Free Instagram photo
downloader

Paste an Instagram photo link. Get the image file.

How it works

Paste a link

A post or video link.

Get the file

The media link comes back with the post.

Download it

Save the video or the images, or request them from the API.

Why use this tool

Free, no account

Paste a link and get the file. No signup and nothing to install.

The file itself

The media link is the one the post already exposes.

Video or imagesA video comes back as a file. A photo post comes back as images.

Time limitedThe file link expires. Look the post up again for a fresh one.

Same result from the APIOne request returns the same media link as JSON.

Failures cost nothingOn the API, failed requests and cached repeats are free.

Where a download helps

Save a video

Keep a copy of a post you can already watch.

Edit from the file

Download the video and open it in an editor.

Archive a post

Store the file before the link expires.

Pull it from code

The same media link is one API request.

Use this in your app

Get a keySign up and get 100 free credits. No card needed.
Send a requestPass the link with your key.
Use the JSONThe media link comes back in the answer.

See the reference

1curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/instagram/post" \2  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \3  --data-urlencode "url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfF3eqGSKKc/"

1import os2import requests34params = {5    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfF3eqGSKKc/",6}7res = requests.get(8    "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/instagram/post",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/post");2url.search = new URLSearchParams({3  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfF3eqGSKKc/"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_c79d38f5e72c10e56a98d808",
  "data": {
    "object": "post",
    "platform": "instagram",
    "id": "DfF3eqGSKKc",
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfF3eqGSKKc/",
    "type": "reel",
    "author": {
      "id": "673882723",
      "handle": "nasajohnson",
      "name": "NASA’s Johnson Space Center",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/nasajohnson/",
      "avatar_url": "https://scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/11421977_902607023152688_677352411_a.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=f7ccc5&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLnd3dy4xNTAuQzMifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ohc=4BYI5YfrJ3MQ7kNvwFFve1G&_nc_oc=Adr183I...",
      "verified": true
    },
    "title": null,
    "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 8 new roll out solar arrays. The final new array is slated to be installed during th...",
    "published_at": "2026-10-29T20:35:35Z",
    "duration_seconds": 41.376,
    "language": null,
    "hashtags": [],
    "mentions": [],
    "stats": {
      "views": 90356,
      "likes": 6271,
      "comments": 64,
      "shares": null,
      "saves": null,
      "dislikes": null
    },
    "media": {
      "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&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&_nc...",
      "video_url": "https://scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com/o1/v/t2/f2/m86/AQMgO65IBSO4D1Fg1v8qWRLjCR7N-LaX4H_sPQeyoyjFQE149o094RWHdy1qn9GBy1VHAND2Io7UoTGpUBgIXE-YSbD4UnaCrO694xk.mp4?_nc_cat=102&_nc_sid=5e9851&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=4...",
      "audio_url": null,
      "image_urls": null,
      "width": 1080,
      "height": 1920
    },
    "song": {
      "id": "29430201353240150",
      "title": "Original audio",
      "artist": "nasajohnson",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/29430201353240150/"
    },
    "location": null,
    "is_pinned": null,
    "is_sponsored": null,
    "extra": {
      "accessibility_caption": "Video by NASA’s Johnson Space Center on October 29, 2026. May be an image of poster, magazine and text.",
      "coauthors": [
        "iss",
        "nasa"
      ],
      "media_id": "4018862241843028636",
      "owner_followers": 1578779,
      "product_type": "clips",
      "published_from": "taken_at",
      "tagged_users": [
        "nasa",
        "iss",
        "astro_anil"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "spacewalk",
        "iss",
        "astronaut"
      ],
      "views_source": "embed_views"
    }
  },
  "cursor": null,
  "has_more": null
}

Questions

Does a carousel come back as one file?

No. Each image in the carousel is its own address.

Does it save the caption?

The caption is shown next to the file. The download is the image.

Is this tool free?

Yes. No account and no card. Each visitor gets a limited number of lookups an hour, so it stays free for everyone.

How do I get this data in my own app?

Send GET /v1/instagram/post with your key in the x-api-key header. A request costs 1 credit. A repeat of something fetched recently costs 0 credits, and failed requests are free. See the reference.

Free Instagram photo downloader