Instagram Comments

Retrieves comments on a public Instagram post or reel.

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GET /v2/instagram/post/comments Try it

Instagram Comments
GET /v2/instagram/post/comments

Retrieves comments on a public Instagram post or reel.

Authentication: x-api-key
Example URL: https://api.datawake.ai/v2/instagram/post/comments?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Freel%2FDOq6eV6iIgD&cursor=eyJjYWNoZWRfY29tbWVud...

Parameters:
- url (query · string · required) = https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOq6eV6iIgD
- cursor (query · string · optional) = eyJjYWNoZWRfY29tbWVud...

Overview

WakeScrap exposes this Instagram endpoint as a live-data API. The platform keeps the documented request and response shape stable while unifying auth, request tracking, and credits billing.

Retrieves comments on a public Instagram post or reel. Each comment includes the comment text, creation timestamp, and commenter details such as username, user ID, verification status, and profile picture URL. Supports cursor-based pagination to load additional comment pages.

Required params: url.

Headers

x-api-key string required

Your Wake API access key.

Example:

YOUR_API_KEY

Query Parameters

url string required

The URL of the post or reel to get comments from

Example:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOq6eV6iIgD

cursor string

The cursor to get more comments. Get 'cursor' from previous response.

Example:

eyJjYWNoZWRfY29tbWVud...


              curl 'https://api.datawake.ai/v2/instagram/post/comments?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Freel%2FDOq6eV6iIgD&cursor=eyJjYWNoZWRfY29tbWVud...' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'


              const response = await fetch("https://api.datawake.ai/v2/instagram/post/comments?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Freel%2FDOq6eV6iIgD&cursor=eyJjYWNoZWRfY29tbWVud...", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Accept': 'application/json',
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);


              import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://api.datawake.ai/v2/instagram/post/comments?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Freel%2FDOq6eV6iIgD&cursor=eyJjYWNoZWRfY29tbWVud...",
    headers={
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Accept": "application/json",
    },
)

print(response.json())


              $ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.datawake.ai/v2/instagram/post/comments?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Freel%2FDOq6eV6iIgD&cursor=eyJjYWNoZWRfY29tbWVud...",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY',
        'Accept: application/json',
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;


              client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.datawake.ai/v2/instagram/post/comments?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Freel%2FDOq6eV6iIgD&cursor=eyJjYWNoZWRfY29tbWVud...", nil)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")

resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()

body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))


              HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.datawake.ai/v2/instagram/post/comments?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Freel%2FDOq6eV6iIgD&cursor=eyJjYWNoZWRfY29tbWVud..."))
    .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    .header("Accept", "application/json")
    .method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .build();

HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
    .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

System.out.println(response.body());


              {
  "success": true,
  "credits_remaining": 33929114,
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": "18051843701642870",
      "text": "\"...but who wants to know people who don't love animals anyway?\". ❤️",
      "created_at": "2025-09-16T17:03:04.000Z",
      "comment_like_count": 0,
      "user": {
        "is_verified": false,
        "id": "46773599357",
        "pk": "46773599357",
        "is_unpublished": null,
        "profile_pic_url": "https://scontent-dfw5-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/542013919_18051324464559358_4060586438619554592_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW...",
        "username": "catherina_thijs",
        "fbid_v2": "17841446780736699"
      }
    }
  ],
  "cursor": "AQHSpoi6HyDbzYRMzrD........."
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_request",
    "message": "One or more required parameters are missing or invalid."
  }
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "Invalid or missing x-api-key header."
  }
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "insufficient_credits",
    "message": "This request requires available credits before execution."
  }
}