Instagram post comments API
Comments on a post or reel, newest first, about 15 a page: text, commenter, likes and time posted.
GEThttps://api.okdata.online/v1/instagram/posts/comments/list
- Price
- $0.004
- per call · failed calls are free
- Returns
- About 15 comments a page
- with a cursor for the next page
- If a call fails
- Not charged
- When a data source fails, the next one is tried; errors and timeouts cost nothing.
- Status
- preview
- It may still change; any change is announced beforehand.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
id | string | The shortcode: what follows /p/ or /reel/ in the link. Give id or url. |
url | string | A share link or page URL; the ID is read from it. |
cursor | string | Opaque cursor from page.next_cursor of the previous call. Each page is a separate call. |
view | stringcompactstandardfull | How much of each object comes back. full adds platform-specific fields under ext. |
fields | string[] | Fields to keep, by path (author.name), to save tokens. In a query string: comma-separated. |
Give exactly one of id, url. cursor, view and fields work the same on every endpoint: how requests work.
Request
cURL
curl -G "https://api.okdata.online/v1/instagram/posts/comments/list" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OKDATA_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode 'id=DeCPVhERA8e'Python
import os
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://api.okdata.online/v1/instagram/posts/comments/list",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['OKDATA_API_KEY']}"},
params={"id": "DeCPVhERA8e"},
timeout=60,
)
body = resp.json()
if body["code"] != "ok":
raise RuntimeError(f"{body['code']}: {body['message']} (charged: {body['charged']})")
for row in body["data"]["items"]:
print(row["likes"], row["text"])
print("cost: $" + body["meta"]["billing"]["amount"])TypeScript
const url = new URL('https://api.okdata.online/v1/instagram/posts/comments/list');
url.searchParams.set('id', "DeCPVhERA8e");
const res = await fetch(url, {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.OKDATA_API_KEY}`,
},
});
const body = await res.json();
if (body.code !== 'ok') throw new Error(`${body.code}: ${body.message}`);
for (const row of body.data.items) {
console.log(row.likes, row.text);
}
console.log('cost: $' + body.meta.billing.amount);MCPtools/call
{
"name": "call",
"arguments": {
"capability": "instagram.posts.comments.list",
"id": "DeCPVhERA8e"
}
}Response
{
"code": "ok",
"request_id": "0f6c2a8e-4b1d-4e0a-9a51-3c7d2b9e1f20",
"data": {
"items": [
{
"id": "7302000000000000001",
"post_id": "7301234567890123456",
"parent_id": null,
"text": "Which tent is that? Looks tiny packed.",
"published_at": "2026-11-02T11:04:00Z",
"author": {
"id": "528817151",
"username": "trailkit",
"name": "Trail Kit",
"avatar_url": "https://cdn.example.com/avatar/trailkit.jpg",
"followers": 182300,
"verified": true
},
"likes": 214,
"replies": 9,
"ip_location": null
}
]
},
"page": {
"next_cursor": "eyJvIjoyMH0",
"has_more": true
},
"warnings": [],
"meta": {
"capability": "instagram.posts.comments.list",
"billing": {
"amount": "0.004",
"currency": "USD",
"balance_after": "9.996"
},
"unavailable": {},
"cached": false,
"replayed": false,
"fetched_at": "2026-11-11T08:00:00Z"
}
}Try it
This sends a real call to https://api.okdata.online and is billed as usual: at most $0.004. Failed calls are free. Your key goes only to that address and is never stored on this site.
Known limits
- About 15 comments come back per page; the platform sets the page size, so there is no page-size parameter.
- For the next page, pass
page.next_cursorback ascursor. A cursor stays valid for 24 hours. Whenpage.has_moreis false there is nothing left. - Give exactly one of
id,url.
Returned fields
data.items is a list of Comment.
| Field | Type | View | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
id | string | compact | Comment ID. |
post_id | string | compact | ID of the post it is under. |
parent_id | string | null | compact | The comment it replies to; null for top-level comments. |
text | string | compact | Comment text.Long text: view=compact may shorten it. |
published_at | string | compact | When it was posted, ISO 8601 in UTC. |
author | AccountRef | compact | Who wrote it. |
Show all 10 fieldsHide the other 4
| Field | Type | View | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
likes | integer | null | compact | Likes on the comment. |
replies | integer | null | compact | Replies under it. |
ip_location | string | null | standard | Region label the platform shows next to the comment, if any. |
ext | object | full | Platform-specific extras. Only returned with view=full. |
The view column is the smallest view a field comes back in: compact returns only compact fields, standard adds the standard ones, full returns everything. The default is standard.
