Watch your accounts, your competitors, and the comments under both.
Daily sweeps from cache, live reads when something is going on, and a clear answer when a post disappears.
100 free requests, no card needed.
- @s.okaforreply to @yourbrand14:03is this the official yourbrand account? got a DM from a lookalikePossible impersonatorLive
- @mvdbergcomment on @yourbrand · reel13:51yourbrand refund still pending after 9 days, anyone else?Refund mentions · 12 todayLive
- @lin.uxcomment on @rivalco · video11:20switched from yourbrand to rivalco, half the priceCache · 24h
- @rivalcopost · DL9ka02pQ1x10:14post mentioning rivalco launch was removedPost deleted · 404Cache · 24h
- @jbrandtcomment on @yourbrand · reel06:02love the new yourbrand drop, ordered twoCache · 24h
For teams like Stalkr, Brand24, Sprout Social, Agorapulse, and Later.
The problem
Why teams use Openhandle.
| Check | Result | Code | Alert |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 · post | 2,411 likes | 200 | None |
| 14:01 · comments | 38 new | 200 | Spike |
| 14:03 · post | error | 500 | None |
The post was deleted at 14:02. The scraper returned a generic error, your pipeline retried for an hour, and the takedown went unnoticed.
| Check | Result | Code | Alert |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 · post | 2,411 likes | 200 | None |
| 14:01 · comments | 38 new | 200 | Spike |
| 14:03 · post | not found | 404 | Deleted |
Same post, same minute. A definitive not-found code turns the deletion into an alert you can act on.
How it works
How a monitoring job works.
- 01
Sweep daily from cache
Profiles and the comments under recent posts, yours and theirs, once a day from the 24-hour cache.
- 02
Alert on what changed
New comments, new posts, a spike, or a post that returned not-found. Each one is a normal response you can match on.
- 03
Go live during an incident
Switch the same calls to live for the hours it matters, then back to cache when it is over.
curl "https://api.openhandle.dev/v1/instagram/posts/DAbCdEfGhIj/comments?freshness=live" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENHANDLE_API_KEY"{
"platform": "instagram",
"resource": "comments",
"capturedAt": "2026-09-02T14:03:52Z",
"source": "live",
"data": [
{
"id": "18021499870",
"text": "is this the official account? got a DM from a lookalike",
"author": { "handle": "s.okafor", "isVerified": false, … },
"metrics": { "likes": 12, "replies": 3 }
},
…
],
"nextCursor": "eyJvZmZzZXQiOjIwfQ"
}Read live, right now. The next cursor is opaque and each page is one request, so you read exactly the pages you need.
Trust
Know what changed and when.
Proper invoicing
Card payment, an invoice for every charge. Nothing prepaid, nothing that expires.
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Documentation
Read how it works.
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