Comments

List comments

Media ids come from comment webhook events or from your post list.
Always request fields explicitly.
Meta’s default response omits from and text.

curl "https://gateway.hookmyapp.com/meta/v25.0/${MEDIA_ID}/comments?fields=id,from,text,timestamp,like_count,hidden" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${INSTAGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN}"

Results are top-level comments, 50 per page, with cursor paging.
Add replies to fields for nested replies, or read them directly:

curl "https://gateway.hookmyapp.com/meta/v25.0/${COMMENT_ID}/replies?fields=id,from,text,timestamp" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${INSTAGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN}"

Comment mentions of your account arrive through the same comment surface. See comment webhook events.

Reply publicly

Posts a threaded reply under the comment.

curl -X POST "https://gateway.hookmyapp.com/meta/v25.0/${COMMENT_ID}/replies" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${INSTAGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "message": "Thanks!" }'

You cannot reply to a hidden comment. Unhide it first.

Reply privately

Sends a DM to the commenter instead of a public reply.

curl -X POST "https://gateway.hookmyapp.com/meta/v25.0/${INSTAGRAM_ACCOUNT_ID}/messages" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${INSTAGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "recipient": { "comment_id": "17900000000000000" },
  "message": { "text": "Sent you the details in DM." }
}'

Private replies have hard limits from Meta:
One private reply per comment.
Within 7 days of the comment’s creation for comments on posts and reels.
For comments on a live video, only while the broadcast is live. Once the Live ends, private replies to its comments are rejected regardless of the 7-day window.
At most 750 private replies per hour.

These rejections are permanent for that comment or recipient. Retrying the same call can never succeed, so drop it instead of retrying:

Status	`error_subcode`	Meaning
`409`	`2534023`	This comment already received a private reply. Meta allows only one.
`403`	`2534022`	The message is outside the allowed window (7 days for posts and reels, live-only for Live comments).
`400`	`2534014`	The requested user can’t be found.
`400`	`2534001`	The recipient archived or deleted the conversation.

The 750-per-hour quota is different: it resets on its own, so a request rejected for the quota can be retried after the window passes. The response body carries the same fields Meta returns (code, error_subcode, fbtrace_id), so your automation can branch on error_subcode directly.

Hide, delete, and disable

# Hide a comment (unhide with hide=false)
curl -X POST "https://gateway.hookmyapp.com/meta/v25.0/${COMMENT_ID}?hide=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${INSTAGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN}"

# Delete a comment (only on your own media)
curl -X DELETE "https://gateway.hookmyapp.com/meta/v25.0/${COMMENT_ID}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${INSTAGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN}"

# Turn commenting off for a post (re-enable with comment_enabled=true)
curl -X POST "https://gateway.hookmyapp.com/meta/v25.0/${MEDIA_ID}?comment_enabled=false" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${INSTAGRAM_ACCESS_TOKEN}"

Moderate with the CLI

# List comments
hookmyapp instagram comments list --channel @your-handle --media <media-id>

# Get comment
hookmyapp instagram comments get <comment-id> --channel @your-handle

# Reply to comment
hookmyapp instagram comments reply --channel @your-handle --comment <comment-id> --text "thanks"

# Send private reply
hookmyapp instagram comments private-reply --channel @your-handle --comment <comment-id> --text "sent you a DM"

# Hide comment (add --unhide to reverse)
hookmyapp instagram comments hide --channel @your-handle --comment <comment-id>

# Delete comment
hookmyapp instagram comments delete <comment-id> --channel @your-handle

Moderate with MCP

Three tools cover comments: list_instagram_comments, reply_instagram_comment (public or private), and moderate_instagram_comment (hide, unhide, delete, or turn comments on or off for a post).

Use HookMyApp MCP to list new comments on my latest Instagram post, reply to genuine questions, and hide spam.

See MCP for setup.

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Receive webhooks: Get notified when comments arrive.
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​List comments

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​Reply privately

​Hide, delete, and disable

​Moderate with the CLI

​Moderate with MCP

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List comments

Reply publicly

Reply privately

Hide, delete, and disable

Moderate with the CLI

Moderate with MCP

Next steps