How Can I Identify a Facebook Pages Post Type?

Question

How can I determine whether a Facebook Pages post is a photo, video, link, text post, or another type?

Environment

Connector: Facebook Pages

Answer

The Facebook Graph API does not return a direct post type value for page posts. As a result, there is no column you can use to determine a post type. However, you can infer the post type from the following columns:

• Use the status_type column to identify the general action associated with the post. For example, added_photos may indicate a photo or album post, added_video may indicate a video post, and shared_story may indicate a shared post.
• Use attachment-related columns, such as attachments or child_attachments, to identify whether the post includes media, links, albums, or other embedded content.
• Use the source column to identify posts that include video or external media.
• Use the full_picture column as a signal that the post includes an image.
• If the post has only message text and no media, attachment, source, or picture fields, it is likely a text-only post.

These fields are indirect indicators, so the inferred post type may not match how Facebook displays the post type.