Get Post Comments

Get comments from a post

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.fetchin.io/api/v1/post/comments \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.fetchin.io/api/v1/post/comments', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.fetchin.io/api/v1/post/comments",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "X-API-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.fetchin.io/api/v1/post/comments"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.fetchin.io/api/v1/post/comments")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "comments": [
    {
      "urn": "urn:li:comment:(ugcPost:7287782484287606784,7287957733851484162)",
      "text": "Great post! Thanks for sharing.",
      "createdAt": "2024-01-22T14:22:07.458Z",
      "reactionCount": 5,
      "reactionTypeCounts": [
        { "type": "LIKE", "count": 4 },
        { "type": "PRAISE", "count": 1 }
      ],
      "replyCount": 1,
      "edited": false,
      "pinned": false,
      "authorIsPostAuthor": false,
      "contributed": false,
      "permalink": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7287782484287606784?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A7287782484287606784%2C7287957733851484162%29",
      "author": {
        "type": "profile",
        "id": "urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAABCDEFG",
        "name": "Jane Doe",
        "headline": "Software Engineer at Tech Company",
        "profilePictureUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/...",
        "profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/janedoe",
        "profileId": "ACoAABCDEFG",
        "publicId": "janedoe",
        "memberId": "48211934"
      },
      "replies": [
        {
          "urn": "urn:li:comment:(ugcPost:7287782484287606784,7287960123456789012)",
          "text": "Totally agree with you!",
          "createdAt": "2024-01-22T14:35:00.000Z",
          "reactionCount": 2,
          "edited": false,
          "authorIsPostAuthor": true,
          "author": {
            "type": "profile",
            "id": "urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAAHIJKLM",
            "name": "John Smith",
            "headline": "Product Manager",
            "profilePictureUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/...",
            "profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsmith",
            "profileId": "ACoAAHIJKLM",
            "publicId": "johnsmith",
            "memberId": "11930457"
          },
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:li:comment:(ugcPost:7287782484287606784,7287958844962595073)",
      "text": "We see the same thing with our customers.",
      "createdAt": "2024-01-22T14:25:30.000Z",
      "reactionCount": 3,
      "edited": true,
      "pinned": false,
      "authorIsPostAuthor": false,
      "author": {
        "type": "company",
        "id": "urn:li:fsd_company:4999584",
        "name": "Doctolib",
        "headline": "323,490 followers",
        "profilePictureUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/...",
        "profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/doctolib/",
        "companyId": "4999584",
        "universalName": "doctolib"
      },
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "total": 42,
  "paginationToken": "MTAtMTcwNjAwMDAwMDAwMA==",
  "hasMore": true
}

{
  "error": "Missing postUrlOrUrn parameter",
  "code": "MISSING_PARAMETER"
}

{
  "error": "'sortBy' must be one of: relevance, recent (received 'newest').",
  "code": "INVALID_PARAMETER"
}

{
  "error": "Invalid API key",
  "code": "INVALID_API_KEY"
}

{
  "error": "Unable to find post from url",
  "code": "POST_NOT_FOUND"
}

{
  "error": "Quota exceeded. Upgrade your plan or wait for renewal.",
  "code": "QUOTA_EXHAUSTED",
  "details": {
    "creditsRemaining": 0,
    "subscriptionCreditsRemaining": 0,
    "paygCreditsRemaining": 0,
    "buyCreditsUrl": "https://fetchin.io/credits"
  }
}

{
  "error": "Internal server error",
  "code": "INTERNAL_ERROR"
}

{
  "error": "Service temporarily unable to serve this request. Please retry.",
  "code": "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE"
}

