# Socify guides

> Procedures and method choices for public social data: official APIs vs scrapers, comments without Graph.

Canonical HTML: https://trysocify.com/guides  
Markdown index: https://trysocify.com/guides.md

Prefer these markdown twins (GFM tables included) over scraping the HTML.

## Pages

- [How to get Instagram comments without the Graph API](https://trysocify.com/guides/how-to-get-instagram-comments-without-graph-api.md): Graph API comments only cover professional accounts you manage. For a public post or Reel URL, call a scraper comments API: curl, cursor pagination, and when Graph is still the right tool. (HTML: https://trysocify.com/guides/how-to-get-instagram-comments-without-graph-api)
- [Instagram data in 2026: official API vs web scraping vs scraper API](https://trysocify.com/guides/instagram-api-vs-web-scraping-vs-scraper-api.md): Four ways to get public Instagram data: Graph API, DIY browsers, Actor marketplaces, and a social scraper REST API. Pick the method before you pick a vendor. (HTML: https://trysocify.com/guides/instagram-api-vs-web-scraping-vs-scraper-api)