InsightSocial API
Instagram

Post

GET
/v1/instagram/post

Returns one post's details: caption, view count on videos and reels, like and comment counts, media URLs, media type, the author, and any tagged users.

Use it for the standard single post lookup, views included on video; use post/stats only when you also need the share count.

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

url*string

Full URL of the Instagram post

region?string

2 letter country code to set the proxy in

trim?boolean

Set to true to get a trimmed response

download_media?boolean

Set to true to also download the video/images and get back durable hosted media URLs under data.post.ext.download_media_urls ([{ post_id, cdn_url, type, cached }]). Use these for archiving; the raw media_urls are short-lived signed CDN links that expire. Adds a few seconds of latency while the media is fetched. Not available on login-gated posts (age-restricted 18+ and similar), which are served by a source that cannot host durable copies: the post and its media still come back in full, and the response carries a data._warnings note telling you to read data.post.content.media_urls directly.

Response Body

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curl -X GET "https://example.com/v1/instagram/post?url=string"
{  "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}

Post › Stats GET

Returns one post's engagement: likes, comments, and, on video posts only, the play count and the share count shown by the paper plane icon. Collab posts also list co-authors under ext.coauthors. Use it when you need the share count for a single post, or the co-author list of one collab post; views also come on post itself, and photo posts return both numbers as null. **Metered: 100–180 credits.** We reserve the ceiling when the call starts and charge what it actually used when it finishes. Re-running the exact same call within 6h is free.

Profile › About GET

Returns Instagram's "About this account" details for a public account (country, month joined, published contact) plus its follower count and lifetime post count. Use it when you need an account's total post count, or to tell where a creator is based, for example to include or exclude a region. **20 credits** per call. Re-running the exact same call within 24h is free.