GET

api

post

comments

Get comments from a post

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.fetchin.io/api/v1/post/comments \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.fetchin.io/api/v1/post/comments', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.fetchin.io/api/v1/post/comments",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "X-API-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.fetchin.io/api/v1/post/comments"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.fetchin.io/api/v1/post/comments")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "comments": [
    {
      "urn": "urn:li:comment:(ugcPost:7287782484287606784,7287957733851484162)",
      "text": "Great post! Thanks for sharing.",
      "createdAt": "2024-01-22T14:22:07.458Z",
      "reactionCount": 5,
      "reactionTypeCounts": [
        { "type": "LIKE", "count": 4 },
        { "type": "PRAISE", "count": 1 }
      ],
      "replyCount": 1,
      "edited": false,
      "pinned": false,
      "authorIsPostAuthor": false,
      "contributed": false,
      "permalink": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7287782484287606784?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A7287782484287606784%2C7287957733851484162%29",
      "author": {
        "type": "profile",
        "id": "urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAABCDEFG",
        "name": "Jane Doe",
        "headline": "Software Engineer at Tech Company",
        "profilePictureUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/...",
        "profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/janedoe",
        "profileId": "ACoAABCDEFG",
        "publicId": "janedoe",
        "memberId": "48211934"
      },
      "replies": [
        {
          "urn": "urn:li:comment:(ugcPost:7287782484287606784,7287960123456789012)",
          "text": "Totally agree with you!",
          "createdAt": "2024-01-22T14:35:00.000Z",
          "reactionCount": 2,
          "edited": false,
          "authorIsPostAuthor": true,
          "author": {
            "type": "profile",
            "id": "urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAAHIJKLM",
            "name": "John Smith",
            "headline": "Product Manager",
            "profilePictureUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/...",
            "profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsmith",
            "profileId": "ACoAAHIJKLM",
            "publicId": "johnsmith",
            "memberId": "11930457"
          },
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:li:comment:(ugcPost:7287782484287606784,7287958844962595073)",
      "text": "We see the same thing with our customers.",
      "createdAt": "2024-01-22T14:25:30.000Z",
      "reactionCount": 3,
      "edited": true,
      "pinned": false,
      "authorIsPostAuthor": false,
      "author": {
        "type": "company",
        "id": "urn:li:fsd_company:4999584",
        "name": "Doctolib",
        "headline": "323,490 followers",
        "profilePictureUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/...",
        "profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/doctolib/",
        "companyId": "4999584",
        "universalName": "doctolib"
      },
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "total": 42,
  "paginationToken": "MTAtMTcwNjAwMDAwMDAwMA==",
  "hasMore": true
}

{
  "error": "Missing postUrlOrUrn parameter",
  "code": "MISSING_PARAMETER"
}

{
  "error": "'sortBy' must be one of: relevance, recent (received 'newest').",
  "code": "INVALID_PARAMETER"
}

{
  "error": "Invalid API key",
  "code": "INVALID_API_KEY"
}

{
  "error": "Unable to find post from url",
  "code": "POST_NOT_FOUND"
}

{
  "error": "Quota exceeded. Upgrade your plan or wait for renewal.",
  "code": "QUOTA_EXHAUSTED",
  "details": {
    "creditsRemaining": 0,
    "subscriptionCreditsRemaining": 0,
    "paygCreditsRemaining": 0,
    "buyCreditsUrl": "https://fetchin.io/credits"
  }
}

{
  "error": "Internal server error",
  "code": "INTERNAL_ERROR"
}

{
  "error": "Service temporarily unable to serve this request. Please retry.",
  "code": "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE"
}

Endpoint

GET /api/v1/post/comments

Authentication

Include your API key in the request header:

X-API-Key: your-api-key-here

Parameters

string

required

Professional post URL or URN.Examples:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/username_some-post-slug-1234567890-abcd
urn:li:activity:7287782484287606784
urn:li:ugcPost:7287782484287606784
urn:li:groupPost:4521873-7287782484287606784 — a post published in a group, as urn:li:groupPost:<groupId>-<postId> or any URL containing it. A post in a private group is visible to the group’s members only and answers 404 POST_NOT_FOUND, like a deleted post.

A repost without commentary answers with the original post’s comments, in either sortBy order.

string

default:"relevance"

The order comments come back in:

relevance (default) — the source’s own ranking. It returns a ranked subset of the thread, not all of it: measured, 224 of 299 top-level comments on one post.
recent — newest first. It returns the complete thread in date order, and is the way to walk every comment or to pick up new ones since your last read.

Any other value is rejected with a 400 that costs nothing ('sortBy' must be one of: relevance, recent (received '…').).

integer

default:"100"

Number of comments to fetch per page.

Minimum: 1
Maximum: 100
Default: 100

integer

default:"0"

Offset of the first comment to return. This is how you page this endpoint: advance start by the number of comments you received.

Default: 0

string

Returned for continuity with the other endpoints. It does not advance this thread — page with start.

Response

array

Top-level comments, in the source’s order for the requested sortBy, each with its replies nested.

Show Comment object

string

Unique comment identifier

string

Comment text content

string

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the comment was posted

integer

Number of reactions on the comment

array

The comment’s reactions per type, as type / count pairs in the source’s order (LIKE, PRAISE, …), when the source provides them.

integer

Number of replies the comment received, when the source states it.

boolean

true when the comment was edited after it was posted.

boolean

true when the comment is pinned to the top of the thread.

boolean

true when the comment was written by the post’s own author.

boolean

true when the comment is a contribution to a collaborative article.

string

Direct link to the comment.

object

required

Who wrote the comment, a member or a company page — read type.

