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Instagram API

Public Instagram profiles, media, comments, reels, audio, embeds, and discovery.

Platform ID instagram
Endpoints 16 capabilities
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Capabilities

Every capability uses the same POST /execute envelope. Open an endpoint for its exact ID, input contract, code samples, cost, runtime, and illustrative output.

List Reels by Audio instagram.audio-reels.list

Streams public reels attached to an Instagram audio page with bounded cursor pagination.

1 credit per request
List Comments instagram.comments.list

Streams public post comments with bounded cursor pagination and deduplication.

1 credit per request
Get Embed instagram.embed.get

Fetches Instagram's public profile or post embed HTML, including the captioned post variant.

1 credit per request
Get Explore instagram.explore.list

Returns public Explore home sections or paginates a selected section.

1 credit per request
Search Hashtag Posts instagram.hashtag-posts.search

Discovers public indexed posts and reels for a hashtag with media-type and date filters.

1 credit per request
Search Hashtag Keyword instagram.hashtag.search

Searches logged-out popular content for a hashtag keyword; output declares match_mode=keyword_popular and is not an exact tag feed.

1 credit per request
List Location Posts instagram.location-posts.list

Lists the reproducible first page of public ranked posts embedded in an Instagram location page.

1 credit per request
Get Location instagram.location.get

Fetches metadata for a public Instagram location from its direct server-rendered Relay payload.

1 credit per request
Search Popular instagram.popular.search

Searches popular Instagram content for a keyword.

1 credit per request
Get Post instagram.post.get

Fetches rich public post, reel, or carousel metadata plus backward-compatible oEmbed fields.

1 credit per request
Get Basic Profile by ID instagram.profile.basic

Fetches current public profile metadata using a numeric Instagram user ID.

1 credit per request
Search Profiles instagram.profile.search

Discovers public Instagram profiles through web indexing with bounded page traversal and optional enrichment.

1 credit per request
Search Reels instagram.reels.search

Discovers public Instagram reels through web indexing with bounded page traversal and optional enrichment.

1 credit per request
List Trending Reels instagram.reels.trending

Streams Instagram's public logged-out reels feed with bounded cursor pagination.

1 credit per request
Search Topic instagram.topic.search

Searches Instagram's public popular-content surface for a known explore topic slug, ID, or topic URL.

1 credit per request
List Topics instagram.topics.list

Lists the module's known Instagram explore-topic taxonomy, optionally filtered by category.

1 credit per request

Common uses

  • Monitor public creator and brand profiles
  • Build public post and reel datasets
  • Analyze public comments and audio usage
  • Research popular content by keyword or topic
  • Track public publishing activity over time

Integration contract

A 200 response completed inline. A 202 response was queued; poll GET /jobs/:id until it reaches completed or failed.