Profile
A profile's card: name, bio, links, followers, following and post count. A private account's card too, with private true.
GET/v1/instagram/profile1 creditHeaders
Get your API keyx-api-key*stringrequiredheaderYour API key, made in the dashboard.
Parameters
2handlestringoptionalqueryAn Instagram handle, with or without the @. Give handle or url.
example: nike
urlstringoptionalqueryA profile's link: instagram.com/handle, with anything after it. Give handle or url.
max 300 chars
Response fields
24dataobjectThe result: one object, or a list for the endpoints that return several.
data.idstringInstagram's id for the account: digits.
data.handlestringThe handle, without the @.
data.urlstringThe profile's link.
data.namestringnullableThe display name.
data.biostringnullableThe bio.
data.linksstring[]nullableThe links in the bio.
data.picturestringnullableThe profile picture's link. It is signed, and expires after a while.
data.verifiedbooleannullableWhether the account is verified.
data.privatebooleannullableWhether the account is private: its posts, reels and highlights are then only for its followers.
data.followersintegernullableFollowers, exact.
data.followingintegernullableAccounts it follows.
data.postsintegernullablePosts, as the profile page writes them: exact, such as 1672, or rounded for large numbers.
pageobjectnullablePaging, for the endpoints that page; null for the others.
page.next_cursorstringnullableSend it as the cursor parameter, with the same other parameters, for the next page. Null on the last page.
page.has_morebooleanoptionalWhether another page follows.
default: false
metaobjectAbout this call.
meta.platformstringThe platform: reddit, threads, tiktok or youtube.
meta.endpointstringThe endpoint's name, such as channel_videos.
meta.paramsobjectThe call's parameters, defaults included. Parameters without a value, and the cursor, are left out.
meta.request_idstringThis call's id. Quote it when you report a problem.
meta.api_versionstringThe API version that answered.
meta.fetched_atstringWhen the data was fetched from the platform (UTC).
format: date-time
meta.cachedbooleanoptionalWhether it came from our cache; fetched_at says how old it is.
default: false
Code example
curl -X GET 'https://api.socialparse.dev/v1/instagram/profile?handle=nike' \ -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'Responses
Successful Response
{ "data": { "id": "string", "handle": "string", "url": "string", "name": "string", "bio": "string", "links": [ "string" ], "picture": "string", "verified": true, "private": true, "followers": 0, "following": 0, "posts": 0 }, "page": { "next_cursor": "string", "has_more": false }, "meta": { "platform": "string", "endpoint": "string", "params": { "property1": "string", "property2": "string" }, "request_id": "string", "api_version": "string", "fetched_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z", "cached": false }}