Instagram profile posts API

Instagram Channel Posts API

Fetch a cursor-paginated page of recent public Instagram posts or videos from one profile URL.

Input: Public Instagram profile URL. Returns: a page of results with a cursor for the next, in Instagram's own field names. Price: 4 credits per call; failed reads are free.

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GET /v1/instagram/posts Public Instagram profile URL · Cursor page

Recorded response

GET /v1/instagram/posts

URL url=https://www.instagram.com/instagramlimit=20

Each call4 credits

Retrieval failurefree

{
  "success": true,
  "available": true,
  "creditsCharged": 4,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "caption": "a little IRL whimsy 🧚✨⁣\n⁣\n#InTheMoment⁣\n⁣\nVideo by @napalosa_ ",
        "mediaType": "video",
        "views": 49522178,
        "likes": 289388,
        "comments": 6219
      }
    ],
    "fetchedAt": "2026-09-02T07:22:04Z"
  }
}

Key fields shown · full response below

See it in action

Try it with a sample URL.

The snippets use the production endpoint. Replace the sample URL with your own public target before running them.

Try this API live

Pick a sample input

Start from a valid shape, then replace the sample value with your public target.

Selected instagram https://www.instagram.com/instagram Open

Preview the request

Use a server-side key and send parameters as query values.

GET https://api.sourcevine.io/v1/instagram/posts

curl -G 'https://api.sourcevine.io/v1/instagram/posts' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer sv_live_...' \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://www.instagram.com/instagram' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=20'

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram",
  "limit": "20",
});

const res = await fetch('https://api.sourcevine.io/v1/instagram/posts?' + params, {
  headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer sv_live_...' },
});

const body = await res.json();
console.log(body.data);

import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api.sourcevine.io/v1/instagram/posts",
    params={"url": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram", "limit": "20"},
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer sv_live_..."},
)

body = r.json()
print(body["data"])

Replays the recorded response. Nothing leaves your browser.

Read the response

Every success includes availability, a fetch timestamp and billing context.

GET /v1/instagram/posts Not run

Hit Show sample response to see the response.

A real Instagram Channel Posts API response, recorded against the public target above.

available 4 credits recorded

Shortened to fit. items 3 of 12. A live call returns all of it.

{
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DcwCFJXvkDw/",
        "likes": 289388,
        "saves": null,
        "views": 49522178,
        "cached": false,
        "postId": "DcwCFJXvkDw",
        "caption": "a little IRL whimsy 🧚✨⁣\n⁣\n#InTheMoment⁣\n⁣\nVideo by @napalosa_ ",
        "comments": 6219,
        "username": "instagram",
        "fetchedAt": "2026-09-02T07:22:04Z",
        "mediaType": "video",
        "profileLink": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram",
        "publishedAt": "2026-09-01T15:59:57Z",
        "cacheAgeSeconds": null,
        "sourceTimestamp": null
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/Dcn5O64y3xi/",
        "likes": 1007805,
        "saves": null,
        "views": 64796103,
        "cached": false,
        "postId": "Dcn5O64y3xi",
        "caption": "5, 6, 7, ATE 🔥\n\n@yawnzzn is serving up the coolest choreo for his new song “Ice Cream” 🍦🕺",
        "comments": 12910,
        "username": "instagram",
        "fetchedAt": "2026-09-02T07:22:04Z",
        "mediaType": "video",
        "profileLink": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram",
        "publishedAt": "2026-08-29T12:05:16Z",
        "cacheAgeSeconds": null,
        "sourceTimestamp": null
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DcmFt2WPGxp/",
        "likes": 280470,
        "saves": null,
        "views": 107537722,
        "cached": false,
        "postId": "DcmFt2WPGxp",
        "caption": "TMW you realize this isn’t real candy 🤯\n\nVideo by @lorneats\nMusic by @__enjoy_official__",
        "comments": 6679,
        "username": "instagram",
        "fetchedAt": "2026-09-02T07:22:04Z",
        "mediaType": "video",
        "profileLink": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram",
        "publishedAt": "2026-08-28T19:17:30Z",
        "cacheAgeSeconds": null,
        "sourceTimestamp": null
      }
    ],
    "cached": false,
    "fetchedAt": null,
    "nextCursor": null,
    "cacheAgeSeconds": null
  },
  "success": true,
  "available": true
}

Ship it anywhere

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Response

Response fields.

