GETPosts1 credit

Get post

GET https://api.instagramapi.dev/v1/post

Returns caption, media URLs, like/comment counts, author, timestamp, and carousel children for a post or reel.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
post	string	yes	An Instagram post/reel. Accepts a media id, a shortcode (`C1a2b3c4d5e`), or a full post/reel URL. We resolve it automatically.

Example request

curl "https://api.instagramapi.dev/v1/post?post=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FC1a2b3c4d5e%2F" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $INSTAGRAMAPI_KEY"

const res = await fetch("https://api.instagramapi.dev/v1/post?post=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FC1a2b3c4d5e%2F", {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.INSTAGRAMAPI_KEY}` },
});

res = requests.get("https://api.instagramapi.dev/v1/post?post=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FC1a2b3c4d5e%2F",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {INSTAGRAMAPI_KEY}"})

Try it

Live request · uses 1 credit

API key

post *string

Example response

{
  "data": { /* Full details for a single post or reel. */ },
  "meta": {
    "endpoint": "post",
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "credits_remaining": 4987,
    "next_cursor": null,
    "ms": 412
  }
}