Instagram API

Instagram Media transcript API

Get the spoken-audio transcript text for an Instagram post or reel by URL.

POST/v1/run/instagram.media_transcript
Uptime
94.69%
30d · 113 calls
Requests
124
30d · weekly, last 12 wks
Response
9.2s
median · 30d

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Call it

Make your first 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())
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Sample response
{
  "data": {
    "transcripts": [
      {
        "id": "a1b2c3d4",
        "shortcode": "a1b2c3d4",
        "text": "A short example description of this item."
      }
    ]
  },
  "found": true
}
Response interface
interface InstagramMediaTranscriptResponse {
  data: {
    transcripts: {
      id: string;
      shortcode: string;
      text: string;
    }[];
  } | null;
  found: boolean;
}

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Reference

Request, response, and price

Last verified 2026-09-17 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
POST /v1/run/instagram.media_transcript
curl -X POST https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/instagram.media_transcript \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANYAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHsD6HGqJhp/"}'
FieldTypeExample value
Request body
urlstring"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHsD6HGqJhp/"Instagram post or reel URL.
Response
dataobject
data.transcriptsobject[]Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.transcripts[].idstringPopulated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.transcripts[].shortcodestringPopulated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.transcripts[].textstringPopulated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
foundboolean
Price
Price per requestUSD$0.0012
Price /1k reqUSD$1.20

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 2 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, 94.7% of Instagram media transcript calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 9.2 seconds across 113 measured calls.

It costs from $1.20 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. You fund one USD wallet, each call draws it down, and a failed request costs $0.

Get the spoken-audio transcript text for an Instagram post or reel by URL. The response is normalized JSON with the same envelope every AnyAPI endpoint returns, so parsing a second endpoint is a change of URL and nothing else.

Over the last 30 days, 94.7% of Instagram media transcript calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 9.2 seconds across 113 measured calls. These are AnyAPI's own measurements of traffic through the gateway, recomputed continuously, not a published service-level target.
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