When it is charged
One call costs $0.004 and returns one page of about 15 comments. Collecting 1,000 comments takes about 67 calls, $0.268 in total. Each page is a separate call; failed calls are not charged.
Data comes back$0.004 per call
Bad parameters, errors, timeoutsFree
| When | Charge |
|---|---|
| Each further page | A new call: $0.004 |
| Most one call costs | $0.004 |
| An empty answer | $0.004 |
| Not found (the platform has no such item) | Free |
| Bad parameters, errors, timeouts | Free |
| A retry with the same Idempotency-Key within 24 hours | Charged once |
A failed call is free; an empty answer costs $0.004; not found is free.
Prices from price book 1b273c48fea9634e. Every price on this platform →
Common errors
Every error has the same shape and says whether it was charged. The ones this endpoint can return:
| HTTP | Code | Meaning | Charged |
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | invalid_params | A parameter is missing, has the wrong type or value, or the method is wrong. problems lists each one; param names the first.Retry: after a fix | no |
| 400 | cursor_mismatch | The cursor was sent to another endpoint, or with other parameters than the page it came from (view and fields may change).Retry: after a fix | no |
| 401 | unauthorized | The key is missing, malformed, revoked, disabled or expired (reason says which when known).Retry: no | no |
| 402 | insufficient_balance | The balance (available) cannot cover the most this call could cost (required).Retry: after a fix | no |
| 404 | not_found | The post, account or page does not exist or is not public. Endpoints whose charge_when_not_found is above 0 charge this answer (the source billed us for it): the body then says charged: true and amount.Retry: no | no |
| 410 | cursor_expired | The cursor is older than the endpoint's cursor lifetime (page.cursor_expires_at said when).Retry: no | no |
| 429 | rate_limited | The account sent too many requests this minute (reason: rate) or has too many calls running (reason: concurrency).Retry: yes | no |
| 500 | settlement_unknown | The data came back, but the charge could not be confirmed.Retry: with the same Idempotency-Key | unknown until looked up |
| 502 | upstream_failed | Every data source for this endpoint failed on this request.Retry: yes | no |
| 503 | capability_paused | This endpoint is paused right now; nothing ran.Retry: yes | no |
| 504 | timeout | The data did not come back in time. The hold was released, so nothing was charged.Retry: yes | no |
Questions
How much does the Instagram post comments API cost?
One call costs $0.004 and returns one page of about 15 comments. Collecting 1,000 comments takes about 67 calls, $0.268 in total. Each page is a separate call; failed calls are not charged.
How do I get the next page?
Pass page.next_cursor from the response back as the cursor parameter. When page.has_more is false there is nothing left. Every page is its own call at $0.004.
Do I need a Instagram account, cookies or a QR login?
No. You send only your okdata API key. The data is public data from Instagram; nothing is fetched with your own Instagram account.
Am I charged when a call fails?
No. Every error response says charged: false, except a timeout, which says charged: null until the outcome is known. Resend with the same Idempotency-Key and you are never charged twice.
What if Instagram does not show a field?
The field is null, and meta.unavailable names it with the reason: platform (the platform never shows it) or capability (we cannot fetch it yet).
Use it in your AI
Paste this into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any agent that can open a web page. It reads this endpoint’s page and calls it with your key.
Read https://okdata.online/apis/instagram/posts/comments/list.md, then call this endpoint for me through okdata; my key is in the OKDATA_API_KEY environment variable. Use Instagram post comments, read the first two pages and sum up what people praise and complain about.
With the MCP server connected, just ask: Use Instagram post comments, read the first two pages and sum up what people praise and complain about.
Same data on other platforms
The same kind of data from other platforms, in the same Comment shape:
- Douyin video comments$0.002/call
- Xiaohongshu note comments$0.02/call
- Bilibili video comments$0.002/call
- TikTok video comments$0.002/call
- YouTube video comments$0.002/call
- Reddit post comments$0.002/call
- Kuaishou video comments$0.002/call
- WeChat Channels video comments$0.015/call
- Weibo post comments$0.002/call
- Official Account article comments$0.02/call
All 8 Instagram endpoints
Names and ID
- Name
- Instagram post comments API
- Short name
- Instagram post comments
- ID
instagram.posts.comments.list- Endpoint
GET /v1/instagram/posts/comments/list- Category
- Social media
- Data type
- Comments API
- Returns
- Comment[]: 10 fields