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Instagram Highlight Detail API
Returns the individual stories saved inside one highlight, with their media URLs, timestamps, and interaction counts.
GET /v1/instagram/highlight/detailLast updated November 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
When to use the Instagram Highlight Detail API
Use it after highlights: pass the id it returned to see the contents of a single collection.
From the API reference
Returns the items within a specific Instagram story highlight including media URLs, thumbnails, durations, and capture timestamps. Highlights are archived story frames, so they carry no public caption and no public like, comment, or view count. Instagram shows story engagement only to the account owner, and it is never fabricated here.
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What can you do with the Highlight Detail API?
The Highlight Detail endpoint gives you structured Instagram data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
# GET /v1/instagram/highlight/detail: 1 credit per call. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
# Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
# --max-time 18: this endpoint's measured p99 latency x 1.5.
# --retry 3: retries timeouts, 429 and 5xx, honoring Retry-After.
# -o response.json keeps only the final attempt's body.
# One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
IDEMPOTENCY_KEY=$(od -An -N16 -tx1 /dev/urandom | tr -d ' \n')
curl -sS --max-time 18 --retry 3 -o response.json \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $IDEMPOTENCY_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/highlight/detail?id=18067016518767507" && cat response.json# GET /v1/instagram/highlight/detail: 1 credit per call. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
# Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
import os
import random
import time
import uuid
import requests
API_KEY = os.environ.get("SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY", "YOUR_API_KEY")
TIMEOUT_S = 18 # this endpoint's measured p99 latency x 1.5.
MAX_RETRIES = 3
URL = "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/highlight/detail"
def backoff(attempt):
# Exponential backoff with jitter: about 1 s, 2 s, then 4 s.
return 2 ** attempt * (0.5 + random.random() / 2)
def socialcrawl(params):
# One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
idempotency_key = str(uuid.uuid4())
for attempt in range(MAX_RETRIES + 1):
try:
res = requests.get(
URL,
params=params,
headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY, "Idempotency-Key": idempotency_key},
timeout=TIMEOUT_S,
)
body = res.json()
except (requests.RequestException, ValueError):
# A timeout, a dropped connection or a non-JSON gateway page: retry with the same key.
if attempt == MAX_RETRIES:
raise
time.sleep(backoff(attempt))
continue
if body["success"]:
return body
error = body["error"]
# Branch on error["type"], never on the message text.
if error["type"] == "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND":
return None # refunded: nothing to read
retry_after = res.headers.get("Retry-After")
# SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE without Retry-After is a withdrawn endpoint: permanent.
permanent = error["type"] == "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE" and retry_after is None
if not error.get("retryable") or permanent or attempt == MAX_RETRIES:
raise RuntimeError(f"{error['type']}: {error['message']} (request_id {body['request_id']})")
# Retry-After (seconds) wins; otherwise back off.
time.sleep(float(retry_after) if retry_after else backoff(attempt))
params = {
"id": "18067016518767507",
}
body = socialcrawl(params)
if body is not None:
print(body["data"])// GET /v1/instagram/highlight/detail: 1 credit per call. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
// Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
const API_KEY = process.env.SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY ?? "YOUR_API_KEY";
const TIMEOUT_MS = 18_000; // this endpoint's measured p99 latency x 1.5.
const MAX_RETRIES = 3;
type Page = { next_cursor: string | null; has_more: boolean };
type SocialCrawlResponse =
| { success: true; data: any; pagination?: Page; credits_used: number; request_id: string }
| { success: false; error: { type: string; message: string; retryable: boolean }; request_id: string };
const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
// Exponential backoff with jitter: about 1 s, 2 s, then 4 s.
