> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.lobstr.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Update Settings

> Configure Instagram Comments Scraper settings

Configure your **Instagram Comments Scraper** squid settings.

## Headers

<ParamField header="Authorization" type="string" required>
  Your API authentication token. Value: `Token YOUR_API_KEY`
</ParamField>

<ParamField header="Content-Type" type="string" required>
  Must be application/json. Value: `application/json`
</ParamField>

## Squid Parameters

| Parameter                      | Type         | Default  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ------------------------------ | ------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| max\_unique\_results\_per\_run | int          | —        | Maximum number of unique results retrieved across all tasks in the entire run. Leave empty for unlimited.                                                                                                                 |
| max\_results                   | integer      | —        | Total comments the crawler will collect per post.                                                                                                                                                                         |
| sort\_order                    | string       | `recent` | Sort comments by most recent or most popular. `recent` paginates the full comment thread; `popular` returns only the top comments Instagram surfaces publicly. One of: `recent`, `popular`.                               |
| fetch\_since                   | fetch\_since | —        | Stop scraping when comments older than this threshold are reached (based on `timestamp`). Use a relative duration (24h, 7d, 2w) or an absolute date (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS). If not provided, no time filtering is applied. |
| fetch\_since\_timezone         | string       | —        | Timezone for interpreting an absolute `fetch_since` date (e.g. `Europe/Paris`). Ignored for relative values.                                                                                                              |
| include\_child\_comments       | boolean      | false    | Also collect replies to comments. Each reply counts as a separate result.                                                                                                                                                 |

## Code Examples

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X POST https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/YOUR_SQUID_HASH \
    -H "Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "sort_order": "popular",
      "include_child_comments": true,
      "max_results": 200
    }'
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  response = requests.post(
      "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/YOUR_SQUID_HASH",
      headers={
          "Authorization": "Token YOUR_API_KEY",
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
      },
      json={
          "sort_order": "popular",
          "include_child_comments": True,
          "max_results": 200,
      },
  )
  print(response.json())
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Response

```json 201 theme={null}
{"params": {"sort_order": "popular", "include_child_comments": true, "max_results": 200}}
```