Instagram Profile Post Count API

Gets the post count shown on an Instagram profile

1 creditper request
GET
/v1/instagram/profile/post-count
curl "https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/instagram/profile/post-count" \
  -H "x-api-key: "
{
  "success": true,
  "credits_remaining": 100,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "handle": "lifestyleperfume",
  "media_count": 2774,
  "is_estimated": false
}

Headers

x-api-key
string
required

Your Scrape Creators API key

Query Parameters

handle
string
required

Instagram handle

Example:
lifestyleperfume
allow_estimated
boolean

Set to true to return scaled estimates when Instagram abbreviates counts for profiles with more than 10,000 posts. Defaults to false; false or omitted returns an uncharged 422 when only an estimate is available.

Example:
false

Response Field Explanations

handle
Instagram handle
media_count
Exact post count when is_estimated is false; scaled compact count when true
is_estimated
Whether media_count was scaled from an abbreviated Instagram value such as 12K or 1.2M