Each response includes typed availability, a fetch timestamp, and only the public fields this API promises.

Field	Type	Meaning
items	array	A page of public Instagram posts or videos.
nextCursor	string \| null	Pass as cursor to request the next page.
items[].views	integer \| null	Present only where the platform reports it.
items[].likes	integer \| null	Per-item public like count.
items[].cached	boolean	Matches the page provenance on cached reads.
fetchedAt	ISO datetime	When Sourcevine read the public page.
sourceTimestamp	ISO datetime \| null	The platform timestamp when it is available.
cached	boolean	True when this answer repeats an identical request made moments earlier.
cacheAgeSeconds	integer	Seconds since the reading was taken.

Request flow

How a request is handled.

01 Send a public URL
Send a public Instagram profile URL. Sourcevine resolves ids, validates the resource type and returns a typed response.
02 Checked
A URL of the wrong kind or platform is refused with a 400 before any fetch, and not charged.
03 Read
The public data is read when you call. An identical request moments earlier is answered again, free.
04 Typed availability
Deleted, private and unsupported resources return explicit statuses, so clients can stop retrying facts about the world.
05 JSON back
Instagram names stay intact, so your code reads fullName instead of reverse-engineering a generic schema.

fetchedAtcreditsChargedavailable

Every response carries fetchedAt and the platform timestamp, so you know how old a reading is before you act on it. Instagram Channel Posts API fits recurring profile posts checks in dashboards, spreadsheets, workflows and agents.

Boundaries

What this API does not return.

No contact or bio fields
Bios, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses and messenger handles are outside the response contract.
No private data
Private accounts, restricted content and unavailable resources return typed availability instead of guessed data.
No comments or downloads
List APIs return recent public post metadata and metrics. They do not return comment bodies, media files or hidden analytics.

Use cases

Where teams use Instagram Channel Posts API.

Creator monitoring

Pull the latest public posts from a watched account on a schedule.

Campaign capture

Build a dataset of recent brand mentions or campaign posts before reporting.

Lead enrichment

See whether a profile is active before spending human review time.

Content ops

Feed recent public videos into moderation, analytics or publishing workflows.

Pricing

4 credits per call, and nothing for a failed read.

The response and X-Credits-Charged header tell you what happened, including when it is zero.

Charged4 credits

AnsweredThe public data came back.
Not found or privateThe lookup was made, and that is the answer. The response says which.
Empty resultThe lookup was made and found nothing to return, such as an account with no posts.

Not charged0 credits

Failure on our sideA timeout or a read we could not complete.
Unsupported URLThe wrong kind of URL: refused before any fetch.
Cache hitAn identical request moments earlier, answered again.

FAQ

Common questions.

What does Instagram Channel Posts API return?

Fetch a cursor-paginated page of recent public Instagram posts or videos from one profile URL.

How is it billed?

A call costs 4 credits, including an empty result. Retrieval failures are not charged.

What happens when the resource is private or deleted?

The request returns available=false with a typed availability status. Not-found and private results are charged like any lookup; unsupported URLs and retrieval failures are not.

Does Sourcevine return contact data?

No. Bios, emails, phone numbers, postal addresses and private or restricted content are outside the public response contract.

Do I need to log in to Instagram?

No. Your integration authenticates with a Sourcevine API key. You do not need to supply Instagram credentials or a session.

Instagram Channel Posts API

Try it with a sample URL.

Pick a sample input

Preview the request

Read the response

Use this API from code, no-code tools, MCP clients and agents.

Response fields.

How a request is handled.

What this API does not return.

Where teams use Instagram Channel Posts API.

Creator monitoring

Campaign capture

Lead enrichment

Content ops

4 credits per call, and nothing for a failed read.

Common questions.

What does Instagram Channel Posts API return?

How is it billed?

What happens when the resource is private or deleted?

Does Sourcevine return contact data?

Do I need to log in to Instagram?

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