Instagram User

Retrieve a complete Instagram user profile including biography, bio links, follower/following counts, and their recent posts. Returns full profile data and post details including media URLs, captions, engagement metrics, with pagination support.

Endpoint

GET /api/instagram/user
✨

Generate Code with AI

Copy a ready-made prompt with all the endpoint details, parameters, and example responses. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or any AI assistant to instantly generate working code.

Parameters

username string Required

Instagram username (without @)

max_id string Optional

Pagination cursor from previous response (next_max_id)

Request Examples

<?php

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user?username=instagram');
curl_setopt($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/user?username=instagram');

return $response->json();
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user?username=instagram', {
  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/user?username=instagram', {
  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/user?username=instagram', headers=headers)
print(response.json())
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

uri = URI.parse('https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user?username=instagram')
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/user?username=instagram", 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/user?username=instagram' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

Response Schema

JSON Response 200 OK 
{
    "success": true,
    "user": {
        "id": "25025320",
        "username": "instagram",
        "full_name": "Instagram",
        "biography": "Discover what's next. \ud83d\udcf8",
        "bio_links": [
            {
                "title": "",
                "url": "https://about.instagram.com",
                "link_type": "external"
            }
        ],
        "external_url": "https://about.instagram.com",
        "profile_pic_url": "https://...",
        "profile_pic_url_hd": "https://...",
        "is_verified": true,
        "is_private": false,
        "is_business_account": true,
        "is_professional_account": true,
        "category_name": "App Page",
        "follower_count": 676000000,
        "following_count": 72,
        "media_count": 7800,
        "pronouns": []
    },
    "posts": [
        {
            "id": "3819535222330010870",
            "shortcode": "DUBtwxGEqz2",
            "media_type": "video",
            "caption": "Post caption text...",
            "hashtags": [
                "instagram",
                "reels"
            ],
            "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://..."
                }
            ],
            "location": {
                "id": "123456",
                "name": "Los Angeles, California"
            },
            "author": {
                "username": "instagram"
            },
            "permalink": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram/p/DUBtwxGEqz2/"
        }
    ],
    "posts_count": 12,
    "more_available": true,
    "next_max_id": "QVFDcF..."
}

Try It Live

Test this endpoint in our interactive playground with real data.

Open in Playground
← Back to Home