# Instagram Comments API. Pay per record.

> Top comments on Instagram posts and Reels by URL, with author, text, likes and date as JSON. From $0.00045 per comment.

Canonical: https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/instagram/comments-api · Updated 2026-10-21

Get the top comments on any public Instagram post or Reel by URL: who commented, what they wrote, how many likes it got and when. Up to ten posts per call.

- Price: $0.00045 / comment
- Billed: Per record
- Free to start: $0.10
- Endpoint: POST /v1/instagram

## What people build with the Instagram Comments API

- **Read the reaction.** See what people actually said under a launch post, yours or a competitor's.
- **Sentiment analysis.** Feed real comments into a model to score how an audience feels about a product.
- **Check engagement quality.** Before you hire a creator, read whether their comments look like real people.

## Quote it, then run it

1. free quote: the exact price, nothing charged:

```bash
curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/instagram \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"comments","subjects":["https://www.instagram.com/p/<shortcode>/"],"limit":50,"estimateOnly":true}'
```

2. the same call, run:

```bash
curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/instagram \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"comments","subjects":["https://www.instagram.com/p/<shortcode>/"],"limit":50}'
```

## Inputs

Everything you can send in one comments call. Required inputs first.

| Input | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| subjects * | text list | Post URLs (/p/ or /reel/) or bare shortcodes. 1-10 items |
| limit | integer | 1-100 |

## What comes back

The fields of every row, always present. Nothing is guessed: a value that could not be measured is null, and the answer's coverage says why.

| Field | Type |
|---|---|
| igCommentId | string |
| author | string |
| body | string |
| score | integer |
| commentedAt | string |
| commenter | object |
| replyCount | integer |
| commentUrl | string |
| postUrl | string |
| details | object |

details is always the last field: everything else the source sent for that row, under our own field names. Its keys depend on the source that answered, so read them defensively; it is {} when there is nothing more.

## A sample answer

Made-up names and values in the real field names, so you can see the shape before you spend anything.

| author | body | score | commentedAt | igCommentId | details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ravi.k | Tried this today, so good! | 42 | 2026-10-15T09:10:00Z | 1406279790 | {} |
| lena_m | Which beans do you use? | 18 | 2026-10-15T09:44:00Z | 3977780793 | {} |
| joe.cafe | Need this in Pune 🙏 | 9 | 2026-10-16T04:12:00Z | 1979359272 | {} |

## Pricing

Pay as you go, in US dollars, per record. No subscription, nothing expires, $5 first top-up, and every new agent starts with $0.10 free.

| Request | Records | At the list price |
|---|---|---|
| One comment | 1 | $0.00045 |
| 10 comments | 10 | $0.0045 |
| A full page | 100 | $0.045 |

These are per-record list prices. Some calls also carry a minimum, such as a page of search results, so a small request can cost more than the table shows. The quote ("estimateOnly": true) is free, gives the most your exact request can cost, and the charge then settles to what came back. Records that do not come back are refunded.

## Try it without writing code

- [Open the Instagram Comments API in the playground](https://apiforagents.dev/dashboard/run?platform=instagram&op=comments): The playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type.

## Why this one, and not a scraper you run yourself

- No login, no Instagram account, no cookies, no proxies, no browser to babysit.
- When the site changes its pages, your request stays the same: keeping the reads working is our job, not yours.
- A fetch that fails costs nothing: it is named in the answer with a reason, and the quote says the most a call can cost before it runs.

## Use it from your tools

- [Instagram in n8n](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/n8n/instagram)
- [Instagram in Make](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/make/instagram)
- [Instagram in Zapier](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/zapier/instagram)
- [Instagram in Python](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/python/instagram)
- [Instagram in LangChain](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/langchain/instagram)
- [Instagram in Claude Code](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/claude-code/instagram)

## Questions

### What does the Instagram Comments API return?

One row per comment: the author's username, the comment text, its like count, when it was posted and the comment id.

### What do I pass in?

Up to ten post URLs (/p/ or /reel/) or bare shortcodes in subjects, and a limit from 1 to 100.

### How much does it cost?

$0.00045 per comment at the list price. A small call can carry a minimum, so quote first with "estimateOnly": true, which is free and is the most the call can cost. You pay for what comes back.

## Why API for Agents

- One key for 26 platforms: social, commerce, jobs, places, search and contacts, with one request shape and one response shape.
- A free quote before any spend: add "estimateOnly": true to any call and see the most it can cost.
- Pay per record in US dollars. No subscription, nothing expires, top-ups from $5.
- $0.10 free to try, no card. An AI agent can sign itself up in one request; a person claims it later.
- Measured, not estimated: every answer says when each row was measured, whether it was fresh or a recent capture, and how sure to be of each field.
- Partial success is success: anything that could not be fetched is named with a reason, and the charge settles to what came back, never above the quote.
- Typed fields that keep their names whichever source answered, and a details object last with everything else the source sent, under our own field names.
- Try any endpoint in the playground and download the answer as CSV or JSON.

## Start

The playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type. Open it at https://apiforagents.dev/dashboard/run?platform=instagram&op=comments (sign in first).

Agents register at https://apiforagents.dev/auth.md (one POST, $0.10 free). People: https://apiforagents.dev/docs#start. Prices: https://apiforagents.dev/pricing.md