Instagram Scraping API
Extract Instagram post content, user profiles, hashtags, and engagement metrics. Ideal for marketers, researchers, and developers needing Instagram data without official API restrictions.
Use Cases
How teams use this API to build powerful applications
Influencer Research
Identify and analyze influencers by scraping profile stats and recent posts. Compare follower counts, engagement rates (likes/comments on posts) and content style across multiple profiles.
Brand Monitoring
Track brand mentions or campaigns. Use the hashtag endpoint to collect posts with your campaign hashtag or see how often your brand is tagged on Instagram.
Content Aggregation
Pull content from Instagram to feature on websites or apps. For example, gather photos from a specific location or hashtag to display user-generated content (with proper credit).
Social Media Analytics
Researchers and analysts can collect data on how content performs on Instagram. Scrape posts and engagement numbers over time to analyze trends, peak posting times, or virality factors.
API Endpoints
Available endpoints for the Instagram API
/v1/instagram/profile Get Profile
Extract profile information including bio, follower count, following, and account metrics.
Parameters
username string required Instagram username /v1/instagram/posts Get Posts
Retrieve recent posts from a profile with engagement metrics, captions, and media URLs.
Parameters
username string required Instagram username limit integer Number of posts to return type string Filter by: all, photos, videos, reels /v1/instagram/post Get Post Details
Extract detailed post data including all comments, likes, and tagged accounts.
Parameters
url string required Instagram post URL or shortcode /v1/instagram/hashtag Search Hashtag
Search posts by hashtag with engagement metrics and trending status.
Parameters
hashtag string required Hashtag without # symbol limit integer Number of posts to return Features
What makes this API powerful and reliable
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the Instagram API
Do I need to log in or use an Instagram API key?
No. Our service accesses publicly available data from Instagram’s web interface. You don’t need to provide any credentials or API keys. Note that we cannot access private profiles or any data that isn’t publicly visible.
How do you handle Instagram’s anti-scraping measures?
We utilize rotating residential proxies and mimic official app/web behaviors. Instagram is known for rate limiting and blocking scrapers, but our backend manages these challenges to deliver data reliably as long as usage is within reasonable limits.
Can I get the comments or likes of a post?
We provide the count of likes and comments for each post. However, fetching the full list of comments or likers for a post is not currently offered as it significantly increases the scraping complexity and volume. We focus on summary engagement metrics.
Is hashtag scraping real-time?
The hashtag search will retrieve the current top or recent posts for that tag at the time of request. Instagram may not show all posts (especially if there are millions). We provide pagination to get more posts, but extremely high volumes are not guaranteed due to Instagram limitations.
Is hashtag scraping real-time?
The hashtag search will retrieve the current top or recent posts for that tag at the time of request. Instagram may not show all posts (especially if there are millions). We provide pagination to get more posts, but extremely high volumes are not guaranteed due to Instagram limitations.
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