Get post comments from Instagram with KonbiniAPI

Returns top-level comments on an Instagram post. Fixed page size of 15 (platform limit). Includes comment text, author info, like counts, and timestamps.

This API endpoint returns top-level comments on an Instagram post. Fixed page size of 15 (platform limit). Includes comment text, author info, like counts, and timestamps.

Perfect for

Comment sentiment analysis for brand reputation monitoring
Community feedback and UGC collection for product research
Moderation and toxicity detection workflow automation

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1. Make the request

const response = await fetch("https://api.konbiniapi.com/v1/instagram/posts/DGS29x/comments", {
  headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
});

const data = await response.json();

2. Get clean JSON

Response (200 OK)

{
  "data": {
    "@context": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#",
      "https://konbiniapi.com/ns/social#"
    ],
    "type": "OrderedCollectionPage",
    "partOf": "https://api.konbiniapi.com/v1/instagram/posts/CybWViruta1/comments",
    "totalItems": 1309,
    "cursor": "0",
    "nextCursor": "1772217402000",
    "next": "https://api.konbiniapi.com/v1/instagram/posts/CybWViruta1/comments?cursor=abc123&count=15",
    "itemCount": 30,
    "orderedItems": [
      {
        "type": "Note",
        "id": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CybWViruta1/c/17890000000000001/",
        "entityId": "17890000000000001",
        "content": "This man hasn't been in my fyp for so long",
        "published": "2026-02-27T20:37:38.000Z",
        "likeCount": 93210,
        "replyCount": 12,
        "attributedTo": {
          "type": "Person",
          "id": "https://www.instagram.com/khaby00/",
          "url": "https://www.instagram.com/khaby00/",
          "entityId": "779085683",
          "preferredUsername": "khaby00",
          "name": "Khabane Lame",
          "icon": {
            "type": "Image",
            "url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/avatar.jpg"
          },
          "role": "collaborator"
        },
        "inReplyTo": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CybWViruta1/"
      }
    ]
  }
}