Instagram Post/Reel Info API

Retrieve public post/reel details. The published time is returned in `data.xdt_shortcode_media.created_at` as an ISO 8601 UTC date. The original Unix timestamp remains available in `data.xdt_shortcode_media.taken_at_timestamp`. *Play counts can sometimes be inaccurate* Play counts are Instagram-only. When a Reel is also cross-posted to Facebook, Instagram (behind login) shows you the combined IG + FB views. But this API will only return the Instagram views. Read about it on Reddit

1 creditper request
GET
/v1/instagram/post
curl "https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/instagram/post" \
  -H "x-api-key: "
{
  "success": true,
  "credits_remaining": 1000000,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "data": {
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      "__typename": "XDTGraphVideo",
      "__isXDTGraphMediaInterface": "XDTGraphVideo",
      "id": "3565077699422862188",
      "shortcode": "DF5s0duxDts",
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      "dimensions": {
        "height": 1136,
        "width": 640
      },
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      "fact_check_information": null,
      "sensitivity_friction_info": null,
      "sharing_friction_info": {
        "should_have_sharing_friction": false,
        "bloks_app_url": null
      },
      "media_overlay_info": null,
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        {
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      ],
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      "encoding_status": null,
      "is_published": true,
      "product_type": "clips",
      "title": "",
      "video_duration": 71.1,
      "clips_music_attribution_info": {
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        "song_name": "Original audio",
        "uses_original_audio": true,
        "should_mute_audio": false,
        "should_mute_audio_reason": "",
        "audio_id": "1306404793971715"
      },
      "is_video": true,
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      },
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        "blocked_by_viewer": false,
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        "followed_by_viewer": false,
        "full_name": "Adrian Horning",
        "has_blocked_viewer": false,
        "is_embeds_disabled": false,
        "is_private": false,
        "is_unpublished": false,
        "requested_by_viewer": false,
        "pass_tiering_recommendation": true,
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        },
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      },
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              "text": "I built my own gumroad in 24 hours with AI",
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            }
          }
        ]
      },
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      "caption_is_edited": false,
      "has_ranked_comments": false,
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      },
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        "edges": []
      },
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      "is_paid_partnership": false,
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      "nft_asset_info": null,
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      "viewer_has_saved_to_collection": false,
      "viewer_in_photo_of_you": false,
      "viewer_can_reshare": true,
      "is_ad": false,
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      },
      "coauthor_producers": [],
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    }
  },
  "extensions": {
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}

Headers

x-api-key
string
required

Your Scrape Creators API key

Query Parameters

url
string
required

Instagram post or reel URL

region
string

2 letter country code to set the proxy in

Example:
US
trim
boolean

Set to true to get a trimmed response

Example:
false
download_media
boolean

Set to true to download the video/images and get back permanent Supabase URLs. Costs 10 credits if media is found, 1 credit otherwise.

Adds 10 credits when used
Example:
false
include_play_count
boolean

Set to false to omit `video_play_count` and skip its additional fetch for a faster response. Defaults to true.

Example:
true
cache_max_age
string

If we have a response in the cache that is this many days old or newer, return the cached response (0 credits, with "cached": true and a "cached_at" timestamp). Otherwise, scrape a live result (1 credit). See the Caching page for details.

Example:
7d
Available options:
1d,
3d,
7d,
14d,
30d

Response Field Explanations

data.xdt_shortcode_media.created_at
Human-readable published time in ISO 8601 UTC format.
data.xdt_shortcode_media.taken_at_timestamp
Original published time as a Unix timestamp in seconds.
data.xdt_shortcode_media.video_url
If the post is video, this is the URL of the video
data.xdt_shortcode_media.video_play_count
Views (only for reels). Omitted when `include_play_count=false`.
data.xdt_shortcode_media.edge_media_preview_like.count
Likes
data.xdt_shortcode_media.edge_media_to_parent_comment
Comments
data.xdt_shortcode_media.edge_sidecar_to_children
If there is an image carousel, these will be the images