Instagram Media API Reference
A single post or reel by URL or shortcode, including caption and media URLs.
Maintained by the InScrape API team · Last reviewed 2026-09-19
GET /v1/instagram/post1 credit per requestRequest examples
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curl "https://api.inscrape.dev/v1/instagram/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FC8QltIdyBGH%2F" \
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{ "success": true, "credits_charged": 1, "credits_remaining": 843, "processing_time_ms": 1842, "requested_at": "2026-09-13T14:32:18Z", "query": { "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/C8QltIdyBGH/" }, "data": { "media": [ { "post_index": "1", "id": "18058122345678901", "shortCode": "C8QltIdyBGH", "postLink": "https://www.instagram.com/p/C8QltIdyBGH/", "post_timestamp": 1724176991, "likes": 84112, "comments": 902, "reposts": 164, "fb_like_count": null, "fb_comment_count": null, "mediaType": 2, "product_type": "clips", "caption": "Inside one of the planet's most remote landscapes. #explore", "accessibility_caption": null, "firstMedia": [ { "url": "https://cdn.example.com/C8QltIdyBGH.jpg", "videoUrl": "https://cdn.example.com/C8QltIdyBGH.mp4", "width": 1080, "height": 1350 } ], "carouselMedia": [], "location": null, "owner": { "pk": "1751818088", "username": "iamsydneythomas", "full_name": "Sydney Thomas", "is_verified": true, "profile_pic_url": "https://cdn.example.com/iamsydneythomas.jpg" }, "coauthors": [], "usertags": [ { "pk": "25025320", "id": "25025320", "username": "instagram", "full_name": "Instagram", "profile_pic_url": "https://cdn.example.com/instagram.jpg", "is_verified": true, "position": [ 0.51, 0.44 ] } ], "mentions": [ "instagram" ], "hashtag": [ "#explore" ], "caption_is_edited": false, "is_paid_partnership": false, "sponsor_tags": null, "aigm_account_label_info": { "attribution_label_text": null, "is_auto_detected": false, "is_enabled": false, "is_manually_enabled": false }, "latest_story_media": 0, "like_and_view_counts_disabled": false, "comments_disabled": false, "commenting_disabled_for_viewer": false, "can_viewer_reshare": true, "ig_media_sharing_disabled": false, "can_see_insights_as_brand": false, "hasAudio": true, "clips_metadata": { "audio_type": "original_sounds", "music_canonical_id": null, "music_info": null, "original_sound_info": { "original_audio_title": "Original audio", "should_mute_audio": false, "audio_asset_id": "18401234567890123", "consumption_info": { "is_trending_in_clips": false, "should_mute_audio_reason": "", "should_mute_audio_reason_type": null }, "ig_artist": { "id": "1751818088", "username": "iamsydneythomas", "profile_pic_url": "https://cdn.example.com/iamsydneythomas.jpg" }, "is_explicit": false, "audio_filter_infos": null } }, "ai_agent_owner_username": null, "ai_label_info": null, "views": 2401558, "post_date": "2024-08-20 18:03:11 UTC+0" } ] }}Headers
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| x-api-key | string | Yes | Your API key. All keys on a team share one credit pool. |
Query parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Full post URL or bare shortcode |
| include_comments | boolean | No | Return commentsdefault: false |
Errors
| Status | Code | When |
|---|---|---|
400 | INVALID_PARAMS | A required parameter is missing or the wrong type. |
401 | INVALID_API_KEY | The key is unknown or has been revoked. |
402 | INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS | Balance is below this endpoint's cost. |
402 | KEY_LIMIT_REACHED | This API key has reached its credit limit. |
404 | ENDPOINT_NOT_FOUND | The API endpoint does not exist. Check the API URL and endpoint path. No credits are charged. |
500 | SCRAPE_FAILED | Upstream fetch failed after retries. |
503 | SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE | The API is temporarily unavailable. Check credits_charged; failures before resource use are free. |
504 | UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT | The upstream scraper timed out. |
Completed lookups return 200 and are charged at the endpoint rate, including private accounts and confirmed missing targets. Empty or missing targets return empty lists; an unavailable Profile is null. Documented empty next-page responses remain free. Check credits_charged on every response.