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Instagram Profile Posts Full API

Returns a user's recent posts with likes, comments, views, and a per-post share count where the second source exposes one, plus a coverage figure.

GET /v1/instagram/profile/posts/full
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Last updated November 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team

When to use the Instagram Profile Posts Full API

Use it when share counts matter across a whole feed; profile/posts is the lighter choice when likes and comments are enough.

From the API reference

Returns a creator's recent posts with views, likes, comments, and the per-post share count merged in wherever the upstream exposes it: in a single call. The standard /v1/instagram/profile/posts endpoint returns views/likes/comments but leaves engagement.shares null (its upstream has no per-post reshare count); this composite fans out to a second mobile source that carries the share number and merges it back onto each item by post id. Share coverage is best-effort and varies by account: the mobile source only exposes reshare_count for the items it returns, so some (sometimes most) items keep engagement.shares null. That null means "upstream doesn't expose it", not "zero". Read shares_coverage (the fraction of returned items that got a real share number) before relying on shares; legs[] shows each leg's status. Billing: the standard leg is critical (its failure refunds the full call); the shares leg is best-effort: if it fails OUTRIGHT the items still return with shares null and 4 of the 5 credits are refunded (you pay the standard 1-credit list price). A successful shares leg with low coverage is still the flat 5 credits, since the second source was queried regardless of how many items it happened to cover. Paginate with next_cursor.

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Instagram API

What can you do with the Profile Posts Full API?

The Profile Posts Full 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/profile/posts/full: Metered: holds 5 credits per call up front and refunds what the call does not use. 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 45: 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 45 --retry 3 -o response.json \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $IDEMPOTENCY_KEY" \
  "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/profile/posts/full?handle=sid.and.listen" && cat response.json
# GET /v1/instagram/profile/posts/full: Metered: holds 5 credits per call up front and refunds what the call does not use. 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 = 45  # this endpoint's measured p99 latency x 1.5.
MAX_RETRIES = 3
URL = "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/profile/posts/full"


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 = {
    "handle": "sid.and.listen",
}
body = socialcrawl(params)
if body is not None:
    print(body["data"])
// GET /v1/instagram/profile/posts/full: Metered: holds 5 credits per call up front and refunds what the call does not use. 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 = 45_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/profile/posts/full");
url.searchParams.set("handle", "sid.and.listen");

const body = await socialcrawl(url);
if (body) console.log(body.data);

Parameters

ParameterRequiredDescription
handleNoInstagram username (with or without a leading @). Required unless user_id is given.
user_idNoNumeric Instagram user id. Alternative to handle: the account's username is looked up from the id first, so a user_id call returns the same items, share counts and price as a handle call. An id that matches no account returns 404 and is not charged.
cursorNoOpaque cursor from a prior response's next_cursor to page deeper.
limitNoReturn up to this many items in one call (1-50). The endpoint pages the underlying source server-side until it has collected this many (or runs out), and bills per upstream page consumed (5 credits/page). Omit for a single page.
Example Response

