Read and reply to comments, manage DMs, track mentions, and publish photos, videos, carousels, stories, and reels through a single REST endpoint. SocialAPI.ai handles Meta Graph API pagination, rate limits, and token refresh so you can ship features instead of reading platform docs.
Read, reply, hide, unhide, like, unlike, and delete comments on any post.
List conversations, read message threads, and send replies via the Instagram Messaging API.
Retrieve posts and stories where your account is mentioned or tagged.
Create and schedule photos, videos, carousels, stories, and reels with full media upload support.
Receive real-time events for new comments, messages, and mentions via Meta webhook subscriptions.
List comments on an Instagram post
1curl -s https://api.social-api.ai/v1/inbox/comments/<post-id> \
2 -H "Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>" | jq
3
4# Response
5{
6 "data": [
7 {
8 "id": "<comment-id>",
9 "platform": "instagram",
10 "author": { "username": "designfan", "profile_url": "..." },
11 "text": "Love this design! Where can I get one?",
12 "like_count": 12,
13 "created_at": "2026-03-20T14:32:00Z"
14 }
15 ],
16 "pagination": { "next_cursor": "<cursor>" }
17}
Fetch all comments for a specific post with a single API call. Pagination, rate-limit retries, and token refresh are handled automatically.
Read every comment across all your Instagram posts through one paginated endpoint. Reply, hide, like, or delete comments without switching between Graph API versions or managing cursor-based pagination yourself. SocialAPI.ai normalizes comment data into a consistent schema regardless of whether the comment is on a photo, reel, or carousel.
Access Instagram Direct conversations and messages through the same API you use for comments. List open conversations, read full message threads, and send text replies. SocialAPI.ai manages the Instagram Messaging API scopes and 24-hour messaging windows behind a simple POST endpoint.
Publish photos, videos, carousels, stories, and reels through a single endpoint. Upload media via presigned URLs, attach captions and alt text, then publish immediately or schedule for later. SocialAPI.ai handles the two-step container creation flow that the Instagram Content Publishing API requires.
Receive instant notifications when someone comments on your posts, sends you a DM, or mentions your account. SocialAPI.ai verifies Meta webhook signatures, deduplicates events, and forwards them to your configured webhook endpoints with exponential-backoff retries.
Monitor when other accounts mention or tag your Instagram profile. The mentions endpoint returns the post content, author details, and media URLs so you can build brand monitoring, UGC collection, or automated response workflows.
FAQ
No. SocialAPI.ai uses the Instagram API with Instagram Login flow (launched by Meta in July 2024), which lets you connect any Instagram Business or Creator account directly via OAuth, without linking a Facebook Page. You only need a personal Facebook account if you are registering your own Meta developer app.
No. Instagram only allows replies within existing conversations. You can respond to users who have messaged your account, but you cannot initiate new DM threads. This is an Instagram platform policy.
SocialAPI.ai tracks Meta Graph API rate-limit headers on every request and automatically queues retries with appropriate backoff. If a rate limit is hit, the API returns a 429 status with a Retry-After header so your application can handle it gracefully.
Yes. Upload your video via the media upload endpoint, then create a post with the type set to reel. SocialAPI.ai handles the container creation, status polling, and final publish step that the Instagram Content Publishing API requires.
SocialAPI.ai works with Instagram Business and Creator accounts. Personal accounts are not supported by the Instagram API. You can convert a personal account to a professional account in the Instagram app settings.
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