API Reference
Fetch Instagram profile, post, and search signals with documented web scraping API endpoints. 3 endpoints documented below.
curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/instagram/post/openai/DVHLZU9Emy6" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"Instagram is login-gated and rate-limited, so scraping it reliably is hard. Crawlora's Instagram endpoints return public profile, post, and reels data as structured JSON.
A public profile by username, a post by shortcode, or a profile's reels.
Pass the username or shortcode to Crawlora's Instagram endpoint — managed execution handles access.
Receive follower count, bio, and post counts; per-post caption, likes, comments, and media URLs.
Re-run to monitor follower growth, posting cadence, and engagement over time.
/instagram/post/{id}/{post_id}apiKey8 credits/requestReturns media details for an Instagram URL shortcode. Use media.code from the reels response or shortcode from a public post URL; numeric media IDs are rejected.
Required: id, post_id.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 1 item. Filled in every item: url, width, height. In the sample: url: scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com.
/instagram/profile/{username}apiKey8 credits/requestReturns the public profile of an Instagram account by `username`. The response has the user id, full name, biography, bio links, external URL, category, follower, following and post counts, verified and private flags, location, profile picture, recent posts with captions and like counts, and related profiles.
Required: username.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 6 items. Filled in every item: id, shortcode, media_url, is_video, width, height, caption. In the sample: media_url: scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com and 2 other hosts; is_video: true in 3 of 6; caption: median 191 characters.
/instagram/reels/{id}apiKey8 credits/requestReturns up to 12 public Reels via anonymous proxied HTTP for the numeric Instagram user ID. Supports opaque `max_id` pagination. Captions, timestamps and original image dimensions are omitted when the public source does not expose them.
Required: id. Optional: max_id.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 12 items. Filled in every item: media.
Results from the 7 days to 14 Oct 2026. Current status
| Endpoint | Request | Checks passed | Median response |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieve a specific Instagram post by URL shortcode | GET /instagram/post/openai/DVHLZU9Emy6 | 100% | 1.18 s |
| Retrieve an Instagram user profile by username | GET /instagram/profile/openai | 100% | 3.44 s |
| Retrieve Instagram Reels for a user | GET /instagram/reels/45374573700 | 100% | 2.42 s |