/v2/instagram/post/comments

GET

Comments

Get post or reel comments; expect about 90% success. Pages with comments cost 1 credit, or 15 with include_replies=true. Empty pages and errors cost 0 credits.

Credit cost	Default: 1 credit when no rule matches. 0 credits when response field comments is empty or absent. 15 credits when request parameter include_replies is true. How charges are determined Cost is decided per call, not per endpoint: the same operation can cost different amounts depending on what it returns. A call that fails costs 0 credits. A result served from cache costs 0 credits. `default` is the cost when no rule matches. Rules are evaluated in order and the first whose conditions all hold wins. A `when` condition is one of: `param` (the request parameter is true), `outcome` (the classifier's outcome), `empty` / `nonEmpty` (a response field is empty and absent, or a non-empty array or string), `flag` (a response field is exactly true). A cost of `{ perStartedMinute: n, of: [fields] }` is n x max(1, ceil(seconds / 60)), so even a short result bills at least one minute.
Cache support	Not specified in the published contract.
Pagination	No explicit pagination metadata in the published contract. Consult the parameters and response fields below.

Parameters

Name	Location / required	Schema
`url` Instagram post or reel URL.	query / required	`string`
`include_replies` Include replies for each comment. Costs 15 credits if comments are returned, even without replies; empty pages cost 0. Slower and may time out at 29 seconds.	query / optional	`boolean`
`cursor` Pass the previous response's cursor for more comments.	query / optional	`string`

Request examples

Replace placeholder values and supply your own API key. For operations with a request body, populate the body using the schema above.

cURL

curl --request GET 'https://api.fetchproof.com/v2/instagram/post/comments?url=YOUR_URL' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.fetchproof.com/v2/instagram/post/comments?url=YOUR_URL", {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: { 'x-api-key': process.env.FETCHPROOF_API_KEY }
});
console.log(await response.text());

Python

import os
import requests

response = requests.get("https://api.fetchproof.com/v2/instagram/post/comments?url=YOUR_URL",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["FETCHPROOF_API_KEY"]})
print(response.text)

Responses

200Success. Envelope: success / credits_remaining / credits_charged.

application/json

object

successrequired

boolean

credits_remainingrequired

integer

credits_chargedrequired

integer

commentsrequired

array

Array items

object

idrequired

string

textrequired

string

created_atrequired

string

{
  "format": "date-time"
}

comment_like_countrequired

integer

child_comment_countrequired

integer

repliesrequired

array

replies_cursorrequired

null

has_more_repliesrequired

boolean

userrequired

object

is_verifiedrequired

boolean

idrequired

string

pkrequired

string

is_unpublishedrequired

null

profile_pic_urlrequired

string

usernamerequired

string

fbid_v2required

string

cursorrequired

string

401Invalid or missing x-api-key

402No credits remaining

403Upstream denied (age gate, audience controls)

404Resource or endpoint not found

429Rate limited