Collecting Instagram comments

[Adelie64]

Hi,

I was wondering if a feature for collecting Instagram comments is planned, or if there is a method to do so with the existing features ?

Thanks in advance!

[La-Cezanne]

I would also very much appreciate such a feature!

[dale-wahl]

Instagram does not load comments initially. Meaning you would have to open each post individually to collect the first ~15 comments. As Instagram does not appear to load comments on scroll, to collect more, you have to scroll down and click the "+" button manually. Then Zeeschuimer could collect the additional ~15 loaded comments. Repeat as desired.

At the moment, that is in principle possible.

[noseconexoes]

Maybe this help

instagram-comments.js

zeeschuimer.register_module(
'Instagram (comments)',
'instagram.com',
function (response, source_platform_url, source_url) {
// only process graphql responses
if (source_url.indexOf('graphql') < 0) {
return [];
}

    let data;
    try {
        data = JSON.parse(response);
    } catch (e) {
        return [];
    }

    // must be a graphql response with data envelope
    if (!data || !data.data) {
        return [];
    }

    // use traverse_data to find XDTCommentDict objects in the response
    // these appear in two types of queries:
    // - PolarisPostCommentsPaginationQuery (top-level comments)
    //   path: data.xdt_api__v1__media__media_id__comments__connection.edges[].node
    // - PolarisPostChildCommentsQuery (replies)
    //   path: data.xdt_api__v1__media__media_id__comments__parent_comment_id__child_comments__connection.edges[].node
    let comments = [...traverse_data(data, function (item, property) {
        if (item
            && typeof item === 'object'
            && item.__typename === 'XDTCommentDict'
            && 'pk' in item
            && 'text' in item
            && 'created_at' in item) {
            item.id = item.pk;
            return item;
        }
    })];

    return comments;
},
'instagram-comments'

);