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Comments on one of your Instagram posts

instagram.instagram.post.comments

List the comments on one of your Instagram posts

Price: freeAt provider cost
Success rate: 100%Last 30 days · 1,777 calls
Latency p50: 165 msp95 481 ms
Last verified: Jul 28, 2026Verified working

GEThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/instagram.instagram.post.comments?limit=5&fields=id%2Ctext%2Cusername%2Ctimestamp%2Clike_count

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Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

reads comments on YOUR OWN media only — instagram_basic does not open other accounts' comment threads (use the scraped any_account route for those). Replying needs instagram_manage_comments, which treg does not request

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Path parameters
`ig_media_id`	string	Required	media id from instagram.user.posts	`17900000000000000`
Query parameters
`limit`	integer	Optional		`25`
`fields`	string	Optional		`id,text,username,timestamp,like_count,replies{id,text,username,timestamp}`

Path parameters
ig_media_idstringRequired
media id from instagram.user.posts
Example: 17900000000000000
Query parameters
limitintegerOptional
Example: 25
fieldsstringOptional
Example: id,text,username,timestamp,like_count,replies{id,text,username,timestamp}

Code samples

Replace $TOOLSWITCH_KEY with the key you created in the console.

Preview

curl -X GET 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/instagram.instagram.post.comments?limit=5&fields=id%2Ctext%2Cusername%2Ctimestamp%2Clike_count' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY"

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/instagram.instagram.post.comments?limit=5&fields=id%2Ctext%2Cusername%2Ctimestamp%2Clike_count",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/instagram.instagram.post.comments?limit=5&fields=id%2Ctext%2Cusername%2Ctimestamp%2Clike_count", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-Toolswitch-Key": process.env.TOOLSWITCH_KEY ?? "",
  },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.text());

This gateway API is in preview; its URL and authentication may change. The example parameters are sample data. Calls are billed at free, including the service fee.