Instagram Scraper scraper API

Scrapes Instagram profiles, posts, reels, and topics via public GraphQL and REST APIs.

Social & content 8 capabilities stable 82.3% success rate

Capabilities

Every capability is one POST /execute call that returns structured JSON.

Search Hashtag


            instagram.hashtag.search

Searches Instagram posts for a hashtag.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"hashtag":"photography"},"capability":"instagram.hashtag.search"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`hashtag`	string	required	Hashtag to search
`limit`	integer	optional	Max results to return

Search Popular


            instagram.popular.search

Searches popular Instagram content for a keyword.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"keyword":"travel"},"capability":"instagram.popular.search"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`keyword`	string	required	Search keyword
`limit`	integer	optional	Max results to return

Get Post


            instagram.post.get

Runs Get Post for Instagram.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DV093UJknka/"},"capability":"instagram.post.get"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`url`	string	required	Instagram post URL

Output

Field	Type	Required	Description
`data`	—	optional
`shortcode`	—	optional

List Profile Posts


            instagram.profile-posts.list

Runs List Profile Posts for Instagram.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"limit":5,"max_pages":1,"url":"https://www.instagram.com/nasa"},"capability":"instagram.profile-posts.list"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`limit`	integer	optional	Max posts to return
`max_pages`	integer	optional	Max pages to paginate
`since`	integer	optional	Unix timestamp, skip posts older than this
`url`	string	required	Instagram profile URL or username

Output

Field	Type	Required	Description
`items`	—	optional
`summary`	—	optional

Get Profile


            instagram.profile.get

Runs Get Profile for Instagram.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/nasa"},"capability":"instagram.profile.get"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`fields`	array<string>	optional	Optional field filter
`url`	string	required	Instagram profile URL or username

Output

Field	Type	Required
`data`	—	optional
`is_private`	—	optional
`username`	—	optional

List Reels


            instagram.reels.list

Runs List Reels for Instagram.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"limit":5,"max_pages":1,"url":"https://www.instagram.com/nasa"},"capability":"instagram.reels.list"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`limit`	integer	optional	Max reels to return
`max_pages`	integer	optional	Max pages to paginate
`since`	integer	optional	Unix timestamp, skip reels older than this
`url`	string	required	Instagram profile URL or username

Output

Field	Type	Required	Description
`items`	—	optional
`summary`	—	optional

Search Topic


            instagram.topic.search

Searches Instagram explore content for a topic.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"topic":"travel"},"capability":"instagram.topic.search"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`limit`	integer	optional	Max results to return
`topic`	string	required	Topic slug, ID, or URL

List Topics


            instagram.topics.list

Runs List Topics for Instagram.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{},"capability":"instagram.topics.list"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`category`	string	optional	Optional category filter

Output

Field	Type	Required	Description
`count`	—	optional
`topics`	—	optional

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