[SOLVED] Do Facebook Graph API calls using field expansion count differently against the rate limits than batch calls

Do Facebook Graph API calls using field expansion count differently against the rate limits than batch calls

I am looking to optimize my Facebook app.

Today I make a batch call with four graph API calls:

/me
/me/friends
/me/likes
/me/feed

If I change this to a single graph API call using field expansion like this:

/me?fields=id,name,username,friends,likes,feed

Will that now count as one hit against the API instead of four for rate limiting purposes?

Solution

Unfortunately, each call in the batch is counted as an api call, it's just faster to call them within a batch since it will be 1 request. See here documentation on Facebook API:

Limits
We currently limit the number of requests which can be in a batch to 50, but each call within the batch is counted separately for the purposes of calculating API call limits and resource limits. For example, a batch of 10 API calls will count as 10 calls and each call within the batch contributes to CPU resource limits in the same manner.

Source: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/batch/