# Insta Comment Bot (`dead00/insta-comment-bot`) Actor A simple automated Instagram bot that comments on posts and reels. You can target specific posts by URL to find posts to comment on. - **URL**: https://apify.com/dead00/insta-comment-bot.md - **Developed by:** [Dead](https://apify.com/dead00) (community) - **Categories:** Social media, Automation, Other - **Stats:** 297 total users, 9 monthly users, 98.7% runs succeeded, 11 bookmarks - **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars ## Pricing from $0.01 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Instagram Comment Bot A simple automated Instagram bot that comments on posts and reels. You can target specific posts by URL to find posts to comment on. ### What This Bot Does - Automatically comments on Instagram posts and reels - Can target specific posts using their URLs - Supports both regular posts and reels - Includes delays to avoid getting blocked by Instagram ### How to Use #### Step 1: Required Information You **must** provide: 1. **Comments** - A list of comments the bot will randomly choose from 2. **Targets** - Either specific post URLs OR hashtags to search (or both) 3. **Login** - Either your Instagram cookies OR username/password #### Step 2: Configure Your Run ##### Comments (Required) Add the comments you want the bot to post: ```` Great post! 👍 Love this content! Amazing! 🔥 Nice work! ``` ##### Choose Your Targets **Specific Post URLs** ``` https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123/ https://www.instagram.com/reel/XYZ789/ ```` ##### Login Method **Instagram Cookies (Recommended)** - Log into Instagram in your browser - Use a browser extension like "Cookie Editor" to export cookies - Paste the cookie data ### Example Setup #### Example - **Comments**: `["Great post!", "Love this!", "Nice work!"]` - **Post URLs**: `["https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123/"]` - **Username**: `your_username` - **Password**: `your_password` ### Important Safety Notes ⚠️ **Rate Limits**: Don't comment too much! Instagram may block you if you comment too frequently. **Safe Usage:** - Maximum 15-20 comments per hour - Take breaks between runs - Don't run continuously **The bot will warn you if you're trying to do too many actions at once.** ### Output Data The bot saves information about each comment: - Which post was commented on - What comment was posted - Whether it was successful or failed - Timestamp of the action ### Troubleshooting **"Failed to login"** - Check your cookies are correct - Try using fresh cookies - Make sure your account isn't locked **"Error commenting on post"** - The post might not allow comments - Your account might be rate limited - Try again later ### Getting Instagram Cookies 1. Go to Instagram.com and log in 2. Install "Cookie Editor" browser extension 3. Click the extension icon on Instagram 4. Export cookies as JSON 5. Copy and paste into the "Instagram Cookies" field ### Need Help? Make sure you have: - ✅ At least one comment - ✅ Either post URLs or hashtags (or both) - ✅ Login credentials (cookies or username/password) The bot will tell you exactly what's missing if you try to run without required information. # Actor input Schema ## `cookies` (type: `array`): Instagram cookies exported from EditThisCookie browser extension as JSON array. To get cookies: 1) Log into Instagram in your browser, 2) Install EditThisCookie extension, 3) Visit Instagram.com, 4) Click the EditThisCookie extension icon, 5) Click 'Export' button, 6) Copy the entire JSON array and paste it here. The scraper will automatically extract the required sessionid cookie from this array. ## `comments` (type: `array`): List of comments that will be randomly selected and posted ## `post_urls` (type: `array`): Direct URLs to Instagram posts or reels to comment on ## Actor input object example ```json { "cookies": [ { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1812479304.351636, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": true, "name": "ps_n", "path": "/", "sameSite": "no_restriction", "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "1" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1812479142.34707, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": true, "name": "datr", "path": "/", "sameSite": "no_restriction", "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "puT4aVbPFkAlE0xTrV67Y2s2" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1809455148.357805, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": false, "name": "ig_nrcb", "path": "/", "sameSite": null, "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "1" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1787499086.207922, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": false, "name": "ds_user_id", "path": "/", "sameSite": "no_restriction", "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "79639868129" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1814283086.207787, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": false, "name": "csrftoken", "path": "/", "sameSite": null, "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "oPWz74ERgDIaYAgjxu0teIWd1SwfUqur" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1809455149.587414, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": true, "name": "ig_did", "path": "/", "sameSite": null, "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "58B49B12-D0B8-49AD-8EB4-69B89996C33B" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1812479304.351395, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": true, "name": "ps_l", "path": "/", "sameSite": "lax", "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "1" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1780327882, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": false, "name": "wd", "path": "/", "sameSite": "lax", "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "1536x872" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1812479148, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": false, "name": "mid", "path": "/", "sameSite": null, "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "afjkpgALAAHPG__yXfsTHCnzNeMK" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1811259062.557864, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": true, "name": "sessionid", "path": "/", "sameSite": null, "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "79639868129%3ATjTxv47JdsmM9I%3A11%3AAYhSIYE6LygHMJ8sVHNr0Zs-UXEl54hceRBqjvpPzg" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1780327882, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": false, "name": "dpr", "path": "/", "sameSite": "no_restriction", "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "1.25" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": true, "name": "rur", "path": "/", "sameSite": "lax", "secure": true, "session": true, "storeId": null, "value": "\"CLN\\05479639868129\\0541811259084:01fe38f6b2d3adb3901f653daf25ae1f262f140674d6cffdd6106732b05e13cb77199502\"" } ], "comments": [ "Love this! ❤️" ], "post_urls": [ "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMf7ha2NJED/" ] } ```` # Actor output Schema ## `overview` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("dead00/insta-comment-bot").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("dead00/insta-comment-bot").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call dead00/insta-comment-bot --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=dead00/insta-comment-bot", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Insta Comment Bot", "description": "A simple automated Instagram bot that comments on posts and reels. You can target specific posts by URL to find posts to comment on.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "qQ6JeQ4uuMBKiWpgD" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/dead00~insta-comment-bot/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-dead00-insta-comment-bot", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/dead00~insta-comment-bot/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-dead00-insta-comment-bot", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/dead00~insta-comment-bot/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-dead00-insta-comment-bot", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "comments", "cookies", "post_urls" ], "properties": { "cookies": { "title": "Instagram Cookies (JSON Array)", "type": "array", "description": "Instagram cookies exported from EditThisCookie browser extension as JSON array. To get cookies: 1) Log into Instagram in your browser, 2) Install EditThisCookie extension, 3) Visit Instagram.com, 4) Click the EditThisCookie extension icon, 5) Click 'Export' button, 6) Copy the entire JSON array and paste it here. The scraper will automatically extract the required sessionid cookie from this array.", "default": [ { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1812479304.351636, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": true, "name": "ps_n", "path": "/", "sameSite": "no_restriction", "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "1" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1812479142.34707, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": true, "name": "datr", "path": "/", "sameSite": "no_restriction", "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "puT4aVbPFkAlE0xTrV67Y2s2" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1809455148.357805, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": false, "name": "ig_nrcb", "path": "/", "sameSite": null, "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "1" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1787499086.207922, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": false, "name": "ds_user_id", "path": "/", "sameSite": "no_restriction", "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "79639868129" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1814283086.207787, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": false, "name": "csrftoken", "path": "/", "sameSite": null, "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "oPWz74ERgDIaYAgjxu0teIWd1SwfUqur" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1809455149.587414, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": true, "name": "ig_did", "path": "/", "sameSite": null, "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "58B49B12-D0B8-49AD-8EB4-69B89996C33B" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1812479304.351395, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": true, "name": "ps_l", "path": "/", "sameSite": "lax", "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "1" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1780327882, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": false, "name": "wd", "path": "/", "sameSite": "lax", "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "1536x872" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1812479148, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": false, "name": "mid", "path": "/", "sameSite": null, "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "afjkpgALAAHPG__yXfsTHCnzNeMK" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1811259062.557864, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": true, "name": "sessionid", "path": "/", "sameSite": null, "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "79639868129%3ATjTxv47JdsmM9I%3A11%3AAYhSIYE6LygHMJ8sVHNr0Zs-UXEl54hceRBqjvpPzg" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "expirationDate": 1780327882, "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": false, "name": "dpr", "path": "/", "sameSite": "no_restriction", "secure": true, "session": false, "storeId": null, "value": "1.25" }, { "domain": ".instagram.com", "hostOnly": false, "httpOnly": true, "name": "rur", "path": "/", "sameSite": "lax", "secure": true, "session": true, "storeId": null, "value": "\"CLN\\05479639868129\\0541811259084:01fe38f6b2d3adb3901f653daf25ae1f262f140674d6cffdd6106732b05e13cb77199502\"" } ] }, "comments": { "title": "Comments to Post", "type": "array", "description": "List of comments that will be randomly selected and posted", "default": [ "Love this! ❤️" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "post_urls": { "title": "Specific Post URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Direct URLs to Instagram posts or reels to comment on", "default": [ "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMf7ha2NJED/" ], "items": { "type": "string" } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```