Creator discovery
Enrich creator profiles, compare public account signals, and build shortlists for campaigns or market maps.
Instagram Data API
Featured API
Instagram Data API for creator, content, and search workflows
Run creator discovery, content monitoring, and search intelligence on Instagram through one API for profiles, posts, Reels, Stories, comments, hashtags, locations, and engagement signals.
Creator intelligence
Media monitoring
Hashtag and location research
ScrapeStorm is not affiliated with Instagram. Use the API for data you are permitted to process and follow applicable platform and privacy requirements.
What you can build
Instagram demand usually starts with creator discovery, content intelligence, and social proof. These workflows make those jobs concrete before you open implementation details.
Content monitoring
Track posts, reels, comments, likes, and story availability for reporting, moderation, and competitive analysis.
Search intelligence
Research hashtags, places, locations, and search results to understand demand and audience context.
Social proof scoring
Combine profile, follower, comment, and like surfaces into scoring systems for brand safety or creator fit.
Local content research
Use location and geo API methods to map public content around venues, cities, and campaign territories.
Entity directory
All supported entities
Browse every supported Instagram entity below, understand what each surface is for, and open the exact docs that matches your workflow.
Instagram profile data
7 API methodsProfile API methods resolve public identity, account context, and the base layer for creator, brand, or people-oriented products.
What you get. Use this entity to fetch account details, contacts, summary context, and the identifiers you need before moving into content or social API methods.
API methods inside this entity
7 API methods
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API methods inside this entity
7 API methods
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Profile: About account by user ID
Open docsStart here when you need richer public context behind profile: About account by user ID and want the most complete identity view first.
Profile: Business details by username
Open docsStart here when you need richer public context behind profile: Business details by username and want the most complete identity view first.
Profile: Embed details by username
Open docsStart here when you need richer public context behind profile: Embed details by username and want the most complete identity view first.
Profile: Full contacts by user ID
Open docsStart here when you need richer public context behind profile: Full contacts by user ID and want the most complete identity view first.
Profile: Full contacts by username
Open docsStart here when you need richer public context behind profile: Full contacts by username and want the most complete identity view first.
Profile: Public details by user ID
Open docsRetrieve public profile identity and account details by Instagram user ID for account verification and profile research workflows.
Profile: Summary stats by user ID
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around profile without opening a larger content collection.
Instagram comments data
10 API methodsComment API methods focus on the public conversation around posts, media, and videos on this platform.
What you get. Open this group when you need discussion context, audience reactions, or moderation and research signals connected to a specific content surface.
API methods inside this entity
10 API methods
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API methods inside this entity
10 API methods
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Comments: By media ID
Open docsOpen these docs when you need the actual comments content surface for monitoring, archive jobs, or reporting workflows.
Comments: By shortcode
Open docsUse these docs to work with comments: By shortcode when your product needs a clear API method into public comments workflows.
Comments: Likers by comment ID
Open docsStart with these docs when you need relationship signals around comments for audience research, scoring, or adjacency mapping.
Comments: Likers Summary By Comment Id
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around comments without opening a larger content collection.
Comments: Replies By Media Id
Open docsOpen these docs when you need the actual comments content surface for monitoring, archive jobs, or reporting workflows.
Comments: Replies By Shortcode
Open docsUse this API method to inspect the public conversation around comments and understand how people are reacting to the content.
Comments: Replies Summary By Media Id
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around comments without opening a larger content collection.
Comments: Replies Summary By Shortcode
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around comments without opening a larger content collection.
Comments: Summary by media ID
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around comments without opening a larger content collection.
Comments: Summary by shortcode
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around comments without opening a larger content collection.
Instagram explore data
3 API methodsExplore API methods surface public discovery areas, curated modules, and product-level browsing signals on the platform.
What you get. Use this group to understand what the platform is currently surfacing, then branch into media, topics, or related search API methods.
API methods inside this entity
3 API methods
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API methods inside this entity
3 API methods
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Explore: Grid page by module
Open docsUse these docs to work with explore: Grid page by module when your product needs a clear API method into public explore workflows.
