API referenceInstagram
Instagram comments
Comments on an Instagram post, paged with a cursor.
Top-level comments on a post or reel, with author, text, timestamp and like count on each one.
Comments live on their own paginated surface, so this is a separate endpoint from reading the post.
Instagram publishes a post's view count only for video. Photo and carousel posts return null rather than zero, because zero would be a claim we cannot support.
Share and save counts are not public on Instagram, so they are not returned.
Authorization
ApiKeyAuth X-API-Key<token>
Your API key. Sent on every request.
In: header
Request Body
application/json
TypeScript Definitions
Use the request body type in TypeScript.
Response Body
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
curl -X POST "https://example.com/v1/scrapers/instagram-comments-v3" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYhkH24lf3j/" }'{ "request_id": "req_8f2c1d94e7b0", "success": true, "status": { "code": "OK", "message": "Scrape completed.", "retryable": false }, "data": { "comments": [ { "author_id": "34628210595", "author_name": null, "author_privacy_status": null, "author_profile_image": "https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/781806734_18091873085154596_2539637013345588894_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby4xMDgwLmMyIn0&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=108&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2gGXpRdlnAVcfOGEsgMeF_clZehx9QPW7XtU8QBEfSNep60iYRABTAHpyi… (+177 chars)", "author_profile_image_id": null, "author_username": "thearchive.mythos", "author_verification_status": false, "comment_gif_url": null, "comment_id": "18117039775938112", "comment_text": "wow", "like_count": 0, "mentions": [], "pinned_status": false, "published_date": 1787233334, "replies": [], "reply_count": null }, { "author_id": "35711068883", "author_name": null, "author_privacy_status": null, "author_profile_image": "https://scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/708854093_18081013814188884_2583492846389301604_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby42NDAuYzIifQ&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=100&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2gGXpRdlnAVcfOGEsgMeF_clZehx9QPW7XtU8QBEfSNep60iYRABTAHpyiV… (+176 chars)", "author_profile_image_id": null, "author_username": "mebertracy", "author_verification_status": false, "comment_gif_url": null, "comment_id": "18101505329624380", "comment_text": "❤️😍", "like_count": 0, "mentions": [], "pinned_status": false, "published_date": 1787193867, "replies": [], "reply_count": null }, "… 13 more items in the full response" ], "pagination": { "cursor": "{\"is_server_cursor_inverse\":true,\"server_cursor\":\"AQHTsst5RxlGsj5aU48SjNje4EverHP4ivETITkGPLrbF3FN3GrI4kqSHgIU_kZyGPIP-SVhoZwdNP75vqPYa9Te8g\"}", "has_more": true }, "total": null }, "error": null, "meta": { "client_id": "client_abc123", "scraper": "instagram-comments-v3", "billable": true, "duration_ms": 6612 }}