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Instagram Post

2 credits

Fetch an Instagram post or reel with comments.

POST/api/v1/tools/instagram/post

Parameters

urlstringrequired

Full Instagram post or reel URL (e.g. "https://www.instagram.com/p/DUVn_ewDjcI/").

maxCommentsnumber

Maximum number of comments to return. Must be a positive integer. Defaults to 200. Upper bound is determined by your plan.

fieldsstring[]

Fields to include per comment. Omit for defaults: pk, text, createdAt, likeCount, childCommentCount, parentId, author. Available fields: pk, text, createdAt, likeCount, childCommentCount, parentId, author. Use ["*"] for all fields.

Response Schema

dataobject

Instagram post result

postobject

Post metadata

commentsobject[]

Array of comment objects.

countnumber

Number of comments returned

totalCommentsnumber | null

Total comment count reported by Instagram

truncatedboolean

True if more comments exist than were returned. Only present when truncation occurred.

metaobject

Request metadata

toolstring

Tool name (instagram-post)

creditsUsednumber

Credits consumed (2)

requestIdstring

Unique request ID

Request

curl -X POST https://scraper.run/api/v1/tools/instagram/post \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sc_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DUVn_ewDjcI/",
    "maxComments": 50
  }'

Response Example

{
  "data": {
    "post": {
      "id": "DUVn_ewDjcI",
      "author": "natgeo",
      "text": "A rare glimpse of the northern lights over Iceland, captured by our photographer during a two-week expedition.",
      "createdAt": "2026-04-09T08:00:00.000Z",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DUVn_ewDjcI/",
      "likes": 184500,
      "comments": 1230
    },
    "comments": [
      {
        "id": "cmt_ig_001",
        "parentId": "DUVn_ewDjcI",
        "author": "travel_jane",
        "text": "Absolutely stunning. Iceland is on my bucket list.",
        "createdAt": "2026-04-09T08:15:00.000Z",
        "likes": 47
      }
    ],
    "count": 1,
    "totalComments": 1230,
    "truncated": true
  },
  "meta": {
    "tool": "instagram-post",
    "creditsUsed": 2,
    "requestId": "req_abc123"
  }
}