Instagram Public Profile

Fetch a public Instagram profile anonymously, including profile metadata and paginated posts.

POST /v1/instagram/profile

Request Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
username	body	string	Yes	Instagram username to scrape anonymously.
after	body	string	No	Pagination cursor from a previous response.
count	body	number	No	Number of posts to fetch (1-50).

Response Structure

Async kickoff response

Polled run result response

Sync response

Declared output schema

Code Examples

Async + polling

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

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

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 [ "$STATUS" = "succeeded" ] || [ "$STATUS" = "failed" ]; then
    echo "$RESULT"
    break
  fi
  sleep 2
done

Sync

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