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API Description

Instagram Comments API — Collect Instagram comments using the pagination, ordering and filters listed for this operation.

Authenticate with your Pangolinfo API Key to receive structured JSON data.

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Request URL

POST https://scrapeapi.pangolinfo.com/api/v1/social/instagram-comments

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Request Headers

ParametersParameter valueTypeDescription
Content-Typeapplication/jsonstringData format
AuthorizationBearer xxxstringAuthorization Token

Collection takes up to approximately 75 seconds. Set your client timeout to 90 seconds.

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Request Parameters

ParameterRequiredTypeDescription
targetYesstringTarget URL, supported ID or search keyword for this operation.
optionsNoobjectOptional collection settings, described below.

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options Parameters

ParameterRequiredTypeDescription
maxPagesNointegerPages to collect. Default: 1; values above 5 are capped at 5. Must be a positive integer.
Default: 1
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 5
cursorNostring | nullContinuation cursor from the previous response. Pass the value unchanged.

Only the request parameters listed on this page are used; other fields are ignored. Pass pagination cursors back unchanged, without encoding, decoding or conversion.

One page by default, capped at five per request. Page counts must be positive integers; higher values are capped at five.

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Response Fields

FieldTypeDescription
codeintegerStatus code; 0 indicates success.
messagestringResponse message; ok on success.
pointCostnumberPoints charged for this request.
dataobjectCollected data, with fields described below.
metaobjectRequest identifier and duration in milliseconds.
billingobjectCharged units, unit price and billing rule version.

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data Fields

FieldTypeDescription
typestringResult type.
commentsCountnumber | nullPlatform-reported comment total; not the number billed.
commentsobject[]Root comments in comment mode.
paginationobjectContinuation cursor and whether more results are available.

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data.comments[] Fields

FieldTypeDescription
nativeIdstringNative id
avatarstring | nullAvatar URL.
nicknamestring | nullAuthor display name.
timestring | nullPublication time.
contentstring | nullContent text; may be null for records without text.
profileUrlstring | nullAuthor profile URL.
pkstring | number | nullPk
usernamestring | nullUsername
userPkstring | number | nullUser pk
isVerifiedbooleanIs verified
isUnpublishedbooleanIs unpublished
likesnumber | nullLike count.
parentCommentIdstring | number | nullParent comment id
childCommentCountnumber | nullChild comment count
hasTranslationbooleanHas translation
restrictedStatusnumber | nullRestricted status
isCoveredbooleanIs covered

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data.pagination Fields

FieldTypeDescription
commentsobjectRoot comments in comment mode.

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data.pagination.comments Fields

FieldTypeDescription
cursorstring | nullContinuation cursor from the previous response. Pass the value unchanged.
hasMorebooleanWhether more results are available.

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Request Example

curl --request POST \
  --url https://scrapeapi.pangolinfo.com/api/v1/social/instagram-comments \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_PANGOLINFO_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "target": "https://www.instagram.com/p/BsOGulcndj-/"
}'

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Response Example

This excerpt shows the first item of each list. Long text and URLs are shortened; pointCost is the charge for the complete response. The playground contains the full schema.

{
  "code": 0,
  "message": "ok",
  "pointCost": 6.4,
  "data": {
    "type": "comments",
    "commentsCount": 3766092,
    "comments": [
      {
        "nativeId": "18040953380849914",
        "avatar": "https://scontent-atl3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/840333085_18642090745021526_6115295017589438883_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&_nc_cat=111&ig_cache_k...",
        "nickname": "johan_s.v_",
        "time": "2026-11-06T06:10:42.000Z",
        "content": "Follow me",
        "profileUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/johan_s.v_/",
        "pk": "18040953380849914",
        "username": "johan_s.v_",
        "userPk": "1913621525",
        "isVerified": false,
        "isUnpublished": false,
        "likes": 1,
        "parentCommentId": null,
        "childCommentCount": null,
        "hasTranslation": false,
        "restrictedStatus": null,
        "isCovered": false
      }
    ],
    "pagination": {
      "comments": {
        "cursor": null,
        "hasMore": true
      }
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "pg-audit-r1-instagram-comments-1793954269885309400",
    "durationMs": 5239
  },
  "billing": {
    "unitPrice": 0.8,
    "ruleVersion": "social-primary-v2",
    "billedCount": 8,
    "pointCost": 6.4
  }
}

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Points Usage

0.8 points per root comment; included replies are free. Supported explicit reply modes charge 0.8 points per direct reply; nested replies included with those results are free.

Empty results and failed requests are not charged. Duplicate IDs are counted once within a response. Separate calls and pages are billed separately. See Social Media Reviews API billing.

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