Datasets API endpoint
Returns one Instagram user from the dataset by `username`, with or without a leading @, matched case-insensitively. The record has full name, biography, external URL, avatar, verified and business flags, category, followers, following, posts and follower-to-following ratio. An unknown user returns 404.
/datasets/instagram-users/items/{username}Returns one public Instagram user profile by username from dataset id enum value instagram-users.
Path parameters:
username: required Instagram username, with or without a leading @, max 128 characters.Dataset id enum:
instagram-usersResponse behavior:
@ is automatically trimmed.404 when the user record is not present in the dataset.| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| username | Has a value | |
| id | Has a value | |
| full_name | Has a value | |
| biography | Has a value | |
| external_url | Has a value | youtube.com |
| avatar_url | Has a value | scontent-waw2-2.cdninstagram.com |
| is_verified | Has a value | true |
| is_business_account | Has a value | false |
| has_bio | Has a value | true |
| has_external_url | Has a value | true |
| followers | Has a value | 685,848,309 |
| following | Has a value | 263 |
| posts | Has a value | 8,533 |
| follower_following_ratio | Has a value | 2,607,788.25 |
| source_tier | Has a value | |
| crawled_at | Has a value | 2026-07-24 |
| created_at | Has a value | 2026-07-24 |
| schema_version | Has a value |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| username (path) | string | Yes | Instagram username, with or without a leading @, max 128 characters | ||
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/datasets/instagram-users/items/instagram" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"username": "instagram",
"id": "25025320",
"full_name": "Instagram",
"biography": "Discovering creators and stories around the world.",
"external_url": "https://about.instagram.com",
"avatar_url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/avatar.jpg",
"is_verified": true,
"is_business_account": true,
"category_name": "Product/Service",
"has_bio": true,
"has_external_url": true,
"followers": 670000000,
"following": 80,
"posts": 7500,
"follower_following_ratio": 8375000,
"source_tier": "head-directory",
"crawled_at": "2026-07-23T10:00:00Z",
"schema_version": 1
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/datasets.instagramUserResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | es.InstagramUserRecord | No | ||||
| data.avatar_url | string | No | ||||
| data.biography | string | No | ||||
| data.category_name | string | No | ||||
| data.crawled_at | string | No | ||||
| data.created_at | string | No | ||||
| data.external_url | string | No | ||||
| data.follower_following_ratio | number | No | ||||
| data.followers | integer | No | ||||
| data.following | integer | No | ||||
| data.full_name | string | No | ||||
| data.has_bio | boolean | No | ||||
| data.has_external_url | boolean | No | ||||
| data.id | string | No | ||||
| data.is_business_account | boolean | No | ||||
| data.is_verified | boolean | No | ||||
| data.posts | integer | No | ||||
| data.schema_version | integer | No | ||||
| data.source_tier | string | No | ||||
| data.username | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Not Found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 500 | Internal Server Error | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/datasets/instagram-users/items/instagram" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"