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Instagram Comment Likers API

Returns the accounts that liked one Instagram comment, each with username, display name, avatar and verification status, page by page.

GET /v1/instagram/comment/likers

Last updated November 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team

When to use the Instagram Comment Likers API

Use it to see who liked a specific comment. For the likers of a post, use /v1/instagram/post/likers.

From the API reference

Returns the accounts that liked one Instagram comment, each with username, display name, avatar URL, verification status and profile URL. Pass the comment's numeric id as comment_id (the comment.id on /v1/instagram/post/comments rows), or its permalink (https://www.instagram.com/p/{shortcode}/c/{comment_id}/) as url. A page carries up to about 50 accounts; pass next_cursor back as cursor for the next page. A comment with no likes returns an empty list, which is not charged. There is no total like count here: read comment.engagement.likes on the comment itself.

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Instagram API

What can you do with the Comment Likers API?

The Comment Likers endpoint gives you structured Instagram data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.

Example Request

# GET /v1/instagram/comment/likers: 1 credit per page. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
# Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
# --max-time 60: the API's own time limit for this endpoint.
# --retry 3: retries timeouts, 429 and 5xx, honoring Retry-After.
# -o response.json keeps only the final attempt's body.
# One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
# Next page: send pagination.next_cursor back as cursor until pagination.has_more is false.
IDEMPOTENCY_KEY=$(od -An -N16 -tx1 /dev/urandom | tr -d ' \n')
curl -sS --max-time 60 --retry 3 -o response.json \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $IDEMPOTENCY_KEY" \
  "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/comment/likers?comment_id=18133095883781285" && cat response.json
# GET /v1/instagram/comment/likers: 1 credit per page. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
# Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
import os
import random
import time
import uuid

import requests

API_KEY = os.environ.get("SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY", "YOUR_API_KEY")
TIMEOUT_S = 60  # the API's own time limit for this endpoint.
MAX_RETRIES = 3
URL = "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/comment/likers"


def backoff(attempt):
    # Exponential backoff with jitter: about 1 s, 2 s, then 4 s.
    return 2 ** attempt * (0.5 + random.random() / 2)


def socialcrawl(params):
    # One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
    idempotency_key = str(uuid.uuid4())
    for attempt in range(MAX_RETRIES + 1):
        try:
            res = requests.get(
                URL,
                params=params,
                headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY, "Idempotency-Key": idempotency_key},
                timeout=TIMEOUT_S,
            )
            body = res.json()
        except (requests.RequestException, ValueError):
            # A timeout, a dropped connection or a non-JSON gateway page: retry with the same key.
            if attempt == MAX_RETRIES:
                raise
            time.sleep(backoff(attempt))
            continue
        if body["success"]:
            return body
        error = body["error"]
        # Branch on error["type"], never on the message text.
        if error["type"] == "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND":
            return None  # refunded: nothing to read
        retry_after = res.headers.get("Retry-After")
        # SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE without Retry-After is a withdrawn endpoint: permanent.
        permanent = error["type"] == "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE" and retry_after is None
        if not error.get("retryable") or permanent or attempt == MAX_RETRIES:
            raise RuntimeError(f"{error['type']}: {error['message']} (request_id {body['request_id']})")
        # Retry-After (seconds) wins; otherwise back off.
        time.sleep(float(retry_after) if retry_after else backoff(attempt))


params = {
    "comment_id": "18133095883781285",
}

# Walk the list: send pagination.next_cursor back as cursor until has_more is false.
MAX_PAGES = 10  # each page is one call
items = []
for _ in range(MAX_PAGES):
    body = socialcrawl(params)
    if body is None:
        break
    items.extend(body["data"]["items"])
    page = body.get("pagination") or {}
    if not page.get("has_more") or not page.get("next_cursor"):
        break
    params["cursor"] = page["next_cursor"]
print(f"{len(items)} items")
// GET /v1/instagram/comment/likers: 1 credit per page. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
// Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
const API_KEY = process.env.SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY ?? "YOUR_API_KEY";
const TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000; // the API's own time limit for this endpoint.
const MAX_RETRIES = 3;

