# Instagram Profile Country API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/instagram/profile-country)

> Returns the country an Instagram account declares on its "About this account" panel (`author.ext.country`, an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, with the English name in `author.ext.country_name`), the month it joined (`author.ext.account_created`), its username, its profile link and its verified flag, for 1 credit. Pass the numeric account id as `user_id`: every Instagram search row carries it as `post.ext.author_id`, and /v1/instagram/profile/about returns it as `author.id`. Country is the account's own declared country, not where a post was filmed and not the country you are calling from, and it is null when the account shows no transparency panel. This endpoint reads the panel only, so followers, bio, avatar, posts count and the public email and phone are not on it; for those, call /v1/instagram/profile/about with the username. A username is refused at no charge with a pointer to /v1/instagram/profile/about. Only one source serves this read, so there is no second source to fall back to when it is unavailable.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/instagram/profile/country` costs 1 credit per call. A refused username or a missing `user_id` costs nothing. and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `user_id` | no | The numeric Instagram account id, for example `post.ext.author_id` from a search row or `author.id` from /v1/instagram/profile/about. A username is refused at no charge. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/profile/country" \
  --data-urlencode "user_id=25025320" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### What does the Instagram Profile Country API return?

Returns the country an Instagram account declares on its "About this account" panel and the month it joined, looked up by the numeric account id. The response uses the same JSON envelope as every SocialCrawl endpoint, with the data, credits_used and request_id fields.

### When should I use the Instagram Profile Country endpoint?

Use it to check where the creators on a search page are based, 1 credit each, by passing post.ext.author_id; for a username, use profile/about.

### How much does the Instagram Profile Country API cost?

Each call costs 1 credit, so the 100 free credits every new account gets cover 100 calls. Credits for failed or empty calls are refunded automatically, and there is no subscription.

### What parameters does the Instagram Profile Country API need?

Identify the target with one of user_id. It also accepts 1 optional parameter, listed on this page.

### How do I call the Instagram Profile Country API?

Send a GET request to https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/profile/country?user_id=25025320 with your API key in the x-api-key header. An Authorization: Bearer header works too.

See the full Instagram API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/instagram

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

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