Instagram Post

Retrieve detailed information about a specific Instagram post by URL. For best results, use URLs that include the username (e.g., instagram.com/username/p/ABC123/). URLs without username (e.g., instagram.com/p/ABC123/) will attempt automatic username discovery, but this may not always succeed. Returns media URLs, captions, engagement metrics, author info, and tagged users.

Endpoint

GET /api/instagram/post
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Parameters

url string Optional

Instagram post URL. Recommended format: https://www.instagram.com/username/p/ABC123/ (URLs without username may have limited success)

shortcode string Optional

Instagram post shortcode (e.g., DUBtwxGEqz2). Use when you do not have a full URL.

Request Examples

<?php

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Finstagram%2Fp%2FDUBtwxGEqz2%2F');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::withHeaders([
    'x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
])->get('https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Finstagram%2Fp%2FDUBtwxGEqz2%2F');

return $response->json();
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Finstagram%2Fp%2FDUBtwxGEqz2%2F', {
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
  }
})
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
  .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');

axios.get('https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Finstagram%2Fp%2FDUBtwxGEqz2%2F', {
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
  }
})
  .then(response => console.log(response.data))
  .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
}

response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Finstagram%2Fp%2FDUBtwxGEqz2%2F', headers=headers)
print(response.json())
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

uri = URI.parse('https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Finstagram%2Fp%2FDUBtwxGEqz2%2F')
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
  http.request(request)
end

puts JSON.parse(response.body)
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io/ioutil"
    "net/http"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Finstagram%2Fp%2FDUBtwxGEqz2%2F", nil)
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
curl -X GET 'https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Finstagram%2Fp%2FDUBtwxGEqz2%2F' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

Response Schema

JSON Response 200 OK 
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "id": "3819535222330010870",
        "shortcode": "DUBtwxGEqz2",
        "media_type": "video",
        "caption": "Amazing content! #instagram #viral",
        "hashtags": [
            "instagram",
            "viral"
        ],
        "taken_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00+00:00",
        "like_count": 125000,
        "comment_count": 3500,
        "play_count": 5000000,
        "media": [
            {
                "type": "video",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://...",
                "video_url": "https://...",
                "video_versions": []
            }
        ],
        "location": {
            "id": "123456",
            "name": "Los Angeles"
        },
        "author": {
            "id": "25025320",
            "username": "instagram",
            "full_name": "Instagram",
            "profile_pic_url": "https://...",
            "is_verified": true
        },
        "collaborators": [],
        "tagged_users": [],
        "permalink": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DUBtwxGEqz2/"
    }
}

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