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Instagram Basic Profile Scraper API

The Instagram Basic Profile endpoint is one API call: send a userId with your HProxy key and get back a clean, structured JSON object. Pull the lightweight Instagram profile object: handle, display name, avatar and verification, for fast bulk enrichment. HProxy runs the proxies, sessions, anti-bot handling and parsing server-side, so there is no headless browser to babysit and no parser to keep fixing when Instagram changes its markup. You only ever touch the JSON.

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0.15¢ per call
$1.49 per 1,000
Takes a userId
Errors and timeouts are not charged

On Instagram

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The call

One GET, and the basic profile comes back as JSON.

Your key goes in one header. 1 required parameter, and the answer is the object below it.

The full reference

curl "https://hproxy.com/api/v1/scrape/instagram/basic-profile?userId=1234567890" \
  -H "X-API-Key: hpx_your_key_here"

Response200 OK · JSON

{
  "id": "1092...",
  "username": "@handle",
  "displayName": "Real Name",
  "bio": "Founder. Building things.",
  "isVerified": true,
  "counts": { "followers": 90421, "following": 312, "posts": 1840 },
  "links": ["https://example.com"],
  "avatar": "https://.../avatar.jpg"
}

What comes back

The Instagram basic profile object.

bio / links: Public bio text and any linked URLs.
counts: Followers, following and post or video counts.
isVerified: Verification and account-type flags.
avatar: Profile image URL and display name.

What it takes

Parameters.

userIdstringRequired1234567890

Identifier from a previous response.

cache_max_agestring1d

Accept a cached result up to this old (1d, 3d, 7d, 14d or 30d) and pay nothing for it. Omit for a live scrape. Allowed values: `1d`, `3d`, `7d`, `14d`, `30d`.

How it works

Scraping Instagram basic profile, in three steps.

You write one line. Proxies, anti-bot walls, rendering and parsing happen on our side.

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Call the endpoint
Send the GET you need and read the JSON. That is the entire integration.

What people build with it

Where the Instagram basic profile endpoint earns its keep.

Enrich a CRM or lead list with live Instagram profile data.
Verify accounts and detect fakes at scale.
Track competitor profiles and bios for changes.

Instagram basic profile questions

Answered before you ask.

The reference

Send one authenticated HTTPS request to the Instagram Basic Profile endpoint with a userId and your HProxy API key. Pull the lightweight Instagram profile object: handle, display name, avatar and verification, for fast bulk enrichment. No proxies, no headless browser and no parsing on your side. The response is ready-to-use JSON.

This endpoint is 0.15¢ per successful call, which is $1.49 per 1,000. It bills from your HProxy balance with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Errors are retried and never charged; a lookup whose target does not exist counts as a call.

The API only accesses publicly available Instagram data, the same pages anyone can open in a browser. You are responsible for using the data in line with applicable laws and Instagram's terms for your use case.

A structured JSON object with the full basic profile data Instagram exposes publicly. See the fields listed above. The schema is consistent across calls, so you integrate once and rely on it.

No. Every call runs on HProxy's own residential network behind the scenes, so requests look like real users. The proxy layer is already included in the per-call price.

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An agent can call it

One GET with your key returns structured JSON, so an agent scrapes on its own schedule. No browser to drive, no parser to keep alive between runs.

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Profiles elsewhere

The same data on 18 other platforms.

One key, one JSON shape, one balance. Move sideways without learning a second API.

Profile Scraper API

TikTok Profile23 endpoints on TikTok Facebook Profile17 endpoints on Facebook LinkedIn Profile6 endpoints on LinkedIn Twitter / X Profile6 endpoints on Twitter / X Threads Profile5 endpoints on Threads Twitch Profile4 endpoints on Twitch Bluesky Profile3 endpoints on Bluesky Truth Social Profile3 endpoints on Truth Social Snapchat Profile1 endpoint on Snapchat YouTube Channel13 endpoints on YouTube Reddit Subreddit Details5 endpoints on Reddit Spotify Artist3 endpoints on Spotify Komi Page1 endpoint on Komi Linkbio Page1 endpoint on Linkbio Linkme Profile1 endpoint on Linkme Linktree Page1 endpoint on Linktree Pillar Page1 endpoint on Pillar SoundCloud Artist1 endpoint on SoundCloud

11 Instagram endpoints, one key.

The Instagram catalog

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Every platform

The same key works on all 23.

The whole catalog

More on the Instagram Basic Profile API

What the Instagram Basic Profile endpoint returns

Pull the lightweight Instagram profile object: handle, display name, avatar and verification, for fast bulk enrichment. The JSON object carries bio / links, counts, isVerified and avatar. Nothing is summarised away on our side, so what you read in the response is what the Instagram basic profile page itself holds.

What you send to the Instagram Basic Profile API

The call takes a userId. Required: userId. Optional: cache_max_age. Your key travels in the X-API-Key header, the response is JSON, and the call is billed at 0.15¢, $1.49 per 1,000.

Profiles on other platforms

The same profiles data is available on 18 other platforms: TikTok Profile, Facebook Profile, LinkedIn Profile, Twitter / X Profile, Threads Profile, Twitch Profile, Bluesky Profile, Truth Social Profile, Snapchat Profile, YouTube Channel, Reddit Subreddit Details, Spotify Artist, Komi Page, Linkbio Page, Linkme Profile, Linktree Page, Pillar Page and SoundCloud Artist. They share this endpoint's JSON shape, its per-call billing and your one API key, so moving from Instagram to another network is a change of URL rather than a second integration.

Is scraping Instagram basic profile allowed?

The endpoint reads publicly available Instagram data, the same pages anyone can open in a browser without logging in. It does not touch private accounts or anything behind a password. How you then use the data is yours to keep lawful, under the rules that apply to you and to Instagram.

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