Instagram API

Instagram User highlights API

List an Instagram account's story highlight reels by handle.

POST/v1/run/instagram.user_highlights
Uptime
100.00%
30d · 5 calls
Requests
5
30d · weekly, last 12 wks
Response
3.6s
median · 30d

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{
  "data": {
    "highlights": [
      {
        "coverUrl": "https://example.com/page",
        "id": "a1b2c3d4",
        "ownerHandle": "alex_rivera",
        "title": "Example title"
      }
    ]
  },
  "found": true
}
Response interface
interface InstagramUserHighlightsResponse {
  data: {
    highlights: {
      coverUrl: string;
      id: string;
      ownerHandle: string;
      title: string;
    }[];
  } | null;
  found: boolean;
}

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Request, response, and price

Last verified 2026-09-16 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
POST /v1/run/instagram.user_highlights
curl -X POST https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/instagram.user_highlights \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANYAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"handle":"nasa"}'
FieldTypeExample value
Request body
handlestring"nasa"Instagram username without the leading @.
userIdstringInstagram numeric user id (optional, faster than handle).
Response
dataobject
data.highlightsobject[]Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.highlights[].coverUrlstringPopulated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.highlights[].idstringPopulated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.highlights[].ownerHandlestringPopulated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.highlights[].titlestringPopulated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
foundboolean
Price
Price per requestUSD$0.0012
Price /1k reqUSD$1.20

FAQ

About the Instagram User highlights API

The AnyAPI Instagram User highlights API returns Instagram user highlights data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/instagram.user_highlights. List an Instagram account's story highlight reels by handle. 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, 100.0% of Instagram user highlights calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 3.6 seconds across 5 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.

List an Instagram account's story highlight reels by handle. 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, 100.0% of Instagram user highlights calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 3.6 seconds across 5 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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