| name | instagram-post |
| description | Instagram single-post lookup by shortcode or URL — post info, comments, and recent likers. |
instagram-post
Single-post operations on Instagram. Accepts both shortcodes (DYkCUGmjfMc) and full post URLs (https://www.instagram.com/p/DYkCUGmjfMc/, /reel/<code>/, /tv/<code>/).
Prerequisites
- Node.js 22+
- Session captured via the
instagram-user skill — auth is shared.
Usage
Post info
node scripts/instagram-post.mjs info <shortcode|url>
Returns id, caption (with extracted hashtags + mentions), media URLs, carousel items, like and comment counts, owner, location, and accessibility caption.
Comments
node scripts/instagram-post.mjs comments <shortcode|url> [--count=20] [--cursor=X]
Returns comment objects (text, like count, reply count, author) with nextCursor for pagination.
Recent likers
node scripts/instagram-post.mjs likers <shortcode|url>
Returns the first page of likers (~24). Instagram does not expose deep liker pagination on the web.
How it works
Instagram post URLs use a base64-encoded media_id (the shortcode). The script decodes it to the numeric media_id using the alphabet A–Za–z0–9-_, then calls:
GET /api/v1/media/<media_id>/info/GET /api/v1/media/<media_id>/comments/GET /api/v1/media/<media_id>/likers/
Auth (cookies + csrftoken) is loaded from the shared session file at ~/.local/share/showrun/data/instagram/session.json.
