InsightSocial API
Instagram

Reels › Trending

GET
/v1/instagram/reels/trending

Returns reels from Instagram's public trending page, each with shortcode, URL, caption, media URLs, engagement counts where shown, and the account.

Use it to sample global trends; it takes no region. Call again to see more. For one region, page location/posts after search/location.

100 credits per call.

Re-running the exact same call within 1h is free.

Authorization

apiKey
x-api-key<token>

Your key from the dashboard. It starts with isk_.

In: header

Response Body

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curl -X GET "https://example.com/v1/instagram/reels/trending"
{  "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}

Profile GET

Returns an Instagram account's public profile: bio, exact integer follower count on author.followers, following count, picture URL, verification, and author.ext.public_email from the bio. Use it for a quick snapshot by handle; profile/about adds the account's lifetime post count, and profile/full adds recent posts and computed metrics. **20 credits** per call. Re-running the exact same call within 24h is free.

Search › Hashtag GET

Returns public posts carrying a hashtag, each with shortcode, URL, caption, media URLs, engagement counts, and the author; share and save counts are not included. Use it to pull a hashtag feed; set type to top, recent, or clips to pick the ranking, and page deeper with the cursor it returns. Pass a result URL to post/stats for a share count. **100 credits** per call. Re-running the exact same call within 1h is free. Paginates by `cursor` — see [Pagination](/docs/pagination).