What does the Instagram Profile Posts Full 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/profile/posts/full",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "post": {
          "id": "3998704004249217033",
          "url": "https://www.instagram.com/sid.and.listen/p/Dd-QBsXNOgJ/",
          "content": {
            "text": "Brb gonna go find my boo 😈 #wickedgame",
            "media_urls": "https://scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com/user_2352da/v/t2/f2/m86/AQOjZ3S5rLhbEEsYOD3AdVL27SCbfDS_cRwSzOhVRooju7EfQ2umWugssAnzTwa5A3NLPDTjykoJifDKfqpPCXRH6l7ZSXhL5RyWIR0.mp4?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=5e9851&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=3a3jSI03tJcQ7kNvwGsEKu0&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Inhwdl9wcm9ncmVzc2l2ZS5JTlNUQUdSQU0uQ0xJUFMuQzMuNzIwLmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MSIsInhwdl9hc3NldF9pZCI6MTQ1MDc2Nzc4MzU5MjA1MiwiYXNzZXRfYWdlX2RheXMiOjAsInZpX3VzZWNhc2VfaWQiOjEwMDk5LCJkdXJhdGlvbl9zIjo2LCJ1cmxnZW5fc291cmNlIjoid3d3In0%3D&ccb=17-1&vs=88f40aa7c1d396ed&_nc_vs=HBksFQIYUmlnX3hwdl9yZWVsc19wZXJtYW5lbnRfc3JfcHJvZC9FNEVFMTU3NDE4NDU0RjYxOEU1MjEwQTdCRjg1QTg0N192aWRlb19kYXNoaW5pdC5tcDQVAALIARIAFQIYUWlnX3hwdl9wbGFjZW1lbnRfcGVybWFuZW50X3YyL0MyN0Q1MjY4MjVDNzRBQTRCM0RENDU3MzU4QThFQUY2X2F1ZGlvX2Rhc2hpbml0Lm1wNBUCAsgBEgAoABgAGwKIB3VzZV9vaWwBMRJwcm9ncmVzc2l2ZV9yZWNpcGUBMRUAACbogaSm5t2TBRUCKAJDMywXQBu7ZFocrAgYEmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MREAdf4HZeadAQA&_nc_gid=btaO1eIDZWXE91OsUMzeGQ&_nc_ss=7a3ba&_nc_zt=28&oh=00_AQPgXAH8Lxu0yndCf-sOFR2bbXRR9r8qgLa9o7tWnoeWLw&oe=6AC17E52",
            "thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com/user_4c9448/t51.82787-15/829543985_17938051206376492_2559055587439547907_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e15_p480x480_tt6&_nc_cat=106&ig_cache_key=Mzk5ODcwNDAwNDI0OTIxNzAzMzE3OTM4MDUxMjAzMzc2NDky.3-ccb7-5&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=58cdad&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6IkNMSVBTLnhwaWRzLjEyMDYuc2RyLnZpZGVvX2RlZmF1bHRfY292ZXJfZnJhbWUuQzMifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ohc=kfdSHlXPDJIQ7kNvwGAgcM8&_nc_oc=AdptS270VIOjLUIyaM2Ic97Eudp7o_5cY_FXw-3oKuX_nAwKrv8lYVDwrLVbG329Suo&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=btaO1eIDZWXE91OsUMzeGQ&_nc_ss=7a3ba&oh=00_AQMBwnkw_PUp2g7NU594J68sc1i2uMNp9er0_v7_15J-Fg&oe=6AC57383",
            "duration_seconds": 6.941
          },
          "author": {
            "username": "sid.and.listen",
            "display_name": "user_c3dfec",
            "avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatars/user_72ea20.png",
            "verified": false
          },
          "engagement": {
            "views": 209010,
            "likes": 3518,
            "comments": 47,
            "shares": 118,
            "saves": null
          },
          "flags": {
            "nsfw": null,
            "spoiler": null,
            "pinned": false,
            "deleted": false
          },
          "published_at": "2026-10-02T00:58:35.000Z",
          "ext": {
            "author_id": "user_dcfa76",
            "media_type": "video",
            "published_at_epoch": 1790902715,
            "coauthors": [],
            "shares_source": "mobile_list"
          }
        },
        "computed": {
          "engagement_rate": 0.017057,
          "language": null,
          "content_category": "other",
          "estimated_reach": 250812
        }
      },
      {
        "post": {
          "id": "3998546241744362329",
          "url": "https://www.instagram.com/sid.and.listen/p/Dd9sJ8lJVtZ/",
          "content": {
