Post comments

When to use this

Pass a post URL or shortcode. Comments are in Instagram's public order, which can differ from chronological order. Pass end_cursor as after for the next page. This endpoint returns comments rather than fetching all replies; a missing reply count stays null.

Parameters

All parameters go in the query string.

Example request

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your key, or set LURKAPI_KEY for the code. Get a free key.

curl "https://api.lurkapi.com/v2/instagram/post/comments?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2Faye83DjauH%2F&first=15" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  url: "https://www.instagram.com/p/aye83DjauH/",
  first: "15",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://api.lurkapi.com/v2/instagram/post/comments?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.LURKAPI_KEY },
});
const data = await res.json();
if (!data.success) throw new Error(`${data.code}: ${data.error}`);
console.log(data.comments);

import os
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.lurkapi.com/v2/instagram/post/comments",
    params={
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/aye83DjauH/",
        "first": "15",
    },
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["LURKAPI_KEY"]},
    timeout=60,
)
data = res.json()
if not data["success"]:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{data['code']}: {data['error']}")
print(data["comments"])

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured from the live API and trimmed to a couple of items. Strings over 96 characters (mostly signed media URLs) are cut short and end in ….

{
  "success": true,
  "credits_remaining": 99,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "comments": [
    {
      "pk": "17846920963063874",
      "text": "haha 😄 This is cute",
      "created_at": 1387393108,
      "comment_like_count": 0,
      "child_comment_count": null,
      "parent_comment_id": null,
      "user": {
        "pk": "23316075",
        "username": "danielakarinraffl",
        "full_name": null,
        "profile_pic_url": "https://scontent-iad6-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/483245904_1085995…",
        "is_verified": false
      }
    },
    {
      "pk": "17846527357063874",
      "text": "Eww",
      "created_at": 1382738486,
      "comment_like_count": 0,
      "child_comment_count": null,
      "parent_comment_id": null,
      "user": {
        "pk": "608886146",
        "username": "xiezc1",
        "full_name": null,
        "profile_pic_url": "https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/462656901_8380958…",
        "is_verified": false
      }
    }
  ],
  "end_cursor": "{\"is_server_cursor_inverse\":true,\"server_cursor\":\"AQHTHWl1x-fIQ1oM8-Cxb-…",
  "has_next_page": true
}

Response fields

Every field of a successful response. [] marks a list: a[].b is the b of each item in a. nullable fields can be null; optional fields can be missing.

Pagination

Pass a cursor from a previous response as after to load more (see When to use this). Each call costs 1 credit.

Caching and freshness

Responses are cached for up to 2 minutes, so a repeat call within that window can return the same data. It still costs 1 credit.

Errors

Errors return { success: false, error, code, docs } with the HTTP status below. Validation errors, 401/402/429 rejections and 5xx failures are free; not_found is charged (how charging works). All error codes.

Use it in Claude

Once LurkAPI is connected to Claude, this endpoint is the instagram_post_comments tool. Ask in plain English, for example:

Use LurkAPI's instagram_post_comments with url "https://www.instagram.com/p/aye83DjauH/", first "15" and summarize what you find.

Claude calls instagram_post_comments with arguments like these, and each call costs 1 credit:

{
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/aye83DjauH/",
  "first": "15"
}

Tool results skip nulls and empty lists to save tokens.