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Instagram User Tagged Posts

Retrieve the public Instagram posts a user is tagged in, with pagination support. Accepts either the username (resolved to the numeric user id internally) or the numeric user id directly. Returns post details including media URLs, captions, and engagement metrics. Note: Instagram returns only the post author's numeric id on this endpoint — resolve author details with the /user/basic endpoint. A completed lookup costs one credit, including a definitive not-found result, because every lookup uses costly dedicated Instagram proxies.

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Instagram User Tagged Posts 1 credit/request

Endpoint

GET https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user/tagged-posts?username=natgeo
Request preview GET
https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user/tagged-posts?username=natgeo
Auth header x-api-key
Cost 1 credit/request
Response preview 200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "found": true,
    "user_id": "787132",
    "username": "natgeo",
    "posts": [
        {
            "id": "1929261108986102451",
            "shortcode": "BrGHMHIF8Kz",
            "media_type": "image",
            "caption": "Vardzia is a cave monastery site located in southern Georgia...",
            "hashtags": [
                "georgia",
                "exploregeorgia"
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

This endpoint has no required query parameters.

3 optional filters available.

username string Optional

Instagram username (without @). Required when user_id is not provided.

Example value natgeo
user_id string Optional

Numeric Instagram user ID. Required when username is not provided.

Example value 1234567890
max_id string Optional

Pagination cursor from previous response (next_max_id)

Example value 1234567890

Request Examples

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user/tagged-posts?username=natgeo",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user/tagged-posts?username=natgeo');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user/tagged-posts?username=natgeo', options)
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        return response.text();
    })
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user/tagged-posts?username=natgeo',
    headers: {
        x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
    }
};

try {
    const response = await axios(options);
    console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user/tagged-posts?username=natgeo")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

begin
    response = http.request(request)
    puts response.body
rescue => e
    puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")

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

try:
    conn.request("GET", "/api/instagram/user/tagged-posts?username=natgeo", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
import requests

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

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user/tagged-posts?username=natgeo', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url("https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user/tagged-posts?username=natgeo")
        .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
            .build();

        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                System.out.println(response.body().string());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
package main

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

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user/tagged-posts?username=natgeo", nil)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
        return
    }
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user/tagged-posts?username=natgeo"
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");

        try
        {
            var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user/tagged-posts?username=natgeo"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user/tagged-posts?username=natgeo',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let response = client
        .get("https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user/tagged-posts?username=natgeo")
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.text().await?);

    Ok(())
}

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

Scan these fields before integrating.

success found user_id username posts posts_count more_available next_max_id

Common posts fields

id shortcode media_type caption
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "found": true,
    "user_id": "787132",
    "username": "natgeo",
    "posts": [
        {
            "id": "1929261108986102451",
            "shortcode": "BrGHMHIF8Kz",
            "media_type": "image",
            "caption": "Vardzia is a cave monastery site located in southern Georgia...",
            "hashtags": [
                "georgia",
                "exploregeorgia"
            ],
            "taken_at": null,
            "like_count": 14030,
            "comment_count": 581,
            "play_count": null,
            "media": [
                {
                    "type": "image",
                    "thumbnail_url": "https://..."
                }
            ],
            "location": null,
            "author": {
                "id": "429173",
                "username": null
            },
            "permalink": "https://www.instagram.com/p/BrGHMHIF8Kz/"
        }
    ],
    "posts_count": 12,
    "more_available": true,
    "next_max_id": "1928051354388873282"
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

422

Validation Error

Neither username nor user_id was provided, or a value has an invalid format.

{
    "message": "The request validation failed",
    "errors": {
        "username": [
            "An Instagram username or user_id is required."
        ]
    }
}
503

Instagram Upstream Unavailable

Instagram rejected or failed all bounded attempts through approved proxies. Retry the request later. The request is retryable and does not consume credits.

{
    "success": false,
    "error": "Instagram tagged posts upstream unavailable after approved proxy attempts",
    "status_code": 503,
    "upstream_status_code": 429,
    "error_code": "instagram_tagged_posts_upstream_unavailable",
    "retryable": true
}

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