Explore: Media from fit by fit ID
Open docsOpen these docs when you need the actual explore content surface for monitoring, archive jobs, or reporting workflows.
Explore: Topic page by topic ID
Open docsUse this API method for discovery work around explore when you need to find relevant public accounts, topics, or content quickly.
Instagram geo data
3 API methodsGeo API methods help you organize the platform around countries, cities, and structured location references.
What you get. This entity is useful when your workflow starts from geography and needs public location context before moving into nearby posts, places, or local search.
API methods inside this entity
3 API methods
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API methods inside this entity
3 API methods
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Geo: Cities by country code
Open docsOpen these docs for a fast public snapshot of geo data before expanding into deeper monitoring or enrichment flows.
Geo: Country directory
Open docsOpen these docs for a fast public snapshot of geo data before expanding into deeper monitoring or enrichment flows.
Geo: Locations by city code
Open docsOpen these docs for a fast public snapshot of geo data before expanding into deeper monitoring or enrichment flows.
Instagram hashtag data
4 API methodsHashtag API methods expose public topic clustering, content discovery, and tag-level demand signals.
What you get. Use this group for research, trend scouting, and creator or content discovery anchored to the way topics appear on the platform.
API methods inside this entity
4 API methods
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API methods inside this entity
4 API methods
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Hashtag: Info by tag name
Open docsOpen these docs for a fast public snapshot of hashtag data before expanding into deeper monitoring or enrichment flows.
Hashtag: Recent media by tag name
Open docsOpen these docs when you need the actual hashtag content surface for monitoring, archive jobs, or reporting workflows.
Hashtag: Top media by tag name
Open docsUse this API method for discovery work around hashtag when you need to find relevant public accounts, topics, or content quickly.
Hashtag: Top Media Info By Tag Name
Open docsOpen these docs for a fast public snapshot of hashtag data before expanding into deeper monitoring or enrichment flows.
Instagram likes data
4 API methodsLike-oriented API methods surface lightweight engagement context around public content and audience response.
What you get. Use this entity when you need quick proof of interest, audience overlap signals, or supporting context for broader content analysis.
API methods inside this entity
4 API methods
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API methods inside this entity
4 API methods
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Likes: Likers by media ID
Open docsOpen these docs when you need the actual likes content surface for monitoring, archive jobs, or reporting workflows.
Likes: Likers by shortcode
Open docsStart with these docs when you need relationship signals around likes for audience research, scoring, or adjacency mapping.
Likes: Liker summary by media ID
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around likes without opening a larger content collection.
Likes: Likers Summary By Shortcode
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around likes without opening a larger content collection.
Instagram location data
9 API methodsLocation API methods center on public place records and the content that is anchored to them.
What you get. Open this group for store, venue, city, or place workflows that need public location context plus nearby or attached content surfaces.
API methods inside this entity
9 API methods
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API methods inside this entity
9 API methods
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Location: Nearby media by location ID
Open docsUse this API method for discovery work around location when you need to find relevant public accounts, topics, or content quickly.
Location: Info by location ID
Open docsOpen these docs for a fast public snapshot of location data before expanding into deeper monitoring or enrichment flows.
Location: Recent media by location ID
Open docsOpen these docs when you need the actual location content surface for monitoring, archive jobs, or reporting workflows.
Location: Recent Media Details By Location Id
Open docsStart here when you need richer public context behind location: Recent Media Details By Location Id and want the most complete identity view first.
Location: Recent Media Info By Location Id
Open docsOpen these docs for a fast public snapshot of location data before expanding into deeper monitoring or enrichment flows.
Location: Top Media By Location Id
Open docsUse this API method for discovery work around location when you need to find relevant public accounts, topics, or content quickly.
Location: Top Media Details By Location Id
Open docsStart here when you need richer public context behind location: Top Media Details By Location Id and want the most complete identity view first.
Location: Top Media Info By Location Id
Open docsOpen these docs for a fast public snapshot of location data before expanding into deeper monitoring or enrichment flows.
Location: Web Details By Location Id
Open docsStart here when you need richer public context behind location: Web Details By Location Id and want the most complete identity view first.
