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Instagram Scraper scraper API

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

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What people use it for

  • 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

Capabilities

Every capability is one POST /execute call that returns structured JSON.

List Reels by Audio

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

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"audio_id":"28601503179449709","limit":12,"max_pages":2},"capability":"instagram.audio-reels.list"}'

Input

Field Type Required Description
audio_id string required Audio cluster ID from an Instagram /reels/audio/{id}/ URL
cursor string optional
limit integer optional
max_pages integer optional

List Comments

instagram.comments.list
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Streams public post comments with bounded cursor pagination and deduplication.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"limit":20,"max_pages":2,"url":"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTfS7SMEk8B/"},"capability":"instagram.comments.list"}'

Input

Field Type Required Description
cursor string optional
limit integer optional
max_pages integer optional
url string required Instagram post/reel URL or shortcode

Get Embed

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

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/nasa/"},"capability":"instagram.embed.get"}'

Input

Field Type Required Description
captioned boolean optional Use Instagram's captioned post embed variant
url string required Public profile username/URL or post/reel URL

Get Explore

instagram.explore.list
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Returns public Explore home sections or paginates a selected section.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{},"capability":"instagram.explore.list"}'

Input

Field Type Required Description
cursor string optional
limit integer optional
max_pages integer optional
section_id string optional Optional section ID returned by the Explore home response

Search Hashtag Posts

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

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"date_posted":"any","enrich":false,"hashtag":"india","limit":10,"max_pages":2,"media_type":"all"},"capability":"instagram.hashtag-posts.search"}'

Input

Field Type Required Description
date_posted string optional
enrich boolean optional
hashtag string required
limit integer optional
max_pages integer optional
media_type string optional
page integer optional

Search Hashtag Keyword

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

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"hashtag":"india","limit":12},"capability":"instagram.hashtag.search"}'

Input

Field Type Required Description
hashtag string required Hashtag keyword or Instagram /explore/tags/ URL
limit integer optional Maximum popular-keyword results

Search Popular

instagram.popular.search
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Searches popular Instagram content for a keyword.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"keyword":"india","limit":12},"capability":"instagram.popular.search"}'

Input

Field Type Required Description
keyword string required Keyword, slug, or public Instagram /popular/ URL
limit integer optional Maximum deduplicated results

Get Post

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

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTfS7SMEk8B/"},"capability":"instagram.post.get"}'

Input

Field Type Required Description
url string required Instagram post/reel URL or shortcode

List Profile Posts

instagram.profile-posts.list
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Lists public profile posts with bounded cursor pagination, deduplication, and optional timestamp filtering.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"limit":5,"max_pages":1,"url":"https://www.instagram.com/nasa"},"capability":"instagram.profile-posts.list"}'

Input

Field Type Required Description
limit integer optional Maximum posts returned per job
max_pages integer optional Maximum upstream pages, including the embedded first page
since integer optional Unix timestamp; stop when older posts are reached
url string required Instagram profile URL or username

Get Basic Profile by ID

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

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"user_id":"528817151"},"capability":"instagram.profile.basic"}'

Input

Field Type Required Description
user_id string required Numeric Instagram user ID

Get Profile

instagram.profile.get
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Fetches public Instagram profile metadata by username or profile URL.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/nasa"},"capability":"instagram.profile.get"}'

Input

Field Type Required Description
fields array<string> optional Optional top-level field allowlist
url string required Instagram profile URL or username

Search Profiles

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

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"enrich":false,"limit":10,"max_pages":2,"query":"space agency"},"capability":"instagram.profile.search"}'

Input

Field Type Required Description
enrich boolean optional Fetch current Instagram profile data for each discovered result
limit integer optional
max_pages integer optional
page integer optional
query string required

List Reels

instagram.reels.list
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Lists public profile reels with bounded cursor pagination, deduplication, and optional timestamp filtering.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"limit":5,"max_pages":1,"url":"https://www.instagram.com/nasa"},"capability":"instagram.reels.list"}'

Input

Field Type Required Description
limit integer optional Maximum reels returned per job
max_pages integer optional Maximum upstream pages
since integer optional Unix timestamp; stop when older reels are reached
url string required Instagram profile URL or username

Search Reels

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

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"enrich":false,"limit":10,"max_pages":2,"query":"space launch"},"capability":"instagram.reels.search"}'

Input

Field Type Required Description
enrich boolean optional Fetch current Instagram oEmbed data for each discovered result
limit integer optional
max_pages integer optional
page integer optional
query string required

List Trending Reels

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

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"limit":16,"max_pages":2},"capability":"instagram.reels.trending"}'

Input

Field Type Required Description
cursor string optional
limit integer optional
max_pages integer optional

Search Topic

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

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"limit":12,"topic":"sports"},"capability":"instagram.topic.search"}'

Input

Field Type Required Description
limit integer optional Maximum deduplicated results
topic string required Known topic ID, topic slug, explore-topic URL, or public /popular/ URL

List Topics

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

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{},"capability":"instagram.topics.list"}'

Input

Field Type Required Description
category string optional Optional case-insensitive category filter

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