🚀 Instagram Public Data API

Production-ready ⚙️ • Real-time ⏱️ • Scalable 📈 • Clean JSON 🧾

👉 Get API Key (RapidAPI)

🎯 API Overview

Our Instagram Robust Scraper API exposes production-grade endpoints for public Instagram data: users, posts, reels, stories, comments, hashtags, and search. It’s engineered for scale and returns tidy JSON that’s effortless to integrate into dashboards, data pipelines, or BI tools.

✨ Key Features

⚡ Real-time responses (no server-side caching)
🧱 Stable endpoints with predictable schemas
🔁 Built-in retry & backoff with graceful error payloads
📡 Horizontal scalability & fair usage limits
🔐 Header-based auth via RapidAPI (no Bearer tokens)
👨‍💻 Developer-friendly examples and concise responses

🧩 Core Endpoints

✅ GET /users/{userId} — User profile by user ID
✅ GET /users/{userId}/followers — Followers (paginated)
✅ GET /users/{userId}/followings — Followings (paginated)
✅ GET /users/{userId}/similar — Similar accounts
✅ GET /users/{userId}/highlights — Highlights list
✅ GET /highlights/{highlightId} — Single highlight
✅ GET /posts/{shortCode} — Post/Reel by shortcode
✅ GET /posts/users/{userId} — User feed posts (paginated)
✅ GET /reels/{shortCode} — Reel by shortcode
✅ GET /reels/users/{userId} — User feed reels (paginated)
✅ GET /reels/clip/music/{mediaId} — Reel music info
✅ POST /medias/comments — Comments for a media (paginated)
✅ GET /stories/users/{userId} — Stories
✅ GET /stories/checker/users/{userId} — Stories checker
✅ POST /search — Search

⚙️ Quick Start (3 steps)

🔐 Get your API key on RapidAPI (open Hub).

📥 Send headers on every request:

x-rapidapi-host: instagram-robust-scraper-api.p.rapidapi.com
x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY

📊 Use the clean JSON in your app or data stack.

📦 Example Request (cURL)

curl --request GET \
  --url https://instagram-robust-scraper-api.p.rapidapi.com/instagram/users/1269788896 \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: instagram-robust-scraper-api.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY'

🧪 Example Response (excerpt)

{
  "id": "1269788896",
  "username": "acme_brand",
  "full_name": "ACME",
  "profile_pic_url": "...",
  "followers": 128430,
  "following": 312,
  "is_verified": true,
  "latest_posts": [ ... ]
}

💡 Why Choose Us

⏱️ Low latency & consistent throughput
📈 Scales from POC to millions of requests/month
🧾 Structured fields (URLs, captions, counters, etc.)
🔒 Robust controls (rate limits, key rotation)
🤝 Responsive private support

📍 Best Practices

🔁 Respect rate limits and use exponential backoff
🧠 Cache selectively on your side when appropriate

💳 Plans & Volume

Flexible monthly plans plus high-volume packages: 2M, 5M, 10M, 15M+ requests/month. Need something custom? contact us privately on RapidAPI Hub.

📞 Contact

Please use private messages on RapidAPI Hub for all inquiries and offers.

🔍 Compliance & Responsibility

Independent service: not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Meta/Instagram.
Public data only: no private data or unauthorized access.
No caching: results are fetched live; we do not persist results server-side.
Your obligations: ensure compliance with applicable laws and third-party terms.

🚀 Get Started | 📚👇 Read the Docs