Instagram profile reels API

Q: Which errors can it return?

invalid_params (do not retry), not_found (do not retry). Account and platform errors from the errors list can also happen. A failure always costs 0 credits.

Q: How do I get more than one page?

Send the same request with cursor set to the cursor you received, until has_more is false . Each page costs its own price. See pagination .

Q: Is there an SDK call for it?

The Python client has client.instagram.profile_reels(...) and the TypeScript client client.instagram.profileReels() . Both return the same envelope as the HTTP API. Install them from PyPI ( socialscrape-sdk ) or npm ( socialscrape ); plain HTTP works in any language.

Q: Can an AI agent call it?

Yes. The MCP server , which you run on your own machine, reaches every built endpoint, with the same prices.

Cost: 1 credit
Cached repeats: 0 creditssend max_age_days, results kept 30 days
Failed requests: 0 credits

stats.views is Instagram's play count (extra.views_source = plays). Look a profile up by handle.

You send one of handle or id.

Part of the Instagram Scraper API: 16 Instagram endpoints on one key.

Request

Send your key in the x-api-key header.

1curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/instagram/profile/reels" \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/reels",9    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},10    params=params,11    timeout=60,12)13body = res.json()1415if body["ok"]:16    print(body["data"])17else:18    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])

1const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/instagram/profile/reels");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}

1{2  "nodes": [3    {4      "name": "SocialScrape Instagram profile reels",5      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",6      "typeVersion": 4.2,7      "position": [8        0,9        010      ],11      "parameters": {12        "method": "GET",13        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/instagram/profile/reels",14        "sendQuery": true,15        "queryParameters": {16          "parameters": [17            {18              "name": "handle",19              "value": "nasa"20            }21          ]22        },23        "sendHeaders": true,24        "headerParameters": {25          "parameters": [26            {27              "name": "x-api-key",28              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"29            }30          ]31        }32      }33    }34  ],35  "connections": {}36}

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`handle`	string	one of	Username, with or without the leading @. Also accepted as `username`.
`id`	string	one of	Numeric Instagram user id. Also accepted as `user_id`, `userId`.
`require_play_counts`	boolean		Fail rather than return a reel whose play count is missing.
`cursor`	string		Opaque cursor from the previous page; pass it back unchanged. Also accepted as `continuationToken`, `continuation_token`, `next_max_id`, `max_id`, `max_cursor`, `min_time`, `after`, `page_token`, `pageToken`, `paginationToken`, `next_page_id`, `page`.

Every request also accepts trim, raw and max_age_days.

Response

Sample from a recorded response, shortened. Values are examples, not your data.

