Social Media · Instagram Scraper
Instagram User Highlights Scraper API
Pull the highlight reels on an Instagram profile, each with its cover, title and the number of items inside it. No headless browsers, no captchas, proxies included.
// Instagram · User Highlights
curl -H "X-API-Key: hpx_your_key_here" \
"https://hproxy.com/api/v1/scrape/instagram/highlights?handle=instagram"
// → { "data": { … }, "records": 1, "costUsd": … }
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AmazonFrom Request to Clean JSON
You write one line. We do everything between the request and the data.
You send
One API call
GET the Instagram endpoint with your key. That's all your code does.
We handle
Proxies · captchas · parsing
Residential exit, anti-bot walls, JS rendering and extraction, all server-side, on us.
You get
Clean JSON
A structured object every time. No HTML, no scraping code, no maintenance.
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.
What the Instagram User Highlights API returns
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.
Example response
{
"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" }
]
}Trimmed for brevity. Every call returns the full object with all fields listed here.
The Instagram user highlights endpoint
Full Instagram reference →/api/v1/scrape/instagram/highlightsSend at least one of: user_id or handle. Every parameter below is individually optional, so a call with none of these is rejected.
Otherwise the call returns 400 user_id or handle required.
Parameters
user_idstringoptionalIdentifier from a previous response.
handlestringoptionalAccount handle or @username.
Example request
curl "https://hproxy.com/api/v1/scrape/instagram/highlights?handle=instagram" \
-H "X-API-Key: hpx_your_key_here"POST with a JSON body works too. Failed calls, timeouts and rate-limited calls are never billed.
Scraping Instagram user highlights in three steps
Create a free account
Sign up and top up any amount. The balance pays for every HProxy product and never expires.
Grab your API key
One key from the dashboard authenticates every scraper, Instagram user highlights included.
Call the endpoint
Send the target to the Instagram User Highlights endpoint and read the JSON. That is the whole integration.
No captchas, ever
Anti-bot walls, JS rendering and rate limits are handled server-side. You call an API, that is the whole job.
Residential-backed
Every request exits through HProxy's own residential network, so it looks like a real user on a real device.
Pay per call
No subscription, no seat licenses. Calls are billed from your balance and the balance never expires.
Fresh on every call
Responses are scraped live at request time, no stale cache dressed up as data.
Failures are free
Automatic retries first; if an extraction still fails, the call is not charged.
Scales with you
From one call to millions: same endpoint, same price curve, volume discounts as you grow.
What people build with it
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 pricing
$3.00
per 1,000 calls · 0.3¢ each
Pay per call, no subscription
Failed extractions are not charged
Proxies included in the price