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Instagram User Highlights Scraper API

The Instagram User Highlights endpoint is one API call: send either an user ID or a handle with your HProxy key and get back a clean, structured JSON object. Pull the highlight reels on an Instagram profile, each with its cover, title and the number of items inside it. 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 either an user ID or a handle
  • Errors and timeouts are not charged

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The call

One GET, and the user highlights 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/highlights?handle=instagram" \
  -H "X-API-Key: hpx_your_key_here"
Response200 OK · JSON
{
  "cover": { "title": "Behind the scenes", "image": "https://.../cover.jpg" },
  "items": [
    { "id": "44219...", "media": "https://.../story.mp4",
      "takenAt": "2026-07-29T08:10:00Z", "expiresAt": "2026-07-30T08:10:00Z" }
  ]
}

What comes back

The Instagram user highlights object.

items[]
Each story or highlight item with its media URL.
cover
Cover image and title of the highlight reel.
takenAt / expiresAt
When each item was posted and when it drops off.

What it takes

Parameters.

Send any one of user_id, handle. user_id or handle required

user_idstring1234567890

Identifier from a previous response.

handlestringinstagram

Account handle or @username.

How it works

Scraping Instagram user highlights, in three steps.

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What people build with it

Where the Instagram user highlights endpoint earns its keep.

  • Archive Instagram stories before they expire.
  • Monitor brand mentions that only ever appear in stories.
  • Track how creators use highlights to sell.

Instagram user highlights questions

Answered before you ask.

The reference

Send one authenticated HTTPS request to the Instagram User Highlights endpoint with either an user ID or a handle and your HProxy API key. Pull the highlight reels on an Instagram profile, each with its cover, title and the number of items inside it. 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 user highlights 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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Posts and media elsewhere

The same data on 13 other platforms.

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

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Every platform

The same key works on all 23.

The whole catalog

More on the Instagram User Highlights API

What the Instagram User Highlights endpoint returns

Pull the highlight reels on an Instagram profile, each with its cover, title and the number of items inside it. The JSON object carries items[], cover and takenAt / expiresAt. Nothing is summarised away on our side, so what you read in the response is what the Instagram user highlights page itself holds.

What you send to the Instagram User Highlights API

The call takes either an user ID or a handle, and any one of user_id and handle satisfies it. Optional: user_id and handle. 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.

Posts and media on other platforms

The same posts and media data is available on 13 other platforms: TikTok Video, Facebook Profile Reels, YouTube Channel Videos, LinkedIn Company Posts, Twitter / X User Tweets, Reddit Subreddit Posts, Threads User Posts, Pinterest Pin, Twitch User Videos, Bluesky User Posts, Spotify Track, Truth Social User Posts and Kick Clip. 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 user highlights 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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