Show Author object

string

profile for a member, company for a company page.

string

required

urn:li:fsd_profile:<profileId> for a member, urn:li:fsd_company:<companyId> for a company page.

string

required

Full name of the member, or name of the page

string

required

The member’s headline; for a company page, its follower line (e.g. "1,207 followers").

string

required

Profile picture (or company logo) URL

string

required

Professional profile URL of the member, or the company page URL (without a /posts suffix)

string

Members only: the profile id (ACoAA…), the same value as profileId in Fetch Profile.

string

Members only: the public identifier (/in/<publicId>).

string

Members only: the numeric member id.

string

Company pages only: the numeric company id.

string

Company pages only: the page’s public identifier (/company/<universalName>).

array

Array of reply comments (subcomments). Each reply has the same structure as a comment, but with an empty replies array.

integer

Number of top-level comments the source reports for the post — replies are not included. Omitted when the source does not report one.

string

Token for fetching the next page of comments. Only present when more comments are available.

boolean

Indicates whether there are more comments to fetch. Always false on an empty page.

Example Request

curl -X GET "https://api.fetchin.io/api/v1/post/comments?postUrlOrUrn=urn:li:ugcPost:7287782484287606784&count=10" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your-api-key-here"

const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.fetchin.io/api/v1/post/comments?postUrlOrUrn=urn:li:ugcPost:7287782484287606784&count=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'X-API-Key': 'your-api-key-here'
    }
  }
);

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

headers = {
    'X-API-Key': 'your-api-key-here'
}

params = {
    'postUrlOrUrn': 'urn:li:ugcPost:7287782484287606784',
    'count': 10
}

response = requests.get(
    'https://api.fetchin.io/api/v1/post/comments',
    headers=headers,
    params=params
)

data = response.json()
print(data)

<?php

$apiKey = 'your-api-key-here';
$postUrlOrUrn = 'urn:li:ugcPost:7287782484287606784';
$count = 10;

$url = "https://api.fetchin.io/api/v1/post/comments?postUrlOrUrn=" . urlencode($postUrlOrUrn) . "&count=" . $count;

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    'X-API-Key: ' . $apiKey
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$data = json_decode($response, true);

curl_close($ch);
print_r($data);
?>

Example Response

{
  "comments": [
    {
      "urn": "urn:li:comment:(ugcPost:7287782484287606784,7287957733851484162)",
      "text": "Great post! Thanks for sharing.",
      "createdAt": "2024-01-22T14:22:07.458Z",
      "reactionCount": 5,
      "reactionTypeCounts": [
        { "type": "LIKE", "count": 4 },
        { "type": "PRAISE", "count": 1 }
      ],
      "replyCount": 1,
      "edited": false,
      "pinned": false,
      "authorIsPostAuthor": false,
      "contributed": false,
      "permalink": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7287782484287606784?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A7287782484287606784%2C7287957733851484162%29",
      "author": {
        "type": "profile",
        "id": "urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAABCDEFG",
        "name": "Jane Doe",
        "headline": "Software Engineer at Tech Company",
        "profilePictureUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/...",
        "profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/janedoe",
        "profileId": "ACoAABCDEFG",
        "publicId": "janedoe",
        "memberId": "48211934"
      },
      "replies": [
        {
          "urn": "urn:li:comment:(ugcPost:7287782484287606784,7287960123456789012)",
          "text": "Totally agree with you!",
          "createdAt": "2024-01-22T14:35:00.000Z",
          "reactionCount": 2,
          "edited": false,
          "authorIsPostAuthor": true,
          "author": {
            "type": "profile",
            "id": "urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAAHIJKLM",
            "name": "John Smith",
            "headline": "Product Manager",
            "profilePictureUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/...",
            "profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsmith",
            "profileId": "ACoAAHIJKLM",
            "publicId": "johnsmith",
            "memberId": "11930457"
          },
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "urn": "urn:li:comment:(ugcPost:7287782484287606784,7287958844962595073)",
      "text": "We see the same thing with our customers.",
      "createdAt": "2024-01-22T14:25:30.000Z",
      "reactionCount": 3,
      "edited": true,
      "pinned": false,
      "authorIsPostAuthor": false,
      "author": {
        "type": "company",
        "id": "urn:li:fsd_company:4999584",
        "name": "Doctolib",
        "headline": "323,490 followers",
        "profilePictureUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/...",
        "profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/doctolib/",
        "companyId": "4999584",
        "universalName": "doctolib"
      },
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "total": 42,
  "paginationToken": "MTAtMTcwNjAwMDAwMDAwMA==",
  "hasMore": true
}

{
  "error": "Missing postUrlOrUrn parameter",
  "code": "MISSING_PARAMETER"
}

{
  "error": "'sortBy' must be one of: relevance, recent (received 'newest').",
  "code": "INVALID_PARAMETER"
}

{
  "error": "Invalid API key",
  "code": "INVALID_API_KEY"
}

{
  "error": "Unable to find post from url",
  "code": "POST_NOT_FOUND"
}

{
  "error": "Quota exceeded. Upgrade your plan or wait for renewal.",
  "code": "QUOTA_EXHAUSTED",
  "details": {
    "creditsRemaining": 0,
    "subscriptionCreditsRemaining": 0,
    "paygCreditsRemaining": 0,
    "buyCreditsUrl": "https://fetchin.io/credits"
  }
}

{
  "error": "Internal server error",
  "code": "INTERNAL_ERROR"
}

{
  "error": "Service temporarily unable to serve this request. Please retry.",
  "code": "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE"
}

Errors

See Error Handling for the full list of error codes and recommended handling.

