Instagram Comments

POST1 Credit
https://api.crawlkit.sh/v1/crawl/instagram/comments

Fetch the comments that are visibly embedded in the public Instagram post or reel HTML. This endpoint does not expand deeper pages or replies and does not expose pagination.

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Authentication

Send your Crawlkit API key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Authorization: Bearer ck_your_api_key

Request Parameters

Send these JSON body fields in your request payload.

NameTypeDescription
shortcodestringRequest field.

Example Request

Use direct HTTP requests against the public API base URL.

Example request
1const response = await fetch('https://api.crawlkit.sh/v1/crawl/instagram/comments', {2  method: 'POST',3  headers: {4    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',5    'Content-Type': 'application/json'6  },7  body: JSON.stringify({8    shortcode: 'CxIIgCCq8mg',9    options: {10    }11  })12});13 14const { data } = await response.json();15console.log(data.comments.length);

Response

Success (200 OK): Returns service-specific structured payload.

Success response (200 OK)
1{2  "success": true,3  "data": {4    "comments": [5      {6        "id": "17981234567000001",7        "text": "This is incredible.",8        "createdAt": 1711262420,9        "likeCount": 142,10        "replyCount": 3,11        "username": "traveler.ana",12        "fullName": "Ana Silva",13        "profilePicUrl": "https://instagram.fist6-1.fna.fbcdn.net/...",14        "isVerified": false15      }16    ],17    "timing": { "total": 2100 },18    "creditsUsed": 1,19    "creditsRemaining": 9920  }21}