Collect Instagram comments by URL

Use the Bright Data Web Scraper API to collect Instagram comments by URL. Calls the POST /datasets/v3/scrape endpoint and returns a snapshot ID.

POST /datasets/v3/scrape

cURL

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_ltppn085pokosxh13&include_errors=true' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"input": [{"url": "https://www.instagram.com/cats_of_instagram/reel/C4GLo_eLO2e/"}, {"url": "https://www.instagram.com/catsofinstagram/p/CesFC7JLyFl/?img_index=1"}, {"url": "https://www.instagram.com/cats_of_instagram/reel/C2TmNOVMSbG/"}]}'

200

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/nato",
    "comment_user": "met***han***r",
    "comment_user_url": "https://www.instagram.com/metlushanigor",
    "comment_date": "2026-03-14T01:13:08.000Z",
    "comment": "В реальних бойових діях ці танки за 5 хвилин будуть знищені,а солдати ще менше проживуть. Ви відстає НАТО на пʼять років",
    "likes_number": 0,
    "replies_number": 0,
    "replies": null,
    "hashtag_comment": null,
    "tagged_users_in_comment": null,
    "post_url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DVyB2KkjS07/",
    "post_user": "******",
    "comment_id": "18168596065410257",
    "post_id": "3851148751604100411_985168596"
  }
]

Query Parameters

dataset_id · string · default: "gd_ltppn085pokosxh13" · required

The dataset ID used for this request.

Must be set to gd_ltppn085pokosxh13 to collect Comments by URL data.

notify · boolean · default: false

Whether to send notifications when the request is completed.

include_errors · boolean · default: true

Whether to include errors in the response.

Request Body

input · object[] · required

An array of input objects.

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url · string · required

Input specific post url to get the latest 15 comments

Example

{
  "input": [
    {"url":"https://www.instagram.com/cats_of_instagram/reel/C4GLo_eLO2e/"},
    {"url":"https://www.instagram.com/catsofinstagram/p/CesFC7JLyFl/?img_index=1"},
    {"url":"https://www.instagram.com/cats_of_instagram/reel/C2TmNOVMSbG/"}
  ]
}

200

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/nato",
    "comment_user": "met***han***r",
    "comment_user_url": "https://www.instagram.com/metlushanigor",
    "comment_date": "2026-03-14T01:13:08.000Z",
    "comment": "В реальних бойових діях ці танки за 5 хвилин будуть знищені,а солдати ще менше проживуть. Ви відстає НАТО на пʼять років",
    "likes_number": 0,
    "replies_number": 0,
    "replies": null,
    "hashtag_comment": null,
    "tagged_users_in_comment": null,
    "post_url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DVyB2KkjS07/",
    "post_user": "******",
    "comment_id": "18168596065410257",
    "post_id": "3851148751604100411_985168596"
  }
]

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Query Parameters

dataset_id · string · default: gd_ltppn085pokosxh13 · required

Must be gd_ltppn085pokosxh13 for this dataset.

notify · boolean · default: false

Send notifications when the request is completed.

include_errors · boolean · default: true

Include errors in the response.

Body

application/json

input · object[] · required

Array of input objects. See Request Body below for the supported fields.

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Response

200 - application/json

OK. See response example below the parameters.