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Instagram post

One post or reel, as Instagram's own post object.

Instagram publishes a post's view count only for video. Photo and carousel posts return null rather than zero, because zero would be a claim we cannot support.

Share and save counts are not public on Instagram, so they are not returned.

POST
/v1/scrapers/instagram-post-v4

Authorization

ApiKeyAuth
X-API-Key<token>

Your API key. Sent on every request.

In: header

Request Body

application/json

TypeScript Definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X POST "https://example.com/v1/scrapers/instagram-post-v4" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DXuVyDtDyVH/"  }'
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