Instagram media data
8 API methodsMedia API methods focus on individual content objects and the richer public context attached to them.
What you get. This entity is the right starting point for content lookups, embed workflows, moderation checks, or deeper analysis around a single asset.
API methods inside this entity
8 API methods
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API methods inside this entity
8 API methods
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Media: Details by media ID
Open docsStart here when you need richer public context behind media: Details by media ID and want the most complete identity view first.
Media: Details by shortcode
Open docsStart here when you need richer public context behind media: Details by shortcode and want the most complete identity view first.
Media: Embed details by media ID
Open docsStart here when you need richer public context behind media: Embed details by media ID and want the most complete identity view first.
Media: Embed Details By Shortcode
Open docsStart here when you need richer public context behind media: Embed Details By Shortcode and want the most complete identity view first.
Media: Summary by media ID
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around media without opening a larger content collection.
Media: Summary by shortcode
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around media without opening a larger content collection.
Media: Web details by media ID
Open docsStart here when you need richer public context behind media: Web details by media ID and want the most complete identity view first.
Media: Web details by shortcode
Open docsStart here when you need richer public context behind media: Web details by shortcode and want the most complete identity view first.
Instagram search data
9 API methodsSearch API methods expose public discovery surfaces, queries, and intent signals across the platform.
What you get. This entity is a natural entry point for research, prospecting, alerting, and products that need to find people, content, or topics fast.
API methods inside this entity
9 API methods
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API methods inside this entity
9 API methods
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Search: Top hashtag results by tag
Open docsUse this API method for discovery work around search when you need to find relevant public accounts, topics, or content quickly.
Search: Top user results by query
Open docsUse this API method for discovery work around search when you need to find relevant public accounts, topics, or content quickly.
Search: Locations by coordinates
Open docsChoose this API method for geography-led workflows that begin with public place context and move into nearby content or local discovery.
Search: Music By Query
Open docsUse this API method for discovery work around search when you need to find relevant public accounts, topics, or content quickly.
Search: Music Trending
Open docsUse this API method for discovery work around search when you need to find relevant public accounts, topics, or content quickly.
Search: Top Serp By Query
Open docsUse this API method for discovery work around search when you need to find relevant public accounts, topics, or content quickly.
Search: Topical Explore By Cluster Id
Open docsUse this API method for discovery work around search when you need to find relevant public accounts, topics, or content quickly.
Search: Users By Query
Open docsUse this API method for discovery work around search when you need to find relevant public accounts, topics, or content quickly.
Search: Web Top Serp By Query
Open docsUse this API method for discovery work around search when you need to find relevant public accounts, topics, or content quickly.
Instagram social data
4 API methodsSocial API methods highlight public network relationships and the audience graph around supported profiles.
What you get. Use this group to understand followers, following, adjacency, and account relationships before you build scoring or campaign workflows.
API methods inside this entity
4 API methods
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API methods inside this entity
4 API methods
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Social: Followers by user ID
Open docsStart with these docs when you need relationship signals around social for audience research, scoring, or adjacency mapping.
Social: Follower summary by user ID
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around social without opening a larger content collection.
Social: Following by user ID
Open docsStart with these docs when you need relationship signals around social for audience research, scoring, or adjacency mapping.
Social: Following Summary By User Id
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around social without opening a larger content collection.
Instagram stories data
5 API methodsStory API methods focus on short-lived content surfaces and the public context around them.
What you get. This entity is helpful for ephemeral content monitoring, creator reporting, and workflows that need access beyond the main feed.
API methods inside this entity
5 API methods
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API methods inside this entity
5 API methods
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Stories: Highlight items by highlight ID
Open docsOpen these docs when you need the actual stories content surface for monitoring, archive jobs, or reporting workflows.
Stories: Highlights by user ID
Open docsUse these docs to work with stories: Highlights by user ID when your product needs a clear API method into public stories workflows.
Stories: Items by user ID
Open docsOpen these docs when you need the actual stories content surface for monitoring, archive jobs, or reporting workflows.
Stories: Public Highlights By User Id
Open docsUse these docs to work with stories: Public Highlights By User Id when your product needs a clear API method into public stories workflows.
