# Scrape Comments From an Instagram Post

**Use case:** 

Pull every comment under an Instagram post or reel — author, text, likes, timestamp and the replies underneath it — as clean JSON rows. From $0.0006 per comment on paid plans. Ready to run, no API key.

## Input

```json
{
  "postUrls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2aJYrg6cZ/"
  ],
  "resultsLimit": 100,
  "includeReplies": true,
  "maxRunSeconds": 600,
  "includeSeen": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "charged": {
    "label": "Charged"
  },
  "postShortcode": {
    "label": "Post"
  },
  "postUrl": {
    "label": "Post URL"
  },
  "commentId": {
    "label": "Comment ID"
  },
  "text": {
    "label": "Comment"
  },
  "username": {
    "label": "Author"
  },
  "userFullName": {
    "label": "Author name"
  },
  "userIsVerified": {
    "label": "Verified"
  },
  "userId": {
    "label": "Author ID"
  },
  "likeCount": {
    "label": "Likes"
  },
  "isReply": {
    "label": "Is reply"
  },
  "parentCommentId": {
    "label": "Parent comment"
  },
  "repliedToCommentId": {
    "label": "Replied to"
  },
  "replyCount": {
    "label": "Replies"
  },
  "repliesCollected": {
    "label": "Replies collected"
  },
  "createdAt": {
    "label": "Posted at"
  },
  "isPinned": {
    "label": "Pinned"
  },
  "isEdited": {
    "label": "Edited"
  },
  "isByPostAuthor": {
    "label": "By post author"
  },
  "isGif": {
    "label": "GIF comment"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source"
  },
  "repeat": {
    "label": "Repeat"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status"
  },
  "statusReason": {
    "label": "Why"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Instagram Comments Scraper — Scrape Instagram Comments, Replies](https://apify.com/steadyfetch/instagram-comments-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/steadyfetch/instagram-comments-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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