Instagram API

23 endpoints for public Instagram data, from 1 credit a call. Same response format and field names as every other platform.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/profile?handle=nike" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

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GET/v1/instagram/profile1 credit

Instagram profile: bio, avatar, followers, following, post count, category.

Parameter	Type	Description
`handle`required	string	Instagram username, with or without @.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/profile?handle=nike" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v2/instagram/user/posts5 credits

A profile's posts of every type (reels, photos, carousels), newest first, with real play counts.

Parameter	Type	Description
`handle`required	string	Instagram username, with or without @.
`cursor`	string	Cursor from the previous page's data.cursor.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v2/instagram/user/posts?handle=nike" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/user/reels1 credit

A profile's reels with real play counts.

Parameter	Type	Description
`handle`required	string	Instagram username, with or without @.
`cursor`	string	Cursor from the previous page's data.cursor.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/user/reels?handle=nike" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/post5 credits

One post or reel by URL: plays, likes, comments, caption, media URLs.

Parameter	Type	Description
`url`required	string	Instagram post or reel URL.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/post?url=..." \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v2/instagram/post/comments1 credit

Comments on a post or reel.

Parameter	Type	Description
`url`required	string	Instagram post or reel URL.
`sort`	recent, popular	recent pages with likes; popular returns the top 15. Default: recent.
`cursor`	string	Cursor from the previous page's data.cursor.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v2/instagram/post/comments?url=..." \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/post/comment/replies1 credit

Replies to one Instagram comment.

Parameter	Type	Description
`url`required	string	Instagram post or reel URL.
`comment_id`required	string	Comment id from the comments endpoint.
`cursor`	string	Cursor from the previous page's data.cursor.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/post/comment/replies?url=...&comment_id=..." \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v2/instagram/media/transcript5 credits

Transcript of a reel (videos under 2 minutes).

Parameter	Type	Description
`url`required	string	Instagram reel URL.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v2/instagram/media/transcript?url=..." \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/search1 credit

Search Instagram accounts and hashtags.

Parameter	Type	Description
`query`required	string	Search text.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/search?query=coffee" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/search/posts1 credit

Search Instagram posts and reels by keyword.

Parameter	Type	Description
`query`required	string	Search text.
`cursor`	string	Cursor from the previous page's data.cursor.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/search/posts?query=coffee" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/hashtag1 credit

Recent posts under a hashtag.

Parameter	Type	Description
`hashtag`required	string	Hashtag, with or without #.
`cursor`	string	Cursor from the previous page's data.cursor.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/hashtag?hashtag=travel" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/user/similar1 credit

Accounts Instagram suggests as similar to a profile.

Parameter	Type	Description
`handle`required	string	Instagram username, with or without @.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/user/similar?handle=nike" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/user/highlights1 credit

A profile's story highlights: id, title, cover.

Send one of: handle, user_id.

Parameter	Type	Description
`handle`	string	Instagram username.
`user_id`	string	Instagram user id. Send this or handle.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/user/highlights?handle=nike" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/user/highlight/detail1 credit

The stories inside one highlight, with image and video links.

Parameter	Type	Description
`id`required	string	Highlight id from the highlights endpoint.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/user/highlight/detail?id=..." \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/profile/post-count1 credit

How many posts a profile has.

Parameter	Type	Description
`handle`required	string	Instagram username.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/profile/post-count?handle=nike" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/search/profiles1 credit

Search Instagram accounts by keyword.

Parameter	Type	Description
`query`required	string	Search text.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/search/profiles?query=coffee" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/user/tagged-posts1 credit

Posts other accounts tagged a profile in.

Send one of: user_id, handle.

Parameter	Type	Description
`user_id`	string	Instagram user id.
`handle`	string	Instagram username. Send this or user_id.
`cursor`	string	Cursor from the previous page's data.cursor.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/user/tagged-posts?user_id=..." \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/search/hashtag1 credit

Recent posts under an Instagram hashtag.

Parameter	Type	Description
`hashtag`required	string	Hashtag, with or without #.
`cursor`	string	Cursor from the previous page's data.cursor.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/search/hashtag?hashtag=travel" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/audio/reels5 credits

Get Reels By Audio Id

Parameter	Type	Description
`audio_id`required	string	The audio id from the Instagram audio page URL.
`cursor`	string	Pagination cursor returned by Instagram from the previous response.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/audio/reels?audio_id=..." \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/basic-profile5 credits

Basic Profile

Parameter	Type	Description
`userId`	string	Instagram user id
`cache_max_age`	1d, 3d, 7d, 14d, 30d	If we have a response in the cache that is this many days old or newer, return the cached response (0 credits, with "cached": true and a "ca

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/basic-profile" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/reels/trending5 credits

Trending Reels

No parameters.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/reels/trending" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/search/popular5 credits

Popular Search

Parameter	Type	Description
`query`required	string	The Popular topic to search for.
`cursor`	string	The opaque cursor returned by the previous response.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/search/popular?query=coffee" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v1/instagram/user/embed5 credits

Embed HTML

Parameter	Type	Description
`handle`required	string	Instagram handle

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v1/instagram/user/embed?handle=nike" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

GET/v2/instagram/reels/search5 credits

Search Reels

Parameter	Type	Description
`query`required	string	The keyword to search for
`date_posted`	last-week, last-month, last-year	Google-indexed date window.
`page`	string	The page number to return.

curl "https://scrapeio.com/v2/instagram/reels/search?query=coffee" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

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