Stories: Summary By User Id
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around stories without opening a larger content collection.
Instagram timeline data
11 API methodsTimeline API methods give you the public content stream attached to a profile, account, or publishing surface.
What you get. This entity is ideal for feed building, historical monitoring, and products that need the content trail behind an account.
API methods inside this entity
11 API methods
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API methods inside this entity
11 API methods
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Timeline: Feed by user ID
Open docsOpen these docs when you need the actual timeline content surface for monitoring, archive jobs, or reporting workflows.
Timeline: Feed by username
Open docsOpen these docs when you need the actual timeline content surface for monitoring, archive jobs, or reporting workflows.
Timeline: Feed summary by username
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around timeline without opening a larger content collection.
Timeline: Public posts by user ID
Open docsRetrieve the public post stream for an Instagram user ID for monitoring, archive, and reporting workflows.
Timeline: Reels By User Id
Open docsOpen these docs when you need the actual timeline content surface for monitoring, archive jobs, or reporting workflows.
Timeline: Reels Summary By User Id
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around timeline without opening a larger content collection.
Timeline: Tagged Media By User Id
Open docsOpen these docs when you need the actual timeline content surface for monitoring, archive jobs, or reporting workflows.
Timeline: Tagged Media Summary By User Id
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around timeline without opening a larger content collection.
Timeline: User Feed Metrics By User Id
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around timeline without opening a larger content collection.
Timeline: User Feed Metrics By Username
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around timeline without opening a larger content collection.
Timeline: User Reels Metrics By User Id
Open docsChoose this API method when your product needs a compact performance view around timeline without opening a larger content collection.
How teams move from evaluation to launch
A serious Instagram integration moves from public profile targeting into media, social, and search coverage once the first API method is validated.
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Resolve the public profile
Start with profile API methods to validate identifiers, public account metadata, and response normalization.
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Expand into media surfaces
Add posts, reels, stories, comments, and likes when your workflow needs content-level context.
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Layer discovery signals
Use hashtag, search, geo, and location API methods to find creators, posts, and audience contexts.
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Operationalize monitoring
Tie API method pricing and API status into recurring jobs before running campaign or reporting workloads.
Start here
First request
Start with a representative Instagram method, then open the implementation docs for exact parameters and response fields.
API method
Profile: About account by user ID
Request cost
2 credits
Required parameters
user_idstrcurl --request GET \
--url "https://www.scrapestorm.net/api/v2/instagram.com/profile/about-account-by-user-id" \
--header "X-API-Key: 00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000" \
--get --data-urlencode 'user_id=value'
Auth header
X-API-Key
Required parameters
user_id
Billing event
2 credits per successful response
Launch details
Pricing, monitoring, and launch details
Instagram methods are priced per successful response, with lower-cost lookups and richer media or social API methods shown in the API method table.
ScrapeStorm is not affiliated with Instagram. Use the API for data you are permitted to process and follow applicable platform and privacy requirements.
API methods77
Entities12
Credits1-2 credits
Per-success credit pricing
API method prices are visible before integration and credits are tied to successful API responses.
API reference and implementation docs
Each platform page links to the API reference and implementation docs for exact request and response details.
Responsible data use
ScrapeStorm is independent from the listed platforms; your team remains responsible for permitted data processing.
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Questions before launch
These answers cover coverage, pricing, response formats, and launch details before you commit engineering time.
Does the Instagram Data API include normalized V2 responses?
Yes. Use V2 for product integrations that need stable normalized fields; V1 remains available when you need the original platform-shaped payload.
Can I start from a single Instagram endpoint?
Yes. Each product page links to implementation docs, so you can test one API method before expanding into adjacent profile, media, or search methods.
Which Instagram API methods are best for SEO and market research tools?
Profile, media, hashtag, search, and location groups are usually the strongest starting points for discovery, trend, and competitive workflows.
Can I combine comments, likes, and profile data?
Yes. The catalog separates those surfaces so you can start with a lean profile lookup and add engagement API methods only when needed.
Does ScrapeStorm claim an official Instagram partnership?
No. ScrapeStorm is an independent data API provider and the page avoids official partnership claims.