SOCIAL MEDIA

Instagram Get Post Commenters API

Extract commenters, comment text, and sibling posts from a post page. One call = ~24 lead-gen entities. No auth needed.

Part of: Instagram Post Scraper API

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How to call it

Send one POST to api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-commenters.post with your key in the X-Api-Key header and the parameters below as a JSON body. Each call spends 15 weighted units of your monthly quota. The operation times out after 30 seconds. Identical requests are served from cache for 300 seconds, unbilled.

endpoint
POST https://api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-commenters.post

Instagram Get Post Commenters API reference

Request parameters

proxyUrl
string — Optional proxy URL
shortcode
stringrequired — Post shortcode
sessionCookies
string — JSON-serialized dict of web session cookies for authenticated reads

Response fields

caption
stringrequired
success
booleanrequired
comments
arrayrequired
comments[].text
stringrequired
comments[].username
stringrequired
comments[].commentId
stringrequired
comments[].createdAt
integer
elapsedMs
integerrequired
fetchedAt
stringrequired
shortcode
stringrequired
commenters
arrayrequired
commenters[].userId
stringrequired
commenters[].username
stringrequired
commenters[].isVerified
boolean
commenters[].profilePicUrl
string
ownerUsername
stringrequired
siblingShortcodes
arrayrequired

Example request and response

The example response is generated from this operation’s published output schema — it shows the shape and field names, not values from a recorded call.

json — example request body
{
  "shortcode": "example"
}
json — example response shape
{
  "caption": "example",
  "success": false,
  "comments": [
    {
      "text": "Hello, world",
      "username": "torvalds",
      "commentId": "example",
      "createdAt": 1
    }
  ],
  "elapsedMs": 1,
  "fetchedAt": "example",
  "shortcode": "example",
  "commenters": [
    {
      "userId": "example",
      "username": "torvalds",
      "isVerified": false,
      "profilePicUrl": "example"
    }
  ],
  "ownerUsername": "example",
  "siblingShortcodes": [
    "example"
  ]
}

Code snippets

cURL
curl
curl -X POST https://api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-commenters.post \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -d '{ "shortcode": "example" }'
JavaScript
javascript
const response = await fetch('https://api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-commenters.post', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "shortcode": "example"
}),
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Python
python
import requests

response = requests.post(
    'https://api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-commenters.post',
    headers={
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
    json={
  "shortcode": "example"
},
)

print(response.json())
Go
go
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	payload := []byte(`{ "shortcode": "example" }`)

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-commenters.post", bytes.NewBuffer(payload))
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, err := client.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	var result map[string]any
	json.Unmarshal(body, &result)
	fmt.Println(result)
}
PHP
php
<?php

$payload = json_encode([
    'shortcode' => 'example',
]);

$ch = curl_init('https://api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-commenters.post');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST           => true,
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS     => $payload,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => [
        'Content-Type: application/json',
        'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY',
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

$data = json_decode($response, true);
var_dump($data);
Ruby
ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-commenters.post')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
request.body = { "shortcode": "example" }.to_json

response = http.request(request)
puts JSON.parse(response.body)
Java
java
import okhttp3.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import java.util.Map;

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

String json = "{ \"shortcode\": \"example\" }";

RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(json, MediaType.get("application/json"));
Request request = new Request.Builder()
    .url("https://api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-commenters.post")
    .post(body)
    .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    .build();

try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
    Map<?, ?> result = mapper.readValue(response.body().string(), Map.class);
    System.out.println(result);
}
C#
csharp
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Text.Json;

using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY");

var payload = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<object>("{ \"shortcode\": \"example\" }");
var response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync("https://api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-commenters.post", payload);

var result = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<JsonElement>();
Console.WriteLine(result);

Frequently asked questions

How much does the Instagram Get Post Commenters API cost per call?

Each call spends 15 weighted units of your plan's monthly quota. Full pricing is at https://upapi.io/pricing.

How do I authenticate to the Instagram Get Post Commenters API?

Send your key in the X-Api-Key header. A free guest key is available without creating an account.

Are Instagram Get Post Commenters API responses cached?

Yes — identical requests are served from cache for 300 seconds, and a cache hit is not billed.

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