Instagram Comment API. Send a post or video link, or an ID.
Text, exact likes and author, from its link. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.
Instagram Comment API at a glance
Returns one public top-level comment on an Instagram post, reel or carousel, from its link or the post's link and comment_id. You get its text, exact like count, posting time, the GIF when it is one, whether the post's author wrote it, and the commenter's username, ID, picture and verified badge.
GET /v1/instagram/comment
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- 16 typed fields null when unknown
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$ npm install socialtapurl = https://www.instagram.com/p/DeuOR-CjKE9/c/18172542484466705/const params = new URLSearchParams({
comment_id: "18201877798382683",
url: "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/p/DeuOR-CjKE9/",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/comment?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);import os
import requests
res = requests.get(
"https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/comment",
params={"comment_id": "18201877798382683", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/p/DeuOR-CjKE9/"},
headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, meta = body["data"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])require "json"
require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/comment")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('comment_id' => '18201877798382683', 'url' => 'https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/p/DeuOR-CjKE9/')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]<?php
$query = http_build_query([
'comment_id' => '18201877798382683',
'url' => 'https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/p/DeuOR-CjKE9/',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/comment?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"log"
"net/http"
"net/url"
"os"
)
func main() {
q := url.Values{}
q.Set("comment_id", "18201877798382683")
q.Set("url", "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/p/DeuOR-CjKE9/")
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/comment?"+q.Encode(), nil)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
defer res.Body.Close()
var body struct {
Data json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
Meta map[string]any `json:"meta"`
Error *struct {
Code string `json:"code"`
Message string `json:"message"`
} `json:"error"`
}
if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
if body.Error != nil {
log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
}
fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/comment' \
--data-urlencode 'comment_id=18201877798382683' \
--data-urlencode 'url=https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/p/DeuOR-CjKE9/' \
-H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"{
"data": {
"approximate_fields": [],
"author": {
"avatar_url": "https://scontent-atl3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/487214600_1013796433961568_4617588958569444737_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&_nc_cat=111&ig_cache_key=GAhOCh1gIlLgCpoDAIE1TFqx_BRAbkULAAAB1501500j-ccb7-5&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&efg=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCR…",
"display_name": null,
"id": "2736561256",
"is_verified": true,
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/tropiclifepr/",
"username": "tropiclifepr"
},
"edited_at": null,
"id": "18201877798382683",
"is_by_post_author": false,
"is_edited": null,
"is_liked_by_author": null,
"is_pinned": null,
"metrics": {
"like_count": 1,
"reply_count": null
},
"parent_id": null,
"platform": "instagram",
"platform_specific": {
"instagram": {
"gif_url": null
}
},
"post_id": "DeuOR-CjKE9",
"published_at": "2026-10-28T13:22:42Z",
"text": "Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 🇵🇷 🇵🇷 🇵🇷",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DeuOR-CjKE9/c/18201877798382683/"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
"platform": "instagram",
"source": "api",
"is_cached": false,
"credits_charged": 1,
"latency_ms": 629,
"fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
"input": {
"kind": "post",
"id": "18201877798382683",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DeuOR-CjKE9/c/18201877798382683/"
},
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"client_request_id": null,
"warnings": []
}
}import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";
const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY
const res = await client.instagram.comment.get({ url: "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/p/DeuOR-CjKE9/", comment_id: "18201877798382683" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String query = "comment_id=" + encode("18201877798382683")
+ "&url=" + encode("https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/p/DeuOR-CjKE9/");
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/comment?" + query))
.header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
.GET()
.build();
HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
// An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
System.out.println(response.body());
}
static String encode(String value) {
return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
}
}using System.Text.Json;
using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));
var query = string.Join("&",
"comment_id=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("18201877798382683"),
"url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/p/DeuOR-CjKE9/"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/comment?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;
fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
.get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/comment")
.query(&[("comment_id", "18201877798382683"), ("url", "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/p/DeuOR-CjKE9/")])
.header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
.send()?;
let ok = res.status().is_success();
let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
if !ok {
return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
}
println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
Ok(())
}200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/commentLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs One schema on 9 platforms.
The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.
Null means unknown
A field Instagram doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
The comment's permalink (instagram.com/p/<code>/c/<comment ID>/, also on /reel/, /reels/, /tv/ and /<username>/p/ links, m.instagram.com and instagr.am, and a reply's /c/<comment ID>/r/<reply ID>/), or the post the comment is on: a post, reel or carousel link, a share link (instagram.com/share/…), a raw shortcode or a numeric media ID.
Write one parser
Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and 6 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.
platformstring- Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring- Platform-native comment ID (string; Reddit with its t1_ prefix).
post_idstring- ID of the post commented on (equals post.id).
parent_idstring- ID of the comment this replies to; null for top-level comments.
urlstring- Permalink, when the platform has one.
textstring- Comment body as plain text.
authorobject- The commenting account. An account the platform no longer names (a deleted account) has a null id and username and the platform's label as display_name (Reddit: [deleted]).
published_atstring- When the comment was posted, RFC 3339 UTC. Where the platform shows only a relative time ("3 weeks ago"), the latest time that label allows (the fetch time minus the stated amount), listed in approximate_fields.
Live data from 33 platforms.
What teams build with the Instagram Comment API.
Check the likes on a comment you track
Resolve a shared comment link to its author
Verify that a comment is still up
Good to know before you build.
- Logged out, Instagram shows a post's comments only as a list, newest first, so an older comment on a busy post returns private_or_unavailable.
- A reply's link also returns private_or_unavailable, because Instagram shows replies only to signed-in visitors.
- A deleted or hidden comment, one that isn't on the post given, and a reply's ID sent with the post's link return not_found.
- reply_count, is_pinned, is_liked_by_author and the commenter's display name are null: Instagram doesn't show them logged out.
1 credit per request. Failed requests are free.
Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform.
| Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests |
|---|---|---|
| Any source | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 |
- Cache hits are free.
- Credits from packs and top-ups never expire.
- A monthly plan's credits are spent first, and what is left of them ends at each renewal.
- Prices exclude tax: sales tax is added at checkout where it applies.
- Outside the US, plans and packs are sold to businesses: checkout asks for your VAT, GST or other business tax ID.
Questions about the Instagram Comment API.
More in the API reference.
Why is an older comment private_or_unavailable?
Does not_found always mean the comment was deleted?
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