const backoffMs = (attempt: number) => 2 ** attempt * 1000 * (0.5 + Math.random() / 2);
async function socialcrawl(url: URL) {
// One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
const idempotencyKey = crypto.randomUUID();
for (let attempt = 0; ; attempt++) {
let res: Response;
let body: SocialCrawlResponse;
try {
res = await fetch(url, {
headers: {
"x-api-key": API_KEY,
"Idempotency-Key": idempotencyKey,
},
signal: AbortSignal.timeout(TIMEOUT_MS),
});
body = (await res.json()) as SocialCrawlResponse;
} catch (error) {
// A timeout, a dropped connection or a non-JSON gateway page: retry with the same key.
if (attempt >= MAX_RETRIES) throw error;
await sleep(backoffMs(attempt));
continue;
}
if (body.success) return body;
// Branch on error.type, never on the message text.
if (body.error.type === "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND") return null; // refunded: nothing to read
const retryAfter = res.headers.get("Retry-After");
// SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE without Retry-After is a withdrawn endpoint: permanent.
const permanent = body.error.type === "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE" && retryAfter === null;
if (!body.error.retryable || permanent || attempt >= MAX_RETRIES) {
throw new Error(`${body.error.type}: ${body.error.message} (request_id ${body.request_id})`);
}
// Retry-After (seconds) wins; otherwise back off.
await sleep(retryAfter ? Number(retryAfter) * 1000 : backoffMs(attempt));
}
}
const url = new URL("https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/highlight/detail");
url.searchParams.set("id", "18067016518767507");
const body = await socialcrawl(url);
if (body) console.log(body.data);Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | No | Instagram highlight ID: the numeric id, with or without the `highlight:` prefix. Get it from `/v1/instagram/highlights`. |
| since | No | Only rows published on or after this date: YYYY-MM-DD (midnight UTC) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Rows older than it are left off each page. This list is not in date order, so the walk does not stop at the date: keep following `next_cursor`, and each page costs what a page costs even when every row on it is filtered out. A row with no date is kept. `published_after`, `start_date`, `from_date`, `publish_time` (`yesterday`, `this-week`, `this-month`, `last-3-months`, `last-6-months`) and `max_age_days` are accepted and applied as `since`. |
| until | No | Only rows published on or before this date: YYYY-MM-DD (that whole UTC day is included) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Newer rows are left off each page and the walk does not stop, so older pages follow. A row with no date is kept. `published_before`, `end_date` and `to_date` are accepted and applied as `until`. |
Example Response
What does the Instagram Highlight Detail API return?
Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "instagram",
"endpoint": "/v1/instagram/highlight/detail",
"data": {
"items": [
{
"post": {
"id": "3573813516152622297",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGYvHVDxEzZ/",
"content": {
"text": null,