200 OKSample response

1{2  "ok": true,3  "credits_charged": 1,4  "credits_remaining": 4999,5  "cached": false,6  "cached_at": null,7  "request_id": "req_6441bd0ae5a0a9feb3fc6f8e",8  "data": {9    "object": "list",10    "items": [11      {12        "object": "post",13        "platform": "instagram",14        "id": "DfF3eqGSKKc",15        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfF3eqGSKKc/",16        "type": "reel",17        "author": {18          "id": "673882723",19          "handle": null,20          "name": null,21          "url": null,22          "avatar_url": null,23          "verified": null24        },25        "title": null,26        "text": "More power loading. 🔋\n\nToday, NASA astronaut Anil Menon and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk conducted a spacewalk to install the 7th of ...",27        "published_at": "2026-10-29T20:35:35Z",28        "duration_seconds": 41,29        "language": null,30        "hashtags": [],31        "mentions": [],32        "stats": {33          "views": 1022540,34          "likes": 6274,35          "comments": 64,36          "shares": null,37          "saves": null,38          "dislikes": null39        },40        "media": {41          "thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/865204930_18640535563026724_3353517023594775034_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_s640x640_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ccb=7-5&...",42          "video_url": "https://scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com/o1/v/t2/f2/m86/AQMgO65IBSO4D1Fg1v8qWRLjCR7N-LaX4H_sPQeyoyjFQE149o094RWHdy1qn9GBy1VHAND2Io7UoTGpUBgIXE-YSbD4UnaCrO694...",43          "audio_url": null,44          "image_urls": null,45          "width": 1080,46          "height": 192047        },48        "song": {49          "id": "29430201353240150",50          "title": "Original audio",51          "artist": "nasajohnson",52          "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/29430201353240150/"53        },54        "location": null,55        "is_pinned": null,56        "is_sponsored": null,57        "extra": {58          "accessibility_caption": "Video by NASA’s Johnson Space Center on October 29, 2026. May be an image of poster, magazine and text.",59          "coauthors": [60            "iss",61            "nasa"62          ],63          "media_id": "4018862241843028636",64          "product_type": "clips",65          "published_from": "taken_at",66          "tagged_users": [67            "nasa",68            "iss",69            "astro_anil"70          ]71        }72      },73      {74        "object": "post",75        "platform": "instagram",76        "id": "De7XCa_TJ4h",77        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/De7XCa_TJ4h/",78        "type": "reel",79        "author": {80          "id": "79712351002",81          "handle": null,82          "name": null,83          "url": null,84          "avatar_url": null,85          "verified": null86        },87        "title": null,88        "text": "This is how @nasa does game day. Roll Tide! 🚀🏈",89        "published_at": "2026-10-25T18:35:11Z",90        "duration_seconds": 61,91        "language": null,92        "hashtags": [],93        "mentions": [94          "nasa"95        ],96        "stats": {97          "views": 4293502,98          "likes": 50154,99          "comments": 232,100          "shares": null,101          "saves": null,102          "dislikes": null103        },104        "media": {105          "thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/858088880_1909652077075572_3321833479248057878_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_s640x640_tt6&_nc_cat=101&ccb=7-5...",106          "video_url": "https://scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com/o1/v/t2/f2/m86/AQO_XE-Eozfv9EhJgpBw8CpgqEydxrCcLTTmdJ4OmJL4u8TmjEREW4NyjX7EoxhsUiVfVbZseRJAIb1F9nUfjAsGTOK4bYFiS-v5f...",107          "audio_url": null,108          "image_urls": null,109          "width": 1916,110          "height": 1078111        },112        "song": {113          "id": "28950738997869062",114          "title": "Original audio",115          "artist": "nasaadmin",116          "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/28950738997869062/"117        },118        "location": {119          "name": "Bryant-Denny Stadium",120          "address": null,121          "city": null,122          "region": null,123          "country": null,124          "latitude": 33.207475199557,125          "longitude": -87.550968119022126        },127        "is_pinned": null,128        "is_sponsored": null,129        "extra": {130          "accessibility_caption": "Video by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on October 25, 2026. May be an image of stadium and text.",131          "coauthors": [132            "univofalabama",133            "nasa",134            "alabamafbl"135          ],136          "media_id": "4015904814218911265",137          "product_type": "clips",138          "published_from": "taken_at",139          "tagged_users": [140            "ua_athletics",141            "alabamafbl",142            "nasa"143          ]144        }145      }146    ],147    "cursor": "c17841401474538262:AQHTHMmlaPdA-6bF07PfanKgYJNHJ-6Hq5zlmr-g3eo2kS9HJGFp94XRCnWa7ntQhXlpAImfwhLJOUMejXbYfaQenw",148    "has_more": true,149    "parent": {150      "object": "profile",151      "platform": "instagram",152      "id": null,153      "handle": "nasa",154      "name": null,155      "headline": null,156      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/",157      "kind": "unknown",158      "bio": null,159      "avatar_url": null,160      "banner_url": null,161      "verified": null,162      "is_private": null,163      "external_url": null,164      "links": null,165      "location": null,166      "category": null,167      "created_at": null,168      "stats": {169        "followers": null,170        "following": null,171        "posts": null,172        "likes": null,173        "views": null174      },175      "extra": null176    }177  },178  "cursor": "c17841401474538262:AQHTHMmlaPdA-6bF07PfanKgYJNHJ-6Hq5zlmr-g3eo2kS9HJGFp94XRCnWa7ntQhXlpAImfwhLJOUMejXbYfaQenw",179  "has_more": true180}

Fields

A page of results. Each entry in items is a Post. cursor and has_more page through the rest.

A field the platform does not give is null, never made up. Extra platform details are in extra.

Field	Type	Always
`object`	`"post"`
`platform`	Platform	yes
`id`	string	yes
`url`	string or null
`type`	`"video"` or `"short"` or `"reel"` or `"image"` or `"carousel"` or `"story"` or `"live"` or `"clip"` or `"text"` or `"link"` or `"tweet"` or `"pin"` or `"community_post"` or `"episode"` or `"unknown"`
`author`	Author or null
`title`	string or null
`text`	string or null
`published_at`	string (ISO 8601 date-time) or null
`duration_seconds`	number or null
`language`	string or null
`hashtags`	string[] or null
`mentions`	string[] or null
`stats`	Stats

Show the other 6 fields

Field	Type	Always	Notes
`media`	Media
`song`	SongRef or null
`location`	Place or null
`is_pinned`	boolean or null
`is_sponsored`	boolean or null
`extra`	object or null

Full field list in the reference for this endpoint and the data models. Errors are listed under Errors.

Questions

Which errors can it return?

invalid_params (do not retry), not_found (do not retry). Account and platform errors from the errors list can also happen. A failure always costs 0 credits.

How do I get more than one page?

Send the same request with cursor set to the cursor you received, until has_more is false. Each page costs its own price. See pagination.

Is there an SDK call for it?

The Python client has client.instagram.profile_reels(...) and the TypeScript client client.instagram.profileReels(). Both return the same envelope as the HTTP API. Install them from PyPI (socialscrape-sdk) or npm (socialscrape); plain HTTP works in any language.

Can an AI agent call it?

Yes. The MCP server, which you run on your own machine, reaches every built endpoint, with the same prices.

How to scrape Instagram profile reelsStep by step, nine languages With PythonA runnable script With JavaScriptA runnable script Instagram profileGET /v1/instagram/profile Instagram profile by user idGET /v1/instagram/basic-profile Instagram profile post countGET /v1/instagram/profile/post-count Instagram profile postsGET /v1/instagram/profile/posts Instagram post or reel detailsGET /v1/instagram/post Reference in the docsEvery parameter and error Instagram Scraper APIAll 16 Instagram endpoints