---
title: FacebookPost
framework: applenewsformat
role: symbol
role_heading: Object
path: applenewsformat/facebookpost
---

# FacebookPost

The component for adding a Facebook post.

## Declaration

```data
object FacebookPost
```

## Properties

role: Always facebook_post for this component. URL: The URL of the Facebook post you want to embed. URLs for Facebook posts must include the identifier for the post. The following is an example of a Facebook post URL: https://www.facebook.com/applemusic/posts/1372231696125877 Apple News supports the following URL formats for Facebook posts: https://www.facebook.com/{page-name}/posts/{post-id} https://www.facebook.com/{username}/posts/{post-id} https://www.facebook.com/{username}/activity/{activity-id} https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid={photo-id} https://www.facebook.com/{username}/photos/{photo-id} https://www.facebook.com/photos/{photo-id} https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid={post-id} https://www.facebook.com/{page-name}/videos/{video-id} https://www.facebook.com/{username}/videos/{video-id} https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid={photo-id} https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v={photo-id} https://www.facebook.com/reel/{reel-id} anchor: An object that defines vertical alignment with another component. animation: An object that defines an animation you apply to the component. Use the none value for conditional design elements. Adding it here has no effect. behavior: An object that defines behavior for a component, like Parallax or Springy. Use the none value for conditional design elements. Adding it here has no effect. conditional: An instance or array of component properties that you can apply conditionally, and the conditions that cause Apple News Format to apply them. hidden: A Boolean value that determines whether the component is hidden. identifier: An optional unique identifier for this component. If you use identifier, it must be unique across the entire document. You need an identifier for your component if you want to anchor other components to it. layout: An inline ComponentLayout object that contains layout information, or a string reference to a ComponentLayout object that you define at the top level of the document. If you don’t define layout, size and position are based on various factors, such as the device type, the length of the content, and the role of this component. style: An inline ComponentStyle object that defines the appearance of this component, or a string reference to a ComponentStyle object that you define at the top level of the document. Use the none value for conditional design elements. Adding it here has no effect.

## Mentioned in

Apple News Format Release Notes

## Discussion

Discussion Use the facebook_post object to include a facebook post in an article by specifying a URL of a publicly available Facebook post. Example {   "components": [     {       "role": "title",       "text": "Apple Music"     },     {       "role": "body",       "text": "Lose yourself in 50 million songs."     },     {       "role": "heading2",       "text": "Facebook"     },     {       "role": "facebook_post",       "URL": "https://www.facebook.com/applemusic/posts/2678727315476302"     }   ] }

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [Component](applenewsformat/component.md)

## See Also

### Social Media

- [Instagram](applenewsformat/instagram.md)
- [TikTok](applenewsformat/tiktok.md)
- [Tweet](applenewsformat/tweet.md)