Instagram API

Instagram Profile API

Public profile for a handle: name, bio, category, follower/following counts and avatar.

POST/v1/run/instagram.profile
Uptime
99.90%
30d · 7,995 calls
Requests
8,001
30d · weekly, last 12 wks
Response
4.1s
median · 30d

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{
  "found": true,
  "data": {
    "handle": "nasa",
    "fullName": "NASA",
    "bio": "Exploring the universe and our home planet.",
    "category": "Science",
    "verified": true,
    "followers": 97400000,
    "following": 78,
    "postCount": 4120,
    "avatarUrl": "https://instagram.com/nasa/avatar.jpg",
    "external": "https://www.nasa.gov"
  }
}
Response interface
interface InstagramProfileResponse {
  data: {
    avatarUrl: string;
    bio: string;
    bioLinks?: {
      title?: string;
      url: string;
    }[];
    category?: string;
    contactMethod?: string;
    displayName: string;
    externalUrl?: string;
    followers: number;
    following: number;
    handle: string;
    isBusiness?: boolean;
    posts: number;
    private: boolean;
    userId?: string;
    verified: boolean;
  } | null;
  found: boolean;
}

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Request, response, and price

Last verified 2026-09-17 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
POST /v1/run/instagram.profile
curl -X POST https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/instagram.profile \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANYAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"handle":"nasa"}'
FieldTypeExample value
Request body
handlestring"nasa"Instagram username without the leading @.
Response
foundbooleantrue
dataobject
data.handlestring"nasa"
data.fullNamestring"NASA"
data.biostring"Exploring the universe and our home planet."
data.categorystring"Science"
data.verifiedbooleantrue
data.followersnumber97400000
data.followingnumber78
data.postCountnumber4120
data.avatarUrlstring"https://instagram.com/nasa/avatar.jpg"
data.externalstring"https://www.nasa.gov"
Price
Price per requestUSD$0.0012
Price /1k reqUSD$1.20

FAQ

About the Instagram Profile API

The AnyAPI Instagram Profile API returns Instagram profile data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/instagram.profile. Public profile for a handle: name, bio, category, follower/following counts and avatar. 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, 99.9% of Instagram profile calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 4.1 seconds across 7,995 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.

Public profile for a handle: name, bio, category, follower/following counts and avatar. 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, 99.9% of Instagram profile calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 4.1 seconds across 7,995 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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