Instagram · Example Payload

Instagram Graph Api Media Example

InstagramMetaPhotosSocial-MediaVideosContent Publishing

Instagram Graph Api Media Example is an example object payload from Instagram, with 10 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

idcaptionmedia_typemedia_urlthumbnail_urlpermalinkshortcodetimestamplike_countcomments_count

Example Payload

{
  "id": "17854360229135492",
  "caption": "Beautiful sunset at the beach! #photography",
  "media_type": "IMAGE",
  "media_url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/media/example.jpg",
  "thumbnail_url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/example/",
  "permalink": "https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123/",
  "shortcode": "ABC123",
  "timestamp": "2026-04-17T12:00:00+0000",
  "like_count": 250,
  "comments_count": 15
}

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