Instagram comments API

Get a post's comments, or the replies to one comment

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/comments \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "postUrl": "<string>",
  "postCode": "<string>",
  "comment": "<string>",
  "cursor": "<string>"
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    postUrl: '<string>',
    postCode: '<string>',
    comment: '<string>',
    cursor: '<string>'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/comments', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/comments"

payload = {
    "postUrl": "<string>",
    "postCode": "<string>",
    "comment": "<string>",
    "cursor": "<string>"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "commentUrl": "<string>",
        "authorIsVerified": true,
        "commentId": "<string>",
        "authorId": "<string>",
        "authorUsername": "<string>",
        "authorUrl": "<string>",
        "authorAvatarUrl": "<string>",
        "text": "<string>",
        "replies": 0,
        "publishedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "<string>"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 123,
  "requestId": "<string>"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

POST

instagram

comments

Get a post's comments, or the replies to one comment

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/comments \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "postUrl": "<string>",
  "postCode": "<string>",
  "comment": "<string>",
  "cursor": "<string>"
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    postUrl: '<string>',
    postCode: '<string>',
    comment: '<string>',
    cursor: '<string>'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/comments', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/comments"

payload = {
    "postUrl": "<string>",
    "postCode": "<string>",
    "comment": "<string>",
    "cursor": "<string>"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "commentUrl": "<string>",
        "authorIsVerified": true,
        "commentId": "<string>",
        "authorId": "<string>",
        "authorUsername": "<string>",
        "authorUrl": "<string>",
        "authorAvatarUrl": "<string>",
        "text": "<string>",
        "replies": 0,
        "publishedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "<string>"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 123,
  "requestId": "<string>"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

Returns a post’s comments, or the replies to one comment. The post is identified by its URL or code.

Request

Exactly one of postUrl or postCode is required. A request that sets both, or none, fails with invalidRequest.

import { Stophy } from "stophy";

const stophy = new Stophy({ apiKey: process.env.STOPHY_API_KEY });
const result = await stophy.instagram.comments({ postUrl: "https://www.instagram.com/p/DdG4RIxIPyf/" });
console.log(result.data.results);

from stophy import Stophy

stophy = Stophy()  # reads STOPHY_API_KEY
result = stophy.instagram.comments(post_url="https://www.instagram.com/p/DdG4RIxIPyf/")
print(result["data"]["results"])

curl -X POST https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/comments \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STOPHY_API_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"postUrl":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DdG4RIxIPyf/"}'

stophy instagram comments --postUrl https://www.instagram.com/p/DdG4RIxIPyf/

Response

If successful, the response body contains the standard envelope. data.results[] contains the comments, or the replies when comment is set. The following example is a real response, truncated: each list shows one item and long strings are cut.

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "commentId": "18410943604087835",
        "commentUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DdG4RIxIPyf/c/18410943604087835/",
        "authorId": "64735973900",
        "authorUsername": "stirlingboss",
        "authorUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/stirlingboss/",
        "authorAvatarUrl": "https://scontent-xxc1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/830572424_17971162935157901_5093138578066260536_n.jpg?stp=dst-j…",
        "authorIsVerified": false,
        "text": "🆘️",
        "replies": 0,
        "publishedAt": "2026-10-05T15:42:33.000Z"
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "{\"server_cursor\": \"QVFBcWhNM3JhbkU1Uk92Zmd0bHZFY1R1Nkg0UVRyb19SaDdheGFJN09vdTVkUXVjSlhPbjlMUThLZDlFejdEQTB6c2oxYmR2Tlo2…"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 1,
  "requestId": "2fe9dbad-fc48-4890-9751-0b24b596035b"
}

Field	Type	Description
`cursor`	string	The pagination token. Pass it as `cursor` to retrieve the next page. Omitted on the last page.
`publishedAt`	string (ISO 8601)	The publication time, in UTC.

For every field, see the response schema on this page.

Optional parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`comment`	string	A comment id from an earlier response. Returns that comment’s replies.
`sort`	string	Specifies the order of the comments. Leave it out for newest. Replies have no order. Acceptable values are `newest` and `popular`.
`cursor`	string	The pagination token from the previous response.

Billing

Each successful request consumes 1 credit, regardless of the number of items returned. Requests that fail, or that return no items, are not billed.

Pagination

Results are paginated. To retrieve the next page, pass the value of data.cursor as cursor in a subsequent request. A response that omits cursor is the last page.

Instagram profile: Accepts userUrl. Returns a profile’s bio, stats and a page of its posts and reels.
Instagram profile reels: Accepts userUrl. Returns a profile’s reels, with play counts.

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json

postUrl

string

Link to the Instagram post or reel, like https://www.instagram.com/p/DdG4RIxIPyf/. Send this or postCode.

postCode

string

Instagram post or reel code, like DdG4RIxIPyf. Send this or postUrl.

comment

string

sort

enum<string>

Instagram's comment order. Leave out for newest. Replies have no order filter.

Available options:

newest,

popular

cursor

string

The cursor from the previous response. Send it as is.

Minimum string length: 1

Response

The data, and the credits this call used.

success

any

required

data

object

required

Show child attributes

creditsUsed

integer

required

requestId

string

required

Using the API

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Jobs

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Ads

Instagram comments API

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