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')
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/profile" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username":"natgeo","after":"","count":12,"_run":{"async":false}}'