Instagram Media transcript API
Get the spoken-audio transcript text for an Instagram post or reel by URL.
$1.20/1k req, pay per request, no subscription.
{"id":Â "3468291750394821660","shortcode":Â "DHsD6HGqJhp","text":Â "Okay so three things I wish I knew before I started running. One, your shoes matter way more than your playlist. Two, slow down, way slower than you think. And three, rest days are not optional, they are part of the training.","durationSeconds":Â number | null}
Pricing and providers
Instagram Media transcript API pricing: one API, 3 interchangeable providers
The cheapest provider serves first. If it fails, the next one takes over in the same call.
Call it
Get Instagram media transcript in one request
import os, requests res = requests.post( "https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/instagram.media_transcript", headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['ANYAPI_KEY']}"}, json={ "url": "" }, ) print(res.json())
This sample shows 6 of 8 fields. See every field
{
"found": true,
"data": {
"transcripts": [
{
"id": "3468291750394821660",
"shortcode": "DHsD6HGqJhp",
"text": "Okay so three things I wish I knew before I started running. One, your shoes matter way more than your playlist. Two, slow down, way slower than you think. And three, rest days are not optional, they are part of the training."
}
]
}
}Full parameter and response reference - every field, type, and example for this endpoint.
Reference
One request, one response shape.
Every field you send and every field you get back, each with a real example.
Last verified 2026-11-01 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
Request body
JSON, posted to this endpoint.
- urlstring
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHsD6HGqJhp/
Instagram post or reel URL.
- requireFieldsarray
Optional; omit it and routing is unchanged, with the cheapest source serving. Name the output fields this request must be able to return, for example `durationSeconds`, and it is served only by a source that returns every one of them. Fields you do not name are still returned whenever the serving source has them. This can raise your price: when the cheapest source cannot return a named field, a dearer source serves, and you are quoted and charged its price. A named field can still be absent on a video that genuinely lacks it. Naming a combination that no single source returns together is refused as invalid input, with no charge.
Response
JSON, one example value per field.
Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- durationSecondsnumbercan require
Length of the transcribed video in seconds, with fractional seconds. Null when this source does not report it.
- idstring
3468291750394821660
Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- shortcodestring
DHsD6HGqJhp
Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- textstring
Okay so three things I wish I knew before I started running. One, your shoes matter way more than your playlist. Two, slow down, way slower than you think. And three, rest days are not optional, they are part of the training.
Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- foundboolean
true
- reason"not_found" | "too_long"
Present only when `found` is false, and says why there is no result. `not_found`: the source states the target does not exist, or returned nothing for it. `too_long`: the video is longer than the source can transcribe, so asking again returns the same answer. A `found: false` answer is a successful call, not an error, and `costUsd` is what it actually cost.
FAQ
About the Instagram Media transcript API
The AnyAPI Instagram Media transcript API returns Instagram media transcript data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/instagram.media_transcript. Get the spoken-audio transcript text for an Instagram post or reel by URL. AnyAPI routes each request across 3 sources and falls back automatically when one fails. It costs from $1.20 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of Instagram media transcript calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 5.6 seconds across 33,746 measured calls.
