Platforms
Instagram

Instagram Scraper API

Pull Instagram profiles, posts and reels, comments, transcripts and highlights as JSON. Failed requests are free.

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Data

What you get from Instagram.

Profiles

Name, bio, links, verified status, follower count and post count.

Posts and reels

Caption, publish date, length, hashtags, views and likes.

Comments

Comment text, author, date and likes.

TranscriptsThe spoken words as text, with timestamps and language.

Search and trendsPosts and hashtags by keyword, plus trending posts.

HighlightsTitle, owner and cover image.

Uses

What you can build with Instagram data.

Check accounts

Check an account's followers and recent posts before you reach out.

Spot trends

Follow trending posts, popular posts and hashtags.

Read the conversation

Pull the comments on any post to see what people are saying.

Search what was said

Turn reels into text you can search, summarize or give to an AI model.

Track a topic

Search posts by keyword to see what people share about a brand or topic.

Measure engagement

Compare views, likes and comments across posts.

Example

Your first request.

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Send a requestPass a handle, URL or keyword with your key.
Use the JSONThe same shape comes back from every platform.

1curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/instagram/profile" \2  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \3  --data-urlencode "handle=nasa"

1import os2import requests34params = {5    "handle": "nasa",6}7res = requests.get(8    "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/instagram/profile",9    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},10    params=params,11)12body = res.json()1314if body["ok"]:15    print(body["data"])16else:17    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])

1const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/instagram/profile");2url.search = new URLSearchParams({3  "handle": "nasa"4}).toString();5const res = await fetch(url, {6  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },7});8const body = await res.json();910if (body.ok) {11  console.log(body.data);12} else {13  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);14}

200 OKSample response

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_76e85ba4019f183364c53e3d",
  "data": {
    "object": "profile",
    "platform": "instagram",
    "id": "528817151",
    "handle": "nasa",
    "name": "NASA",
    "headline": null,
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/",
    "kind": "unknown",
    "bio": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible. ✨",
    "avatar_url": "https://scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/29090066_159271188110124_...",
    "banner_url": null,
    "verified": true,
    "is_private": false,
    "external_url": "https://www.nasa.gov"
    ...
  },
  "cursor": null,
  "has_more": null
}