so multi-call patterns become a single tool call

• Real-time webhooks — push notifications on new posts / engagement thresholds

• LangChain integration

Platform priorities shift based on customer demand. The fastest way to push something up the queue is to email support@socialapis.io or DM @socialapis on Telegram with the use case.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Built with Model Context Protocol

• Powered by Anthropic Claude

• Inspired by the AI agent community

🌟 Star History

Made with ❤️ by the SocialAPIs Team

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