Instagram · Transcripts

Instagram Media Transcript Scraper API

The Instagram Media Transcript endpoint is one API call: send a URL with your HProxy key and get back a clean, structured JSON object. Pull the full timestamped transcript of any Instagram video or reel, every spoken line with its start and end time. 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 URL
  • Errors and timeouts are not charged

On Instagram

Profiles3Posts and media5Transcripts1Comments1Search and trends1

Transcripts

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The call

One GET, and the media transcript 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/transcript?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FC8Xxun_Ku3-%2F" \
  -H "X-API-Key: hpx_your_key_here"
Response200 OK · JSON
{
  "language": "en",
  "duration": 47.2,
  "source": "creator",
  "segments": [
    { "start": 0.0, "end": 2.4, "text": "So the first thing we changed was the timing," },
    { "start": 2.4, "end": 5.8, "text": "and that completely changed the result." }
  ]
}

What comes back

The Instagram media transcript object.

segments[]
Each transcript line with its start/end timestamp and text.
language
The detected or declared transcript language.
duration
Total media length the transcript spans.
source
Whether the transcript is creator-provided or machine-generated.

What it takes

Parameters.

urlurlRequiredhttps://www.instagram.com/p/C8Xxun_Ku3-/

Target URL (profile, post or video).

trimbooleantrue

Return a slimmed-down payload (drops verbose fields).

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 media transcript, 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 media transcript endpoint earns its keep.

  • Turn Instagram video into searchable, indexable text for content and SEO.
  • Summarise or translate long Instagram videos at scale.
  • Build a spoken-content dataset for training or analysis.

Instagram media transcript questions

Answered before you ask.

The reference

Send one authenticated HTTPS request to the Instagram Media Transcript endpoint with a URL and your HProxy API key. Pull the full timestamped transcript of any Instagram video or reel, every spoken line with its start and end time. 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 media transcript 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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Transcripts elsewhere

The same data on 4 other platforms.

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

Transcript API
TikTok Video Transcript23 endpoints on TikTokFacebook Post Transcript17 endpoints on FacebookYouTube Video Transcript13 endpoints on YouTubeTwitter / X Tweet Transcript6 endpoints on Twitter / X

More from Instagram

11 Instagram endpoints, one key.

The Instagram catalog
Instagram ProfileProfilesInstagram Basic ProfileProfilesInstagram PostPosts and mediaInstagram User PostsPosts and mediaInstagram User ReelsPosts and mediaInstagram Reels SearchSearch and trendsInstagram Post CommentsCommentsInstagram User HighlightsPosts and mediaInstagram Highlight DetailPosts and media

Every platform

The same key works on all 23.

The whole catalog

More on the Instagram Media Transcript API

What the Instagram Media Transcript endpoint returns

Pull the full timestamped transcript of any Instagram video or reel, every spoken line with its start and end time. The JSON object carries segments[], language, duration and source. Nothing is summarised away on our side, so what you read in the response is what the Instagram media transcript page itself holds.

What you send to the Instagram Media Transcript API

The call takes a URL. Required: url. Optional: trim and 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.

Transcripts on other platforms

The same transcripts data is available on 4 other platforms: TikTok Video Transcript, Facebook Post Transcript, YouTube Video Transcript and Twitter / X Tweet Transcript. 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 media transcript 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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