Instagram scraper API

Profiles, account search, posts, Reels, comments and hashtags, with the field names Instagram’s own Graph API uses. No login or cookies of yours. Blocks handled; nothing for you to unblock.

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Endpoints: 6
From: 3 credits a call
Returns: profile, search result, post, comment

instagram.com/p/C8xYz1AbCdE

Bblue.door.coffee· Follow

930 likes

blue.door.coffee Same corner, four years apart. #filmphoto #baking

View all 21 comments

September 14

Extracted data

1username "blue.door.coffee"
2like_count 930
3caption "Same corner, four years apart. #filmphoto #…
4comments_count 21
5timestamp "2026-09-14T07:10:08.000Z"
media_type "IMAGE"
shortcode "C8xYz1AbCdE"
hashtags ["filmphoto","baking"]

Try it now

Every Instagram endpoint, as an MCP tool, as a REST call, or as a question in plain English. Each one runs against the live API in demo mode — no key, no account. For an agent: the Instagram MCP server.

POSThttps://scrapefield.com/mcp

6 tools

Transport: HTTP, JSON-RPC 2.0
Methods: initialize · tools/list · tools/call
Auth: Bearer key (or none for demo mode)

claude mcp add --transport http scrapefield https://scrapefield.com/mcp

GET/v1/instagram/profile

3 credits

Get an Instagram profile

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  "username": "nasa"
});

const res = await fetch(`https://api.scrapefield.com/v1/instagram/profile?${params}`, {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SCRAPEFIELD_KEY}` },
});

const { data, meta } = await res.json();
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

// press Send — you get back one instagram_profile,
// every field present, null where the platform shows nothing

What people build with it

Three worked examples, each with the calls it makes and what a run costs — multiplied out from the published price of every call.

Find creators through a hashtag

Take the recent posts under a hashtag, collect the accounts behind them, and read each profile. Keep the ones in the follower band you pay for — with their bio links, so the outreach address is already on the row.

The calls, and what each costs
`GET instagram/hashtag`	× 1	64 cr
`GET instagram/profile`	× 24	72 cr
per hashtag		136 cr

≈ $0.081 at the 250k pack

const API = 'https://api.scrapefield.com/v1';
const sf = (path, q) =>
  fetch(API + '/' + path + '?' + new URLSearchParams(q), {
    headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer ' + process.env.SCRAPEFIELD_KEY },
  }).then((r) => r.json());

const q = { tag: 'sourdough', limit: 24 };
const { data: posts } = await sf('instagram/hashtag', q);
const handles = [...new Set(posts.map((p) => p.username))];
const creators = [];

for (const username of handles) {
  const { data: p } = await sf('instagram/profile', { username });
  if (p.followers_count >= 10_000 && p.followers_count <= 100_000) {
    const { followers_count, media_count, bio_links } = p;
    creators.push({ username, followers_count, media_count, bio_links });
  }
}

Check a campaign actually ran

A day after each sponsored post goes live, and again a week later, fetch it by its shortcode: is it still up, does it tag you, is it labelled as a paid partnership, and what did it get. A deleted post shows up as an error you can report — and is not charged.

The calls, and what each costs
`GET instagram/post`	× 60	180 cr
a 30-post campaign, checked twice		180 cr

≈ $0.107 at the 250k pack

const API = 'https://api.scrapefield.com/v1';
const sf = (path, q) =>
  fetch(API + '/' + path + '?' + new URLSearchParams(q), {
    headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer ' + process.env.SCRAPEFIELD_KEY },
  }).then((r) => r.json());

const report = [];

for (const shortcode of campaignPosts) {
  const { data: p, error } = await sf('instagram/post', { shortcode });
  if (error) {
    report.push({ shortcode, live: false, reason: error.code });
    continue;
  }

  report.push({
    shortcode, live: true,
    tagged: p.mentions.includes('yourbrand'),
    labelled: p.is_paid_partnership,
    likes: p.like_count, // null if the creator hid it
    comments: p.comments_count,
    views: p.view_count,
  });
}

Read every comment on a post

Page through the comments fifty at a time until you have them all — author, text, date, likes and reply count each — and hand them to a sentiment model or a spreadsheet.

The calls, and what each costs
`GET instagram/comments`	× 10	30 cr
per post, 500 comments		30 cr

≈ $0.018 at the 250k pack

const API = 'https://api.scrapefield.com/v1';
const sf = (path, q) =>
  fetch(API + '/' + path + '?' + new URLSearchParams(q), {
    headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer ' + process.env.SCRAPEFIELD_KEY },
  }).then((r) => r.json());

const comments = [];
let cursor;

do {
  const q = { shortcode, limit: 50 };
  if (cursor) q.cursor = cursor;
  const { data, meta } = await sf('instagram/comments', q);
  comments.push(...data);
  cursor = meta.next_cursor;
} while (cursor && comments.length < 500);

Everything that comes back

The complete response behind the Instagram view at the top of this page, from GET /v1/instagram/post — every field, including the ones that are null. Fields are named after Instagram's Graph API, so if you have read those docs you already know them. Every field of instagram_profile, instagram_search_result, instagram_post and instagram_comment is documented.

{
  "data": {
    "id": "3504321690910732144",
    "shortcode": "C8xYz1AbCdE",
    "permalink": "https://www.instagram.com/p/C8xYz1AbCdE/",
    "media_type": "IMAGE",
    "media_product_type": "FEED",
    "caption": "Same corner, four years apart. #filmphoto #baking",
    "timestamp": "2026-09-14T07:10:08.000Z",
    "username": "blue.door.coffee",
    "media_url": "https://cdn.example/ig/C8xYz1AbCdE.jpg",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "children": [],
    "video_duration": null,
    "like_count": 930,
    "comments_count": 21,
    "view_count": null,
    "hashtags": [
      "filmphoto",
      "baking"
    ],
    "mentions": [],
    "location": null,
    "is_paid_partnership": false
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_7f3ac1e94b2d40f8a1c6e5d2",
    "credits_charged": 3,
    "credits_remaining": 74218,
    "cached": false,
    "fetched_at": "2026-09-20T09:12:03Z",
    "next_cursor": null
  }
}

Endpoints and prices

One published credit cost per endpoint, charged per call and refunded automatically when a call fails. See what a credit costs.

GET /v1/instagram/profile

Get an Instagram profile

instagram_profile3 credits

GET /v1/instagram/posts

Get recent posts from an Instagram profile

instagram_post[]3 credits

GET /v1/instagram/post

Get one Instagram post

instagram_post3 credits

GET /v1/instagram/comments

Get the comments on an Instagram post

instagram_comment[]3 credits

GET /v1/instagram/hashtag

Get recent posts for an Instagram hashtag

instagram_post[]64 credits

GET /v1/instagram/search

Search Instagram accounts

instagram_search_result[]3 credits

Instagram, specifically

The questions people ask about this platform before they call it. And how this compares with the platform’s own API: ScrapeField vs the Instagram API.

Are Reels included?

Yes, as posts: a Reel has media_product_type REELS, with its views in view_count and its length in video_duration.

Stories?

No. There is no stories endpoint — profiles, account search, posts, Reels, comments and hashtags only.

How many posts can I get from one account?

Up to 24 recent posts per call, with meta.next_cursor for the next page.

Does it need my Instagram login?

No. We never take a login, a cookie or a session for any platform, at any price. That is the point of the product.

The same key, four more platforms

One key, one balance and one invoice across all five — and each platform’s data in its own shape, because they are five different systems.

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