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Instagram Post Comments API

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Top-level comments, newest first, about fifteen per page, each with its text, author, like count and date. Follow pagination.cursor for older comments. Set include_replies=true to also return any replies Instagram shipped inline with their parent. For the full reply thread under one comment, use /v1/instagram/comment-replies. Calls cost 1 credit each. A cache hit is free, and a failed or empty response is never charged.

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Request

GET/v1/instagram/post-comments
ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
urlstringyesPost, reel or IGTV URL, or a bare shortcode
cursorstringnopagination.cursor from a previous response
countnumbernoComments to ask for per page, 1-50. Default 24. Instagram serves at most about fifteen.
include_repliesbooleannoInclude replies that arrived inline with their parent comment

Also accepts cache_max_age (a hit costs 0 credits) and include_raw (returns the untouched upstream payload under raw).

curl
curl "$API/v1/instagram/post-comments?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Freel%2FDehZj9wggt0%2F&cache_max_age=7d" \
  -H "x-api-key: $KEY"
JavaScript
const query = new URLSearchParams({
  url: 'https://www.instagram.com/reel/DehZj9wggt0/',
  cache_max_age: '7d',
});

const response = await fetch(`${API}/v1/instagram/post-comments?${query}`, {
  headers: { 'x-api-key': KEY },
});

const body = await response.json();
if (!body.success) throw new Error(body.error.code);

// 1 credit, 0 on a cache hit
console.log(body.data, body.meta.creditsCharged);
Python
import os, httpx

r = httpx.get(
    f"{os.environ['API']}/v1/instagram/post-comments",
    params={
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DehZj9wggt0/",
        "cache_max_age": "7d",
    },
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["KEY"]},
    timeout=30,
)

body = r.json()
if not body["success"]:
    raise RuntimeError(body["error"]["code"])

print(body["data"], body["meta"]["creditsCharged"])

Example response

Captured on , with raw removed and lists cut to two items. A live call returns current data.

response
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "platform": "instagram",
        "id": "18467586424143350",
        "postId": "DehZj9wggt0",
        "parentId": null,
        "text": "So curious😮😮",
        "authorId": "example-user-1",
        "authorHandle": "example_user_1",
        "authorName": null,
        "authorAvatarUrl": "https://example.com/media/1.jpg",
        "likeCount": 0,
        "replyCount": null,
        "isPinned": null,
        "isAuthorReply": false,
        "publishedAt": "2026-10-20T19:26:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "platform": "instagram",
        "id": "17955937938270287",
        "postId": "DehZj9wggt0",
        "parentId": null,
        "text": "Ole 💃🏻❤️",
        "authorId": "example-user-2",
        "authorHandle": "example_user_2",
        "authorName": null,
        "authorAvatarUrl": "https://example.com/media/2.jpg",
        "likeCount": 0,
        "replyCount": null,
        "isPinned": null,
        "isAuthorReply": false,
        "publishedAt": "2026-10-20T18:06:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "pagination": {
    "cursor": "eyJhZnRlciI6IntcImlzX3NlcnZlcl9jdXJzb3JfaW52ZXJzZVwiOnRydWUsXCJzZXJ2ZXJfY3Vyc29yXCI6XCJBUUhUV0tkU3RvNVJNSGJfTG5sN3kxOXd0c3Y4dTBOdm1QWmJpTHpQakstaGpSUnNKdXZYei1aM3QyX0hqbG1kaFh4Vzhtdkx1MHFXT1B0Y0hsaUNRd2pCcndcIn0iLCJkb2MiOiIyNzY1OTI3OTU1Mzc3MjgyMSIsImhhbmRsZSI6Im5hdGdlbyJ9.qFh4fAmlytj8l2ibmgBrWw",
    "hasMore": true,
    "count": 15
  },
  "meta": {
    "platform": "instagram",
    "endpoint": "instagram.postComments",
    "creditsCharged": 1,
    "cached": false,
    "cacheAgeSeconds": null,
    "durationMs": 1617,
    "requestId": "req_42mwpcob3npo3077ykhc"
  }
}

Returns

Returns a list of Comment in data.items.

Cost and behaviour

Credits1 per live request, 0 on a cache hit
Cacheableyes: cache_max_age accepts a cached copy
Batchableyes: usable as a target in POST /v1/jobs/batch
Subscribableyes: as often as every 3600 seconds, firing a webhook only on a change

Other Instagram endpoints

All Instagram endpointsThe unified schema