datalikers-com Media API

Instagram posts, reels, and carousels — lookup by PK, shortcode, or full URL.

Operations 3

GET /v1/media/by/id Get media by ID #
GET /v1/media/by/code Get media by shortcode #
GET /v1/media/by/url Get media by URL #

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OpenAPI Specification

datalikers-com-media-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Cache Media API
  description: 'RESTful API for Instagram and TikTok data. Access user profiles, posts, stories, highlights, comments, hashtags, locations, audio tracks (Instagram), and videos, comments, hashtags, playlists (TikTok).


    All endpoints require an `access_key` query parameter for authentication (handled by the gateway).


    **Rate limits** depend on your plan. Instagram responses are served from cache with automatic fallback to HikerAPI when available; TikTok responses are cache-only.'
  termsOfService: https://datalikers.com/help/terms-of-service
  license:
    name: Pricing
    url: https://datalikers.com/pricing
  version: 2.10.1
tags:
- name: Media
  description: Instagram posts, reels, and carousels — lookup by PK, shortcode, or full URL.
paths:
  /v1/media/by/id:
    get:
      tags:
      - Media
      summary: Get media by ID
      description: 'Retrieve an Instagram media object by its numeric PK.


        Returns the full media object including media type (photo/video/carousel),

        caption, like count, comment count, timestamps, image/video URLs, and

        the owner user info.'
      operationId: media_by_id_v1_media_by_id_get
      security:
      - APIKeyQuery: []
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          description: Instagram media PK (numeric ID)
          title: Id
        description: Instagram media PK (numeric ID)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
                title: Response Media By Id V1 Media By Id Get
        '404':
          description: Media not found
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
  /v1/media/by/code:
    get:
      tags:
      - Media
      summary: Get media by shortcode
      description: 'Retrieve an Instagram media object by its shortcode.


        The shortcode is the alphanumeric string in the Instagram post URL:

        `https://instagram.com/p/{CODE}/`'
      operationId: media_by_code_v1_media_by_code_get
      security:
      - APIKeyQuery: []
      parameters:
      - name: code
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          description: Instagram media shortcode (e.g. 'CxR2k3hLp9Q')
          title: Code
        description: Instagram media shortcode (e.g. 'CxR2k3hLp9Q')
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
                title: Response Media By Code V1 Media By Code Get
        '404':
          description: Media not found
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
  /v1/media/by/url:
    get:
      tags:
      - Media
      summary: Get media by URL
      description: 'Retrieve an Instagram media object by its full URL.


        Accepts URLs in formats: `instagram.com/p/{code}/`,

        `instagram.com/reel/{code}/`, `instagram.com/tv/{code}/`.'
      operationId: media_by_url_v1_media_by_url_get
      security:
      - APIKeyQuery: []
      parameters:
      - name: url
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          description: Full Instagram post URL (e.g. 'https://instagram.com/p/CxR2k3hLp9Q/')
          title: Url
        description: Full Instagram post URL (e.g. 'https://instagram.com/p/CxR2k3hLp9Q/')
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
                title: Response Media By Url V1 Media By Url Get
        '404':
          description: Media not found
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
components:
  schemas:
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
      type: object
      required:
      - loc
      - msg
      - type
      title: ValidationError
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
  securitySchemes:
    APIKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: access_key
externalDocs:
  description: Get the access_key
  url: https://datalikers.com/tokens