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Instagram Profile

GET /v1/social/instagram/profile2 credits / requestcache 360 min

A public Instagram creator or brand profile as a logged-out visitor sees it: name, handle, verified badge, bio and bio links, exact follower and following counts, post count, avatar and the latest posts (shortcode, link, type, caption, image, date). Instagram hides like and comment counts and the account category from logged-out visitors, so those come back as null, never estimated. Instagram shows most server IPs a login wall: we detect it and never log in, so this engine runs through residential proxies and blocks are free. Private accounts are never returned; e-mail addresses and phone numbers inside bios and captions are masked.

Query parameters

username
string · required
Instagram handle with or without @ (e.g. 'nasa'), or a profile URL such as https://www.instagram.com/nasa/.
limit
integer
How many of the latest posts to include (0-12). Instagram preloads 12 posts for logged-out visitors.
Default: 12
max_age
integer
Accept a cached answer up to this many seconds old, billed at 50%.

Response data fields

    Example

    curl "https://api.gridlode.com/v1/social/instagram/profile?username=nasa&limit=6" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GRIDLODE_KEY"

    Try it without code on the Instagram Profile API page.