---
title: "Get a Substack post’s comments"
method: GET
path: "/v1/substack/post/comments"
tags: ["Substack"]
---

# Get a Substack post’s comments

`GET /v1/substack/post/comments`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.scrapeatlas.com`
- URL: `https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/substack/post/comments`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Retrieve comment text, author details, reaction counts and replies. Parent IDs and depth link each reply to its discussion. Each successful request costs 1 account credit, including partial results. Failed requests cost 0 credits.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required
- `limit` string
- `depth` string

## Response `200`

Inspect the response status and failure or coverage fields.

- union
  - object
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` number, required
    - `success` true, required
    - `status` 'success' | 'partial', required
    - `sourceUrl` string, uri, required
    - `fetchedAt` string, date-time, required
    - `coverage` object, required
      - `source` 'public_web', required
      - `complete` boolean, required
      - `warnings` string[], required
      - `order` 'source_order' | 'ranked'
    - `postId` integer, required
    - `comments` object[], required
      - `id` integer, required
      - `body` string, nullable, required
      - `body_json` object, nullable, required
      - `publication_id` integer, nullable, required
      - `post_id` integer, nullable, required
      - `user_id` integer, nullable, required
      - `ancestor_path` string, nullable, required
      - `type` string, nullable, required
      - `deleted` boolean, nullable, required
      - `date` string, nullable, required
      - `edited_at` string, nullable, required
      - `name` string, nullable, required
      - `photo_url` string, nullable, required
      - `handle` string, nullable, required
      - `user_slug` string, nullable, required
      - `reaction_count` integer, nullable, required
      - `reactions` object, required
      - `restacks` integer, nullable, required
      - `children_count` integer, nullable, required
      - `parentId` integer, nullable, required
      - `depth` integer, required
    - `commentCount` integer, required
    - `maxDepth` integer, required
  - object
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` number, required
    - `success` false, required
    - `status` 'failed' | 'challenged', required
    - `failure` object, required
      - `code` 'invalid_request' | 'unauthorized' | 'not_found' | 'restricted_page' | 'upstream_challenged' | 'upstream_rate_limited' | 'upstream_error' | 'unsupported_page' | 'response_too_large' | 'unsafe_redirect' | 'request_limit' | 'timeout' | 'busy' | 'payload_too_complex', required
      - `message` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `401`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `402`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `403`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `404`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `408`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `413`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `429`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `500`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `502`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `503`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `504`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.

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