# Instagram Post Comments Scraper

> Instagram Post Comments Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from x402.orthogonal.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Fetches paginated comments from an Instagram post or reel by URL, with smart billing that charges only for the first page of each logical search.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402.orthogonal.com/scrapecreators/v2/instagram/post/comments?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-post-comments-scraper-1092e372
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2-9DkA0lTCx3dIgNhl6EX

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability instagram-post-comments-scraper-1092e372
```

Example prompt: Can you pull all the comments from this Instagram post for me? Here's the URL: https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123XYZ/

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to programmatically retrieve comments from a specific Instagram post or reel by URL, especially when you need to paginate through large comment threads cost-effectively using the parentRequestId billing feature. Prefer this over manual scraping or generic web scrapers when you need structured comment data with reliable pagination support.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or inaccessible Instagram post URL returns an error
- Private account posts that are not publicly accessible cannot be scraped
- Expired or invalid pagination cursor results in an error or empty response
- Changing filter parameters on a paginated call triggers a new billable request
- Rate limiting or Instagram anti-scraping measures may cause temporary failures

## How this service works

Comments Pagination billing: call the first page normally and save billing.requestId from the Orthogonal /v1/run response. For later page, offset, or cursor calls on the same logical search, pass parentRequestId with unchanged non-pagination parameters. Valid continuation calls still get their own request IDs and quoted price, but are charged 0. Changing filters starts a new billable request.

## Output

Returns a paginated list of comments on the specified Instagram post or reel, including commenter usernames, comment text, and a cursor for retrieving the next page. Also includes billing metadata such as a requestId for use as parentRequestId on subsequent pagination calls (which are charged $0 if non-pagination parameters remain unchanged).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "url": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The URL of the post or reel to get comments from"
      },
      "cursor": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The cursor to get more comments. Get 'cursor' from previous response. For later cursor pages of the same logical search, keep non-pagination parameters unchanged and pass top-level parentRequestId from the first Orthogonal /v1/run response."
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-post-comments-scraper-1092e372/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402.orthogonal.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402.orthogonal.com/llms.txt)