400 — MISSING_PARAMETER / INVALID_PARAMETER (e.g. an unknown sortBy, free) / INVALID_URN
401 — INVALID_API_KEY
404 — POST_NOT_FOUND
402 — QUOTA_EXHAUSTED
429 — RATE_LIMITED
500 — INTERNAL_ERROR
503 — SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE

Pagination

This endpoint pages by offset:

Make an initial request with start=0
If hasMore is true, add the number of comments you received to start
Continue until hasMore is false or a page comes back empty

A page can be much shorter than count and still not be the last one — the first page of a busy thread often returns a handful of comments while hundreds remain. Trust hasMore, not the number of items returned. An empty page always has hasMore: false.

To walk every comment, use sortBy=recent. Under the default relevance the source serves a ranked subset of the thread, so a full walk ends early — measured, 224 of 299 top-level comments. recent returns the complete thread, newest first, in a stable order, which also makes it the way to pick up new comments since your last read: stop as soon as you reach a comment you already have. Compare what you collected against total to check a walk.

async function fetchAllComments(postUrlOrUrn) {
  const allComments = [];
  let start = 0;
  let hasMore = true;

  while (hasMore) {
    const params = new URLSearchParams({
      postUrlOrUrn,
      sortBy: 'recent',
      count: '100',
      start: String(start),
    });

    const response = await fetch(
      `https://api.fetchin.io/api/v1/post/comments?${params}`,
      { headers: { 'X-API-Key': 'your-api-key-here' } }
    );

    const data = await response.json();
    if (data.comments.length === 0) break;

    allComments.push(...data.comments);
    start += data.comments.length;
    hasMore = data.hasMore;
  }

  return allComments;
}

Notes

This endpoint consumes 1 credit from your credit balance per API call, regardless of the count parameter value. Errors are free — with one exception: a 404 not found costs 1 credit. See Quotas.

Comments are returned in the source’s order for the requested sortBy — relevance by default, newest first with sortBy=recent. Each comment includes its replies (subcomments) nested within, and total counts top-level comments only.

Page with start, not paginationToken. To keep a thread up to date, poll it with sortBy=recent and stop at the first comment you already have.

Authorizations

X-API-Key

string

header

required

Query Parameters

postUrlOrUrn

string

required

Professional post URL or URN: urn:li:activity:<id>, urn:li:ugcPost:<id>, a group post as urn:li:groupPost:<groupId>-<postId>, or any post URL containing one. A repost without commentary answers with the original post's comments.

Example:

"https://www.linkedin.com/posts/username_post-slug-1234567890-abcd"

sortBy

enum<string>

default:relevance

Order of the comments. relevance (default) is the source's own ranking and returns a ranked SUBSET of the thread (measured: 224 of 299 top-level comments). recent returns the COMPLETE thread, newest first: use it to walk every comment or to pick up new ones. Any other value is a 400 that costs nothing.

Available options:

relevance,

recent

count

integer

default:100

Number of comments to fetch (default: 100)

Required range: 1 <= x <= 100

start

integer

default:0

Offset of the first item to return. This endpoint pages by offset: advance start by the number of items you received. Keep requesting while hasMore is true; an empty page ends the list.

Required range: x >= 0

paginationToken

string

Returned for continuity with the other endpoints. It does not advance this thread - page with start.

Response

Successfully fetched comments

comments

object[]

Top-level comments in the source's order for sortBy, each with its replies nested.

Show child attributes

total

integer

Number of top-level comments the source reports for the post (replies not included). Omitted when the source does not report one.

Example:

42

paginationToken

string

Token for fetching the next page

hasMore

boolean

Whether more comments are available. Always false on an empty page.

Getting Started

Core Concepts

Apify Compatibility

Account

Posts

Profile

Company

Endpoint

Authentication

Parameters

Response

Example Request

Example Response

Errors

Notes

Authorizations

Query Parameters

Response

​Endpoint

​Authentication

​Parameters

​Response

​Example Request

​Example Response

​Errors

​Pagination

​Notes

Authorizations

Query Parameters

Response

Endpoint

Authentication

Parameters

Response

Example Request

Example Response

Errors

Pagination

Notes