SocialCrawl

SocialCrawl Instagram API

Instagram endpoints

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 36

GET /instagram/profile Get Instagram user profile #
GET /instagram/profile/posts List Instagram user posts #
GET /instagram/post Get Instagram post details #
GET /instagram/post/comments List Instagram post comments #
GET /instagram/comment Look up one Instagram comment by URL or id #
GET /instagram/basic-profile Get Instagram basic profile #
GET /instagram/profile/reels List Instagram user reels #
GET /instagram/highlights List Instagram story highlights #
GET /instagram/highlight/detail Get Instagram highlight detail #
GET /instagram/search/reels Search Instagram reels #
GET /instagram/media/transcript Get Instagram media transcript #
GET /instagram/user/embed Get Instagram user embed HTML #
GET /instagram/audio/reels List Instagram reels using an audio track #
GET /instagram/search/hashtag Search Instagram posts by hashtag #
GET /instagram/search/profiles Search Instagram profiles by keyword #
GET /instagram/followers List Instagram followers #
GET /instagram/following List Instagram following #
GET /instagram/similar List similar Instagram accounts #
GET /instagram/post/likers List Instagram post likers #
GET /instagram/post/stats Get Instagram post stats including the share count #
GET /instagram/tagged List posts an Instagram user is tagged in #
GET /instagram/location/posts List recent posts at an Instagram location #
GET /instagram/engagement Get Instagram engagement statistics #
GET /instagram/search/location Search Instagram locations #
GET /instagram/post/comment/replies List replies under an Instagram comment #
GET /instagram/username-suggestions Get Instagram username suggestions #
GET /instagram/search/music Search Instagram music #
GET /instagram/stories List an Instagram user's active stories #
GET /instagram/story/download Download a single Instagram story #
GET /instagram/profile/full Instagram profile, recent posts, and computed analytics in one call #
GET /instagram/profile/reels/full Instagram reels with views, likes, comments, and per-reel share counts where… #
GET /instagram/profile/posts/full Instagram posts with views, likes, comments, and per-post share counts where… #

Documentation

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APIReference
https://www.socialcrawl.dev/openapi.json
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Documentation
https://www.socialcrawl.dev/docs
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GettingStarted
https://www.socialcrawl.dev/docs/quickstart
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Authentication
https://www.socialcrawl.dev/docs/authentication
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RateLimits
https://www.socialcrawl.dev/docs/rate-limits

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/socialcrawl/refs/heads/main/openapi/socialcrawl-instagram-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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ErrorCodes
https://www.socialcrawl.dev/docs/errors
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Onboarding
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/socialcrawl/refs/heads/main/well-known/socialcrawl-api-onboarding.json
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AgentPrompt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/socialcrawl/refs/heads/main/skills/socialcrawl-agents.txt

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OpenAPI Specification

socialcrawl-instagram-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: SocialCrawl Instagram API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'Unified social media data API - one API key, one consistent response format, 50 platforms, 400 endpoints. Power AI agents with clean social data.


    Slim variant: inline examples removed and the shared error responses hoisted into components. The full annotated spec is at https://www.socialcrawl.dev/openapi.json.'
  contact:
    name: SocialCrawl
    url: https://www.socialcrawl.dev
    email: support@socialcrawl.dev
servers:
- url: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1
  description: Production
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:


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