LurkAPI

LurkAPI Instagram API

Public profiles, posts, reels and comments with media and engagement counts, plus reel search, similar accounts and reel transcripts.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 8

GET /v1/instagram/profile Profile #
GET /v2/instagram/user/posts User posts #
GET /v1/instagram/post Post #
GET /v2/instagram/post/comments Post comments #
GET /v1/instagram/user/reels User reels #
GET /v2/instagram/media/transcript Media transcript #
GET /v1/instagram/profile/similar Similar profiles #

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/lurkapi/openapi/lurkapi-instagram-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/lurkapi/json-schema/lurkapi-bluesky-reply-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/lurkapi/json-schema/lurkapi-reddit-comment-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

lurkapi-instagram-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Lurkapi Instagram API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'Operations tagged Instagram across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: lurkapi-openapi-api.json, lurkapi-openapi.json. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.lurkapi.com
security:
- apiKey: []
tags:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/lurkapi/openapi/lurkapi-instagram-api-openapi.yml