# Instagram API Public Instagram profiles, media, comments, reels, audio, embeds, and discovery. - Platform ID: `instagram` - Capabilities: 20 - Execute endpoint: `POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute` ## Capabilities ### [List Reels by audio](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.audio-reels.list) - Capability ID: `instagram.audio-reels.list` - Cost: 1 credit per request Streams public reels attached to an Instagram audio page with bounded cursor pagination. ### [List comments](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.comments.list) - Capability ID: `instagram.comments.list` - Cost: 1 credit per request List the public comment preview with cursor pagination. This is not the complete comment history: is_complete is false and stop_reason explains the limit. ### [Get embed](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.embed.get) - Capability ID: `instagram.embed.get` - Cost: 1 credit per request Fetches Instagram's public profile or post embed HTML, including the captioned post variant. ### [Get Explore](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.explore.list) - Capability ID: `instagram.explore.list` - Cost: 1 credit per request Returns public Explore home sections or paginates a selected section. ### [Search hashtag posts](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.hashtag-posts.search) - Capability ID: `instagram.hashtag-posts.search` - Cost: 1 credit per request Find hashtag media via web indexes or a labelled keyword fallback. Filter by verified dates; confirmed no matches return not found. Failed requests are free. ### [Search hashtag keyword](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.hashtag.search) - Capability ID: `instagram.hashtag.search` - Cost: 1 credit per request Discover popular content for a hashtag keyword, with available dates and engagement counts. match_mode is keyword_popular; this is not an exact hashtag feed. ### [List highlights](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.highlights.list) - Capability ID: `instagram.highlights.list` - Cost: 1 credit per request Lists up to 10 public highlight collection titles and covers from a profile tray. Returns collection metadata without further-page continuation. ### [List location posts](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.location-posts.list) - Capability ID: `instagram.location-posts.list` - Cost: 1 credit per request Lists the reproducible first page of public ranked posts embedded in an Instagram location page. ### [Get location](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.location.get) - Capability ID: `instagram.location.get` - Cost: 1 credit per request Get location ### [Search popular](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.popular.search) - Capability ID: `instagram.popular.search` - Cost: 1 credit per request Search popular Instagram content by keyword, including available post dates and engagement counts. No matches returns a failed, uncharged request. ### [Get post](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.post.get) - Capability ID: `instagram.post.get` - Cost: 1 credit per request Fetches rich public post, reel, or carousel metadata plus backward-compatible oEmbed fields. ### [List profile posts](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.profile-posts.list) - Capability ID: `instagram.profile-posts.list` - Cost: 1 credit per request Lists public profile posts with bounded cursor pagination, deduplication, and optional timestamp filtering. ### [Get basic profile by ID](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.profile.basic) - Capability ID: `instagram.profile.basic` - Cost: 1 credit per request Fetch public profile metadata by numeric user ID. Unavailable metadata is listed in missing_fields. ### [Get profile](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.profile.get) - Capability ID: `instagram.profile.get` - Cost: 1 credit per request Get public profile counts, bio, links, category and business status, with up to 12 recent posts and a list of unavailable metadata. ### [Search profiles](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.profile.search) - Capability ID: `instagram.profile.search` - Cost: 1 credit per request Find public profiles through web indexing. Enrichment adds detail without replacing or reordering results. An unavailable index fails. ### [List Reels](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.reels.list) - Capability ID: `instagram.reels.list` - Cost: 1 credit per request Lists public profile reels with bounded cursor pagination, deduplication, and optional timestamp filtering. ### [Search Reels](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.reels.search) - Capability ID: `instagram.reels.search` - Cost: 1 credit per request Discovers public Instagram reels through web indexing with bounded page traversal and optional enrichment. ### [List trending Reels](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.reels.trending) - Capability ID: `instagram.reels.trending` - Cost: 1 credit per request List public trending reels up to limit or max_pages. stop_reason identifies the reached bound; next_cursor resumes after the last returned reel. ### [Search topic](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.topic.search) - Capability ID: `instagram.topic.search` - Cost: 1 credit per request Search public popular content by topic keyword, legacy topic ID or topic URL, with available dates and engagement counts. ### [List topics](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/instagram/instagram.topics.list) - Capability ID: `instagram.topics.list` - Cost: 1 credit per request Discover current public Explore topics, grouped by section, with available media counts. Results are fetched live from Instagram. ## Common uses - Monitor public creator and brand profiles - Build public post and reel datasets - Analyze public comments and audio usage - Research popular content by keyword or topic - Track public publishing activity over time ## Integration contract All capabilities use the shared `POST /execute` envelope. A `200` response completed inline; a `202` response must be polled through `GET /jobs/{id}`. See [authentication](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/authentication), [jobs and results](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/jobs), and [errors and retries](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/errors).