API referenceInstagram
Instagram post comments
Top-level comments on a post or reel.
Replies are not served to public
clients, so replies is always empty and child_comment_count always null.
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-post-comments-v4" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DXuVyDtDyVH/" }'{ "request_id": "req_8f2c1d94e7b0", "success": true, "status": { "code": "OK", "message": "Scrape completed.", "retryable": false }, "data": { "comments": [ { "child_comment_count": null, "comment_like_count": 0, "created_at": 1787450085, "has_more_replies": false, "id": "18119538790904442", "replies": [], "replies_cursor": null, "text": "ktui.k", "user": { "full_name": null, "id": "73614707275", "is_private": null, "is_verified": false, "pk": "73614707275", "profile_pic_url": "https://instagram.fhnl3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-19/720467709_17901870396451276_6799214316620433066_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby4xMDgwLmMyIn0&_nc_ht=instagram.fhnl3-2.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=104&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2gFngRmCtAdvgAiXYU3JcbWiCBFLqbesEHjfimwZcMTQsLtXL79HjCN1cguC… (+175 chars)", "username": "_hannah_pabayal_109" } }, { "child_comment_count": null, "comment_like_count": 0, "created_at": 1787416557, "has_more_replies": false, "id": "18003498710986833", "replies": [], "replies_cursor": null, "text": "ktui.k", "user": { "full_name": null, "id": "73614707275", "is_private": null, "is_verified": false, "pk": "73614707275", "profile_pic_url": "https://instagram.fhnl3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-19/720467709_17901870396451276_6799214316620433066_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby4xMDgwLmMyIn0&_nc_ht=instagram.fhnl3-2.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=104&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2gFngRmCtAdvgAiXYU3JcbWiCBFLqbesEHjfimwZcMTQsLtXL79HjCN1cguC… (+175 chars)", "username": "_hannah_pabayal_109" } }, "… 13 more items in the full response" ], "cursor": "{\"is_server_cursor_inverse\":true,\"server_cursor\":\"AQHT09RV97pKfug5hRMeagNQiqOXR6IIBEDV_ZlXr9UVyLN-6LIrO3bhPMTb-amvzojgvgZi47Xi6CfuJIIFMtO5BA\"}", "has_more": true, "success": true, "total_count": null }, "error": null, "meta": { "client_id": "client_abc123", "scraper": "instagram-post-comments-v4", "billable": true, "duration_ms": 3207 }}