Instagram Authenticated Feed

Fetch your Instagram home feed using a managed website login for instagram.com.

POST /v1/instagram/feed

Authentication

Requires a managed instagram.com login on kernel. Browsable automatically uses a saved login when one is available.

If your team does not already have a usable login, the API returns 428 Authentication required with a hosted_url. Open that URL, finish sign-in, then retry the same request.

Request Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
after	body	string	No	Pagination cursor from a previous feed response.
count	body	number	No	Number of feed posts to fetch.

Response Structure

Async kickoff response

Polled run result response

Sync response

Authentication required response

Declared output schema

Code Examples

Async + polling

RUN=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api.browsable.app/v1/instagram/feed" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"after":"","count":12}')

RUN_ID=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -r '.run_id')
POLL_DELAY=3

while true; do
  RESULT=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" "https://api.browsable.app/v1/runs/$RUN_ID")
  STATUS=$(echo "$RESULT" | jq -r '.run_status')
  if [[ "$STATUS" =~ ^(succeeded|failed|errored|cancelled|canceled|expired)$ ]]; then
    echo "$RESULT"
    break
  fi
  sleep "$(awk "BEGIN { print $POLL_DELAY * (0.9 + ($RANDOM % 21) / 100) }")"
  POLL_DELAY=$((POLL_DELAY < 30 ? POLL_DELAY * 2 : 30))
  [ "$POLL_DELAY" -gt 30 ] && POLL_DELAY=30
done

Sync

curl -X POST "https://api.browsable.app/v1/instagram/feed" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"after":"","count":12,"_run":{"async":false}}'