"media_urls": "https://scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com/user_2352da/v/t2/f2/m78/AQPu9r3DIgup4ayW8dDpzojNCb429I8XHU4GCPQ_wIwRJE8GMPTioEGSRY5NfpOXhKktqFuMMsHAD6a6VuXxL3KXabr1ymx4A-dILdw.mp4?_nc_cat=111&_nc_sid=5e9851&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=xnvl9o_cM0UQ7kNvwEg3Nkp&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Inhwdl9wcm9ncmVzc2l2ZS5JTlNUQUdSQU0uU1RPUlkuQzMuNzIwLmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MSIsInhwdl9hc3NldF9pZCI6OTM4NjQ2NDYxODA2NjI4MCwiYXNzZXRfYWdlX2RheXMiOjU4NiwidmlfdXNlY2FzZV9pZCI6MTA4MjYsImR1cmF0aW9uX3MiOjQ3LCJ1cmxnZW5fc291cmNlIjoid3d3In0%3D&ccb=17-1&vs=681b3a201be0b0c8&_nc_vs=HBksFQIYUWlnX3hwdl9wbGFjZW1lbnRfcGVybWFuZW50X3YyL0ZFNDI4ODE1QjM5QTlDMDkwRjkxMjdEMjZFNTQ4RkEzX3ZpZGVvX2Rhc2hpbml0Lm1wNBUAAsgBEgAVAhg6cGFzc3Rocm91Z2hfZXZlcnN0b3JlL0dLSWxyUnkweVR2NFV5Z0NBRjRNVXFPLVNBUUZicGt3QUFBRhUCAsgBEgAoABgAGwKIB3VzZV9vaWwBMRJwcm9ncmVzc2l2ZV9yZWNpcGUBMRUAACbQxY2Uk7ysIRUCKAJDMywXQEfzMzMzMzMYEmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MREAdegHZZSpAQA&_nc_gid=Ydgm0RTgAKdEiJ8Kh7F2Aw&_nc_ss=7a22e&_nc_zt=28&oh=00_AQNgNsoBqsWbHD67CZ10goE_ER6AelzS67CWJYmA-4Jm9A&oe=6AC17994",
"thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com/user_4c9448/t51.71878-15/481586587_9291097321007644_1710183569038278353_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e15_tt6&_nc_cat=103&ig_cache_key=MzU3MzgxMzUxNjE1MjYyMjI5Nw%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=58cdad&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6IlNUT1JZLnhwaWRzLjY0MC5zZHIudmlkZW9fZGVmYXVsdF9jb3Zlcl9mcmFtZS5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=K_Nln0cgDt4Q7kNvwGXDF0Z&_nc_oc=Adp02XO5wl6RZXZkc7wKfcW2NY9pjTOOEGsgaCPho2n87f90d_o9ZF3W6OCGMF9uIY0&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=Ydgm0RTgAKdEiJ8Kh7F2Aw&_nc_ss=7a22e&oh=00_AQPA9GlHPTyBqorA30Z01zyR6iFe1vHiDXggh7-kKX6c4g&oe=6AC5657F",
"duration_seconds": 47.883
},
"author": {
"username": "user_81f8f6",
"display_name": "user_ca451b",
"avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatars/user_3723d3.png",
"verified": true
},
"engagement": {
"views": null,
"likes": null,
"comments": null,
"shares": null,
"saves": null
},
"flags": {
"nsfw": null,
"spoiler": null,
"pinned": null,
"deleted": false
},
"published_at": "2025-02-22T19:16:21.000Z",
"ext": {
"media_type": "video",
"published_at_epoch": 1740251781,
"coauthors": []
}
},
"computed": {
"engagement_rate": null,
"language": null,
"content_category": null,
"estimated_reach": null
}
},
{
"post": {
"id": "3574665805209826888",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGbw5xGRHZI/",
"content": {
"text": null,
"media_urls": "https://scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com/user_2352da/v/t2/f2/m78/AQOJyLyS8dbSUnIte847RsTXSX8p_zD88l0oxwOPS1uhvyezFVxOtiSsGZRZYeu793wMPdmpiP_M37_itNsNOB5UCxjt2fj_B4m3MGg.mp4?_nc_cat=107&_nc_sid=5e9851&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=qBlIq0jNuKEQ7kNvwFvI6mR&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Inhwdl9wcm9ncmVzc2l2ZS5JTlNUQUdSQU0uU1RPUlkuQzMuNzIwLmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MSIsInhwdl9hc3NldF9pZCI6MTM5ODk5ODY5ODE0MjAyNiwiYXNzZXRfYWdlX2RheXMiOjU4NSwidmlfdXNlY2FzZV9pZCI6MTA4MjYsImR1cmF0aW9uX3MiOjE0LCJ1cmxnZW5fc291cmNlIjoid3d3In0%3D&ccb=17-1&vs=adbf2198c4acf8a2&_nc_vs=HBksFQIYUWlnX3hwdl9wbGFjZW1lbnRfcGVybWFuZW50X3YyL0FDNDY3Q0ZBRTc2QjFDMDJGRTcyOEU4RDlEQTQ3RkJEX3ZpZGVvX2Rhc2hpbml0Lm1wNBUAAsgBEgAVAhg6cGFzc3Rocm91Z2hfZXZlcnN0b3JlL0dENUpvaHcwaWttb2c4TUZBQWtzU0JwcFBuWW5icGt3QUFBRhUCAsgBEgAoABgAGwKIB3VzZV9vaWwBMRJwcm9ncmVzc2l2ZV9yZWNpcGUBMRUAACaUpY3HuJj8BBUCKAJDMywXQCwQ5WBBiTcYEmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MREAdegHZZSpAQA&_nc_gid=Ydgm0RTgAKdEiJ8Kh7F2Aw&_nc_ss=7a22e&_nc_zt=28&oh=00_AQMa2NzDEd9XVRE9adtDGys7RJrIf_rFDMRXZPVSIy52PQ&oe=6AC19D44",
"thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com/user_4c9448/t51.71878-15/479737232_1405856350793820_7928432152706230890_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e15_tt6&_nc_cat=111&ig_cache_key=MzU3NDY2NTgwNTIwOTgyNjg4OA%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=58cdad&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6IlNUT1JZLnhwaWRzLjY0MC5zZHIudmlkZW9fZGVmYXVsdF9jb3Zlcl9mcmFtZS5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=MiaBd1n8FfwQ7kNvwHQ_-IH&_nc_oc=Adp4f2y5n5_gQZcW2dXJ88wkNudneOkvlAuA4eufDzKxZvzmagxjEAhi5ZJM4NkdRdo&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=Ydgm0RTgAKdEiJ8Kh7F2Aw&_nc_ss=7a22e&oh=00_AQNN1yWVAdoqzmSCg6jh81yH1Q9bGQRVzGDEprXo44ifyg&oe=6AC582B8",
"duration_seconds": 14.016
},
"author": {
"username": "user_81f8f6",
"display_name": "user_ca451b",
"avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatars/user_3723d3.png",
"verified": true
},
"engagement": {
"views": null,
"likes": null,
"comments": null,
"shares": null,
"saves": null
},
"flags": {
"nsfw": null,
"spoiler": null,
"pinned": null,
"deleted": false
},
"published_at": "2025-02-23T23:29:49.000Z",
"ext": {
"media_type": "video",
"published_at_epoch": 1740353389,
"coauthors": []
}
},
"computed": {
"engagement_rate": null,
"language": null,
"content_category": null,
"estimated_reach": null
}
}
],
"total": null,
"dropped": 0
},
"credits_used": 1,
"request_id": "req_example000000",
"cached": false,
"pagination": {
"next_cursor": null,
"has_more": false,
"page_size": 31
},
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"source": "captured",
"captured_at": "2026-10-02T13:10:45.452Z",
"redacted": true
}Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.
API Details
How does the Instagram Highlight Detail API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
Developer First
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Computed fields, not just scraped
When an endpoint supports these metrics and the source provides the required inputs, the normalized record includes engagement_rate, estimated_reach, content_category, and language. Ready to use.
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json()[ .JSON ]
{
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
}FAQ
Have a question? We got answers
Find answers to frequently asked questions about SocialCrawl's API, pricing, and capabilities.
Contact usHow do I get the stories inside an Instagram highlight?
Send a GET request to /v1/instagram/highlight/detail with the id parameter set to a highlight collection ID. SocialCrawl returns a JSON array of every story item in that highlight with media URLs, type, duration, and timestamp.
Where do I get the highlight ID from?
Call the highlights endpoint first. /v1/instagram/highlights returns a list of highlight collections for a user, and each entry includes its highlight ID. Use that ID here to fetch the stories inside.
What fields does the Highlight Detail API return?
Each story item includes a unique ID, media type (image or video), original media URL, thumbnail URL, duration (for videos), posted timestamp, and any music or sticker metadata Instagram exposes for that item.
Can I download the media from highlight stories?
Yes. The response includes direct media URLs you can fetch with a regular HTTP client. Most stories stay available for as long as the user keeps the highlight pinned to their profile.
How much does the Highlight Detail API cost?
One request costs 1 credit on the standard tier and returns every item in the highlight. With 100 free credits on signup you can pull around 100 highlight collections before deciding whether to upgrade.
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