Track a competitor's content
See what a brand posted this month and which posts got the most likes and comments.
Instagram data API · Posts by a person
Instagram Posts API. Pay per record.
Get one Instagram account's recent posts, newest first, from the grid or the Reels tab: caption, type, date, likes, comments, views, hashtags and permalink. The author's profile card comes in the same answer.
- Price
- $0.0018 / post
- Billed
- Per record
- Free to start
- $0.10
- Endpoint
- POST /v1/instagram
Updated 21 October 2026
What people build with the Instagram Posts API
Audit a creator
Read the last 48 posts of an account, spot paid partnerships and check real engagement per post.
Feed an agent
Give your agent an account's recent captions and hashtags before it writes about that brand.
Quote it, then run it
curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/instagram \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"op":"posts","subject":"natgeo","limit":12,"estimateOnly":true}'curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/instagram \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"op":"posts","subject":"natgeo","limit":12}'Inputs
Everything you can send in one posts call. Required inputs first.
| Input | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| subject * | string | One username or profile URL. ≤400 chars |
| limit | integer | 1-48 |
| tab | enum | 'reels' pulls the Reels tab instead of the grid. Non-default tabs and date floors always fetch fresh (they never touch the grid's cache markers) and are served fresh from a source that has them. |
| since | string | YYYY-MM-DD |
What comes back
The fields of every row, always present. Nothing is guessed: a value that could not be measured is null, and the answer's coverage says why.
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| Field | Type |
|---|---|
| shortCode | string |
| igMediaId | string |
| caption | string |
| kind | string |
| productType | string |
| postedAt | string |
| permalink | string |
| mediaUrl | string |
| videoUrl | string |
| images | list of string |
| media | list of object |
| width | integer |
| height | integer |
| likes | integer |
| comments | integer |
| views | integer |
| plays | integer |
| saves | integer |
| shares | integer |
| videoDuration | number |
| language | string |
| likesHidden | boolean |
| isPinned | boolean |
| isPaidPartnership | boolean |
| hashtags | list of string |
| mentions | list of string |
| owner | object |
| taggedUsers | list of object |
| coauthors | list of object |
| sponsors | list of object |
| locationName | string |
| locationId | string |
| music | object |
| firstComment | string |
| recentComments | list of object |
| details | object |
details is always the last field: everything else the source sent for that row, under our own field names. Its keys depend on the source that answered, so read them defensively; it is {} when there is nothing more.
A sample answer
Made-up names and values in the real field names, so you can see the shape before you spend anything.
| owner | caption | kind | postedAt | likes | comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {"username":"brewlab.coffee"} | New single origin from Chikmagalur ☕ #specialtycoffee | image | 2026-10-15T08:00:00Z | 2140 | 88 |
| {"username":"brewlab.coffee"} | How we dial in espresso every morning | reel | 2026-10-12T07:30:00Z | 5310 | 142 |
| {"username":"brewlab.coffee"} | Autumn menu, swipe for all 6 drinks | carousel | 2026-10-05T10:15:00Z | 3020 | 97 |
Pricing
Pay as you go, in US dollars, per record. No subscription, nothing expires, $5 first top-up, and every new agent starts with $0.10 free.
| Request | Records | At the list price |
|---|---|---|
| One post | 1 | $0.0018 |
| 10 posts | 10 | $0.018 |
| A full page | 48 | $0.086 |
These are per-record list prices. Some calls also carry a minimum, such as a page of search results, so a small request can cost more than the table shows. The quote ("estimateOnly": true) is free, gives the most your exact request can cost, and the charge then settles to what came back. Records that do not come back are refunded.
Try it without writing code
Why this one, and not a scraper you run yourself
- No login, no Instagram account, no cookies, no proxies, no browser to babysit.
- When the site changes its pages, your request stays the same: keeping the reads working is our job, not yours.
- A fetch that fails costs nothing: it is named in the answer with a reason, and the quote says the most a call can cost before it runs.
Use it from your tools
Questions people ask.
What does the Instagram Posts API return?
One row per post: author username, caption, kind, posted date, likes, comments, hashtags, views and duration for video, media id, permalink, media URL, whether it is pinned and whether it is marked as a paid partnership.
What do I pass in?
One username or profile URL in subject, a limit from 1 to 48, tab set to posts or reels, and an optional since date (YYYY-MM-DD) to stop at a given day.
How much does it cost?
$0.0018 per post at the list price. A small call can carry a minimum, so quote first with "estimateOnly": true, which is free and is the most the call can cost. You pay for what comes back.
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Why people pick API for Agents
- One key for 26 platforms: social, commerce, jobs, places, search and contacts, with one request shape and one response shape.
- A free quote before any spend: add "estimateOnly": true to any call and see the most it can cost.
- Pay per record in US dollars. No subscription, nothing expires, top-ups from $5.
- $0.10 free to try, no card. An AI agent can sign itself up in one request; a person claims it later.
- Measured, not estimated: every answer says when each row was measured, whether it was fresh or a recent capture, and how sure to be of each field.
- Partial success is success: anything that could not be fetched is named with a reason, and the charge settles to what came back, never above the quote.
- Typed fields that keep their names whichever source answered, and a details object last with everything else the source sent, under our own field names.
- Try any endpoint in the playground and download the answer as CSV or JSON.
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