type Page = { next_cursor: string | null; has_more: boolean };
type SocialCrawlResponse =
  | { success: true; data: any; pagination?: Page; credits_used: number; request_id: string }
  | { success: false; error: { type: string; message: string; retryable: boolean }; request_id: string };

const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
// Exponential backoff with jitter: about 1 s, 2 s, then 4 s.
const backoffMs = (attempt: number) => 2 ** attempt * 1000 * (0.5 + Math.random() / 2);

async function socialcrawl(url: URL) {
  // One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
  const idempotencyKey = crypto.randomUUID();
  for (let attempt = 0; ; attempt++) {
    let res: Response;
    let body: SocialCrawlResponse;
    try {
      res = await fetch(url, {
        headers: {
          "x-api-key": API_KEY,
          "Idempotency-Key": idempotencyKey,
        },
        signal: AbortSignal.timeout(TIMEOUT_MS),
      });
      body = (await res.json()) as SocialCrawlResponse;
    } catch (error) {
      // A timeout, a dropped connection or a non-JSON gateway page: retry with the same key.
      if (attempt >= MAX_RETRIES) throw error;
      await sleep(backoffMs(attempt));
      continue;
    }
    if (body.success) return body;
    // Branch on error.type, never on the message text.
    if (body.error.type === "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND") return null; // refunded: nothing to read
    const retryAfter = res.headers.get("Retry-After");
    // SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE without Retry-After is a withdrawn endpoint: permanent.
    const permanent = body.error.type === "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE" && retryAfter === null;
    if (!body.error.retryable || permanent || attempt >= MAX_RETRIES) {
      throw new Error(`${body.error.type}: ${body.error.message} (request_id ${body.request_id})`);
    }
    // Retry-After (seconds) wins; otherwise back off.
    await sleep(retryAfter ? Number(retryAfter) * 1000 : backoffMs(attempt));
  }
}

const url = new URL("https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/comment/likers");
url.searchParams.set("comment_id", "18133095883781285");

// Walk the list: send pagination.next_cursor back as cursor until has_more is false.
const MAX_PAGES = 10; // each page is one call
const items: unknown[] = [];
for (let page = 0; page < MAX_PAGES; page++) {
  const body = await socialcrawl(url);
  if (!body) break;
  items.push(...body.data.items);
  const next = body.pagination?.next_cursor;
  if (!body.pagination?.has_more || !next) break;
  url.searchParams.set("cursor", next);
}
console.log(`${items.length} items`);

Parameters

ParameterRequiredDescription
comment_idNoNumeric id of the Instagram comment.
urlNoPermalink of the comment: https://www.instagram.com/p/{shortcode}/c/{comment_id}/ (a reply permalink names the reply).
cursorNoPagination cursor. Use the `next_cursor` from the previous response to fetch the next page.
max_pagesNo1 to 50 (default 1, or 50 when `max_items` or `max_credits` is sent). Walk up to this many pages in one call and return the rows from all of them. Each page walked is billed exactly as one call to this endpoint (a cached page is free) and counts against your rate limit; its charge and any refund are recorded under the page's own request id, listed in `data.walk.request_ids`. The walk stops early at the last page, or when the request's time budget runs low; `data.walk.stopped` says why (`end`, `max_pages`, `max_items`, `max_credits`, `time_budget`, `page_error`) and `pagination.next_cursor` continues from where it stopped.
max_itemsNo1 to 5000. Get more in one call: keep walking pages until the response holds at least this many rows, then stop with `data.walk.stopped: "max_items"`. The last page is returned whole (it was billed), so `data.items` can hold up to one page more than this, and `pagination.next_cursor` resumes right after it without skipping a row. Walks up to 50 pages unless `max_pages` says fewer; each page is billed as one call (a cached page is free). Add `max_credits` to cap the spend. A long walk can stop on the time budget first (`"time_budget"`): send the returned cursor with the same params to continue.
max_creditsNo1 to 100000. The most this call may spend, across every page it walks. A page starts only while the credits already spent plus that page's price (or, when higher, the most any page of this walk has cost) still fit, so the call never goes past it; the walk then stops with `data.walk.stopped: "max_credits"` and the cursor to resume. Sent alone, it walks as far as the budget goes (up to 50 pages). A value below the price of one page is a free 400 whose `error.details.page_credits` names that price. Credits a row join (`include=`) adds are known only once a page has run, so page 1 is checked against its own price.
Example Response

What does the Instagram Comment Likers API return?

Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.

Example response
{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "endpoint": "/v1/tiktok/search/users",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "author": {
          "id": "user_0e9522",
          "username": "user_759369",
          "display_name": "user_f0b019",
          "avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatars/user_0ab01c.png",
          "bio": null,
          "verified": null,
          "followers": 4214875,
          "following": 1,
          "posts_count": 2341,
          "likes_count": 62731828,
          "url": null,
          "location": null
        }
      },
      {
        "author": {
          "id": "user_d26411",
          "username": "user_1f51ed",
          "display_name": "user_1f51ed",
          "avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatars/user_a81e65.png",
          "bio": null,
          "verified": null,
          "followers": 1780390,
          "following": 1,
          "posts_count": 995,
          "likes_count": 10060260,
          "url": null,
          "location": null
        }
      },
      {
        "author": {
          "id": "user_679d13",
          "username": "user_c5d687",
          "display_name": "user_8803ea",
          "avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatars/user_67de4c.png",
          "bio": null,
          "verified": null,
          "followers": 338243,
          "following": 374,
          "posts_count": 464,
          "likes_count": 2140124,
          "url": null,
          "location": null
        }
      }
    ],
    "next_cursor": "30",
    "total": 30,
    "dropped": 0
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 9999,
  "request_id": "req-8Kq2ZmR4vT9xLb3P",
  "cached": false,
  "pagination": {
    "next_cursor": "sc.eyJ2IjoyLCJjIjoiMzAiLCJwIjoiY3Vyc29yIn0",
    "has_more": true,
    "page_size": 30
  },
  "redacted": true
}

Example captured from the TikTok API. Every SocialCrawl endpoint returns this same unified schema, so your Instagram Comment Likers response has the same fields.

API Details

How does the Instagram Comment Likers API work?

Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.

Method

GET

Response

JSON

Why SocialCrawl

Why use SocialCrawl for Instagram Comment Likers data?

We handle the complexity of Instagram data extraction so you can focus on building. Unified schema, AI enrichment, and zero platform logic in your code.

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Computed fields, not just scraped

When an endpoint supports these metrics and the source provides the required inputs, the normalized record includes engagement_rate, estimated_reach, content_category, and language. Ready to use.

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import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
    params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
    headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json()
[ .JSON ]
{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "data": {
    "author": {
      "username": "charlidamelio",
      "followers": 152400000
    },
    "engagement": {
      "likes": 12400000000,
      "engagement_rate": 0.087
    },
    "metadata": {
      "language": "en",
      "content_category": "lifestyle"
    }
  }
}
+ 69 platforms
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What does the Instagram Comment Likers API return?
Returns the accounts that liked one Instagram comment, each with username, display name, avatar and verification status, page by page. The response uses the same JSON envelope as every SocialCrawl endpoint, with the data, credits_used and request_id fields.
When should I use the Instagram Comment Likers endpoint?
Use it to see who liked a specific comment. For the likers of a post, use /v1/instagram/post/likers.
How much does the Instagram Comment Likers API cost?
Each call costs 1 credit, so the 100 free credits every new account gets cover 100 calls. Credits for failed or empty calls are refunded automatically, and there is no subscription.
What parameters does the Instagram Comment Likers API need?
Identify the target with one of comment_id, url. It also accepts 6 optional parameters, all listed on this page.
How do I call the Instagram Comment Likers API?
Send a GET request to https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/comment/likers?comment_id=18133095883781285 with your API key in the x-api-key header. An Authorization: Bearer header works too.

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