Do I need a Instagram developer account?

No. There is no Instagram app, OAuth flow or app review. One InsightSocial API key works for this endpoint and every other platform, and your first 10 calls priced at 100 credits or less are free.

How do I get every result, not just the first page?

This endpoint pages. Each response carries pagination.next_cursor and pagination.has_more. Send next_cursor back unchanged as the cursor parameter and stop when has_more is false. Every page is a separate call and is charged as one.

What happens if the account is private or nothing is found?

You get an error or an empty result, and it costs 0 credits. The API reads public Instagram data only, so private accounts and deleted content come back as not found rather than as partial data.

Can I call the Instagram Profile Full API from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Add the hosted MCP server at https://api.insightsocial.app/mcp to your AI app and sign in. The assistant finds this endpoint by name, shows its price and calls it with your credits.

GET /v1/instagram/profile/fullbeta

Instagram Profile Full API

Q: How much does the Instagram Profile Full API cost?

50 credits per successful call. A call that errors or finds nothing costs 0 credits, and an answer from the shared cache costs 2. Pro's 10,000 monthly credits cover about 200 calls at 50 credits each. Add dry_run=1 to see the price of a call without making it.

Returns the profile plus its latest 12 posts in one call. Use it instead of calling profile and profile/posts separately; the profile still comes back if posts cannot be fetched.

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50 credits a call · cursor pagination · failed calls free · 10 free calls to start

curl "https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/instagram/profile/full?handle=mrbeast" \
-H "x-api-key: $INSIGHTSOCIAL_API_KEY"

200 OKJSON

{
"success": true,
"platform": "instagram",
"endpoint": "/v1/instagram/profile/full",
"schema_version": "2",
"data": {
"<field>": "<value>"
},
"pagination": {
"next_cursor": "<string | null>",
"has_more": "<boolean>"
},
"unavailable": [],
"credits_used": "<integer>"
}

Parameters

Query parameters for GET /v1/instagram/profile/full. Send your key in the x-api-key header.

Name	Required	Description
handle	Yes	Instagram username or handle, with or without a leading @. One of the identity params is required.
posts	No	How many of the fetched recent posts to return and compute the metrics over (1-100, default 25).
cursor	No	Pass a prior response's posts_cursor to read the next page of posts.
include	No	—

Response

This endpoint returns the platform's own fields in data, in snake_case, rather than a unified post or profile. The reference page lists them.

Every field, error and example is in the Instagram Profile Full API reference.

How much does the Instagram Profile Full API cost?

50 credits per successful call.

Failed calls are free
A call that errors or finds nothing costs 0 credits.
Know the price first
Add dry_run=1 and the response quotes the call without making it. Nothing is charged.
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