API Direct

Instagram Post Comments

GET /v1/instagram/post/comments

Get the comments on an Instagram post or reel by URL or shortcode. Returns each comment's text, author details, like and reply counts, date, and link. Sort by popular or recent, and fetch multiple pages in a single call.

Cost

$0.006 per page

Free tier

50 requests/month

Parameters

url

Instagram post or reel URL, e.g. https://www.instagram.com/p/CxYQJO8xuC6/ (max 500 characters). Provide either url or code.

code

The post's shortcode, e.g. CxYQJO8xuC6, or numeric media ID (max 50 characters). Provide either url or code.

pages

Number of pages to fetch, 1-20 (default: 1). Each page returns up to 15 comments.

sort_by

Sort order: popular or recent (default: popular)

get_sentiment

Set to true to add AI emotion analysis (Plutchik's Wheel) to each result. Adds +$0.001 per page to the cost. Returns emotion scores, dominant emotion, intensity, and polarity.

Example Request

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/instagram/post/comments?code=CxYQJO8xuC6&pages=2" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/instagram/post/comments",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "code": "CxYQJO8xuC6",
        "pages": 2
    }
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "comments": [
    {
      "comment_id": "18058799162049620",
      "text": "Nice post!",
      "author": "garcia99.r",
      "author_name": "Robert Garcia",
      "author_id": "72771312829",
      "author_verified": false,
      "author_is_ai_generated_profile": false,
      "author_url": "https://instagram.com/garcia99.r",
      "author_profile_pic_url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.89012-19/photo.jpg",
      "likes": 23,
      "reply_count": 0,
      "is_pinned": false,
      "hashtags": [],
      "mentions": [],
      "date": "2025-03-09 13:20:14",
      "date_timestamp": 1741524014,
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CxYQJO8xuC6/c/18058799162049620/",
      "source": "Instagram",
      "domain": "instagram.com",
      "gif_url": null
    }
  ],
  "code": "CxYQJO8xuC6",
  "total": 4006,
  "pages": 2,
  "count": 23
}

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