GETProfiles1 credit

Get profile

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

Returns the public profile: bio, full name, follower/following counts, post count, profile picture, verified/business flags, and external links.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
handle	string	yes	An Instagram account. Accepts a username (`nike`), a numeric user id (`13460080`), or a full profile URL (`https://instagram.com/nike`). We resolve it automatically.

Example request

curl "https://api.instagramapi.dev/v1/profile?handle=nike" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $INSTAGRAMAPI_KEY"

const res = await fetch("https://api.instagramapi.dev/v1/profile?handle=nike", {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.INSTAGRAMAPI_KEY}` },
});

res = requests.get("https://api.instagramapi.dev/v1/profile?handle=nike",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {INSTAGRAMAPI_KEY}"})

Try it

Live request · uses 1 credit

API key

handle *string

Example response

{
  "data": { /* Full public profile for an account. */ },
  "meta": {
    "endpoint": "profile",
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "credits_remaining": 4987,
    "next_cursor": null,
    "ms": 412
  }
}