Instagram/Post
Instagram

Instagram Post Scraper API

Caption, likes, comments, image URLs, video URLs — everything a public Instagram post exposes, returned as clean JSON.

From $0.0330 per call·Median under 2s·One charge per call

Highest price applies when download_media is set to true. Default mode is significantly cheaper.

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One call

Send a URL.
Get back JSON.

This endpoint takes one input: url. The response carries the parsed Instagram entity. Every public field, in a flat, predictable shape.

Request
cURL
curl https://hproxy.com/v1/scrape/instagram/post \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HPROXY_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DKSMEpKRd6h/"}'
POST // 1 call · $0.0330 · <2s
Response200 OK
{
  "platform": "instagram",
  "scraper": "instagram-post-collect-by-url",
  "input": {
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DKSMEpKRd6h/"
  },
  "data": {
    "data": {
      "xdt_shortcode_media": {
        "id": "3657869083548472514",
        "shortcode": "DLDXI0fylTC",
        "display_url": "https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/509601086_….jpg",
        "video_url": "https://scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com/o1/v/t16/f2/m86/AQPI….mp4",
        "video_play_count": 425901,
        "is_video": true,
        "owner": {
          "id": "21393171",
          "username": "jane",
          "is_verified": true,
          "full_name": "Jane Williamson",
          "edge_followed_by": {
            "count": 1565363
          }
        },
        "edge_media_to_caption": {
          "edges": [
            {
              "node": {
                "created_at": "1750272153",
                "text": "I think I like this goosey life🪿☺️🍃",
                "id": "17894844171126505"
              }
            }
          ]
        },
        "edge_media_preview_like": {
          "count": 22926
        },
        "taken_at_timestamp": 1750272151
      }
    }
  },
  "records": 1,
  "costUsd": 0.04,
  "requestId": "run_3Qm8x2V7nKp4dWcF",
  "elapsedMs": 1840
}
What comes backparsed fields
Instagram Post
instagram_post
dataobject
One real call · one structured record
What you get

Structured data,
not a scraping project.

Fetch a single Instagram post or reel by URL with full metadata.

Live JSON, returned in seconds
No login flows, no captcha solving
Pay-as-you-go, priced in dollars
Same API key across every scraper
Idempotent retries via X-Request-Id
REST. Works from any language
Built for

The work that
needs this data.

01

Lead generation

Pull Instagram signals at scale and enrich your CRM with public profile data. Clean, structured, ready to import.

02

Market research

Track competitors, audience movements, and trends across Instagram without standing up any scraping infrastructure.

03

AI training data

Feed predictable Instagram JSON straight into your model fine-tuning pipeline. Same schema every call.

More Instagram

The rest of the
Instagram hub.

See all 11 endpoints

Instagram Profile

/v1/scrape/instagram/profile

Collect a public Instagram profile by username — bio, followers, posts, links.

$0.0030
per call

Instagram Basic Profile

/v1/scrape/instagram/basic-profile

Lightweight profile lookup by Instagram numeric user id.

$0.0030
per call

Instagram User Posts

/v1/scrape/instagram/posts

Paginated feed of a user's public Instagram posts.

$0.0030
per call

Instagram User Reels

/v1/scrape/instagram/reels

Paginated reels feed for a public Instagram user.

$0.0030
per call
Try it

Two dollars,
first run.

Sign in with Google, drop $2 in the wallet, fire your first Post call against instagram.com. If it doesn’t do what you need, the balance is refundable for 24 hours.

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