InsightSocial API
Instagram

Highlights

GET
/v1/instagram/highlights

Returns a user's saved story highlight collections, each with its title, cover image, and the number of items inside.

Use it to list the highlight collections on a profile, then pass one of the ids to highlight/detail to open it.

20 credits per call.

Re-running the exact same call within 6h is free.

Authorization

apiKey
x-api-key<token>

Your key from the dashboard. It starts with isk_.

In: header

Query Parameters

user_id?string

Instagram user id. Use for faster response times. Provide at least one of: user_id, handle.

handle?string

Instagram username without the @ symbol. Provide at least one of: user_id, handle.

Response Body

application/json

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curl -X GET "https://example.com/v1/instagram/highlights"
{  "success": true,  "platform": "instagram",  "endpoint": "/v1/instagram/profile/posts",  "data": {    "items": [      "…"    ],    "dropped": 0  },  "pagination": {    "next_cursor": "is2.eyJwIjoyfQ",    "has_more": true,    "page_size": 12  },  "credits_used": 20,  "credits_remaining": 9980,  "request_id": "req_1a2b3c4d5e6f",  "cached": false,  "idempotent_replay": false,  "charge_reason": "miss",  "free_call": false}

Highlight › Detail GET

Returns the individual stories saved inside one highlight, with their media URLs, timestamps, and interaction counts. Use it after highlights: pass the id it returned to see the contents of a single collection. **20 credits** per call. Re-running the exact same call within 6h is free.

Location › Posts GET

Returns posts tagged at a place, newest first, about 60 a page, each with shortcode, URL, caption, media URLs, engagement counts, and the author. Use it after search/location for region-scoped posts. Page back in time with the cursor; for a time window, stop once a whole page is older than its start. **100 credits** per call. Re-running the exact same call within 6h is free. Paginates by `cursor` — see [Pagination](/docs/pagination).