Instagram Media Engagement Scraper — Info, Comments & Likes

Get the full record for any public Instagram post or reel, and optionally the people who commented and liked it. No login, no cookie, no session.

Counts tell you a post did well. The comment and liker lists tell you who it reached.

Input

Field	Type	Default	What it does
codes	array	—	Required. Shortcodes, numeric media IDs, or full post/reel URLs.
scraperType	enum	mediaInfo	Required. mediaInfo or mediaInfoWeb.
addonComments	boolean	false	Attaches a page of comments to each result.
addonLikes	boolean	false	Attaches the liker list to each result.
commentsSortType	enum	popular	popular, recent, verified. Only with comments on.

{
  "codes": ["DDPp2UWzWEm", "https://www.instagram.com/p/DDPp2UWzWEm/"],
  "scraperType": "mediaInfo",
  "addonComments": true,
  "commentsSortType": "recent"
}

Shortcodes, media IDs, and full URLs all work in the same field. The shortcode is the segment after /p/ or /reel/, and it's the code field on every row from Instagram Profile Content and Instagram Hashtag & Keyword Search.

Output

Field	What it holds
pk	Instagram media ID
code	Shortcode
like_count	Likes
comment_count	Comments
taken_at	When it was posted
media_type	Image, video, or carousel
comments	Comment records, with addonComments
likes	Liker records, with addonLikes

{
  "pk": "3412987456123456789",
  "code": "DDPp2UWzWEm",
  "like_count": 1842203,
  "comment_count": 12043,
  "taken_at": 1785312000
}

Two modes, two sources

mediaInfo and mediaInfoWeb fetch the same post through different Instagram endpoints — the app API and the web GraphQL layer. They usually agree.

Use mediaInfoWeb as a fallback: when a post returns nothing on mediaInfo, the web variant sometimes resolves it, and the reverse also happens. If a code you're sure about comes back empty, try the other mode before assuming the post is gone. mediaInfoWeb returns a slightly narrower record — no taken_at or media_type — so prefer mediaInfo when both work.

Questions

popular, recent, or verified — which sort? recent for a complete sweep, since the order is stable and predictable. popular is Instagram's ranking, which surfaces the substantial comments first but reshuffles between runs, making it poor for diffing. verified narrows to verified accounts, which on a large post is the fastest way to find notable engagement in a flood of replies.

Do I get every comment? No. addonComments attaches a page, and Instagram paginates. comment_count reports the real total, so on a heavily commented post the count and the attached array will disagree — the count is authoritative, the array is a sample.

Do I get everyone who liked it? The liker list as Instagram serves it, which on very large posts is a bounded subset rather than the full set. like_count remains the true total.

Why did a code return nothing? The post was deleted, made private, or the account went private. Failing that, try the other scraperType — the two endpoints don't always agree on what they can resolve. A code that fails on both is genuinely unavailable.

What do the addons cost? addonComments and addonLikes are billed per media item each. Enabling both on 100 posts is 200 extra events on top of the 100 results. They're independent, so you can take comments without likers.

Where do I get codes in bulk? The code field on rows from Instagram Profile Content or Instagram Hashtag & Keyword Search. Typing them by hand doesn't scale past a handful.

Can I read a private account's post? No. Public media only, and no session is used.

Other Instagram Actors

Actor	Use when
Instagram Profile Content	You need codes — an account's posts and reels
Instagram Hashtag & Keyword Search	You need codes by subject
Instagram Followers & Following	You want an account's audience
Instagram User Search	You're looking for accounts by keyword

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