            "text": "I swear it goes a long way but some of these work for guys too 💕",
            "media_urls": "https://scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com/user_2352da/v/t2/f2/m86/AQMLoSNtwXRd2ic33Z0eL88J_MAJEWYEr7Q95LEz-bzx6gn5kAz4r-SAh8KJNsY_1OmU4-rb5hmyWCieT05k6mcQ-LD3Ql8kANuV1pM.mp4?_nc_cat=109&_nc_sid=5e9851&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=bzlTxwf8UVkQ7kNvwGE9_QH&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Inhwdl9wcm9ncmVzc2l2ZS5JTlNUQUdSQU0uQ0xJUFMuQzMuNzIwLmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MSIsInhwdl9hc3NldF9pZCI6MTk2OTQ0Mzk3NzA1ODU2NSwiYXNzZXRfYWdlX2RheXMiOjAsInZpX3VzZWNhc2VfaWQiOjEwMDk5LCJkdXJhdGlvbl9zIjoxMjQsInVybGdlbl9zb3VyY2UiOiJ3d3cifQ%3D%3D&ccb=17-1&vs=707251bf1115d92c&_nc_vs=HBksFQIYUmlnX3hwdl9yZWVsc19wZXJtYW5lbnRfc3JfcHJvZC9GRTQxN0U0RTg2MTQ0NjlDOTQ5NEQ4N0U0NzZBRTc5NF92aWRlb19kYXNoaW5pdC5tcDQVAALIARIAFQIYUWlnX3hwdl9wbGFjZW1lbnRfcGVybWFuZW50X3YyLzgwRUVFRDdBNkYwNzRBNzA5RjJGMTEzQ0UxNDI4QTQ3X2F1ZGlvX2Rhc2hpbml0Lm1wNBUCAsgBEgAoABgAGwKIB3VzZV9vaWwBMRJwcm9ncmVzc2l2ZV9yZWNpcGUBMRUAACaK5MKK3cz_BhUCKAJDMywXQF8XbItDlYEYEmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MREAdf4HZeadAQA&_nc_gid=btaO1eIDZWXE91OsUMzeGQ&_nc_ss=7a3ba&_nc_zt=28&oh=00_AQMxiqRcjga8JErBeoJeSq8H6pV9x7pBgH4YGLNlP8MnNg&oe=6AC19A1E",
            "thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com/user_4c9448/t51.82787-15/831034167_17938022793376492_1025661852699935295_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e15_p480x480_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ig_cache_key=Mzk5ODU0NjI0MTc0NDM2MjMyOTE3OTM4MDIyNzg3Mzc2NDky.3-ccb7-5&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=58cdad&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6IkNMSVBTLnhwaWRzLjEyMDYuc2RyLnZpZGVvX2RlZmF1bHRfY292ZXJfZnJhbWUuQzMifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ohc=-EO7odBrUJ8Q7kNvwFZefbx&_nc_oc=Ado-UgW_WbWfYzLUu5g9ijd42vHJ6ZvQMBvzf9B88g8oiCpeE0S34kvuqfcMnfesPms&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=btaO1eIDZWXE91OsUMzeGQ&_nc_ss=7a3ba&oh=00_AQMr0uD-Dvycp0wXyOQAb5W_Q8vOiCsXCe6OftI4kJrkfw&oe=6AC583D5",
            "duration_seconds": 124.428
          },
          "author": {
            "username": "sid.and.listen",
            "display_name": "user_c3dfec",
            "avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatars/user_72ea20.png",
            "verified": false
          },
          "engagement": {
            "views": 248954,
            "likes": 10067,
            "comments": 156,
            "shares": 1902,
            "saves": null
          },
          "flags": {
            "nsfw": null,
            "spoiler": null,
            "pinned": false,
            "deleted": false
          },
          "published_at": "2026-10-01T19:50:31.000Z",
          "ext": {
            "author_id": "user_dcfa76",
            "media_type": "video",
            "published_at_epoch": 1790884231,
            "coauthors": [],
            "shares_source": "mobile_list"
          }
        },
        "computed": {
          "engagement_rate": 0.041064,
          "language": "en",
          "content_category": "other",
          "estimated_reach": 298745
        }
      }
    ],
    "next_cursor": "eyJzYyI6IjM5OTQxOTM1MjkwNTE4NzMwOTNfNzEzMzYwNDA0OTEiLCJpZyI6IjM5OTQyNTY3OTU5NTg0Njk0NzZfNzEzMzYwNDA0OTEifQ",
    "legs": [
      {
        "endpoint": "/v1/instagram/profile/posts",
        "status": 200,
        "credits_used": 1,
        "latency_ms": 2234,
        "error": null
      },
      {
        "endpoint": "/v1/instagram/profile/posts/full#shares",
        "status": 200,
        "credits_used": 4,
        "latency_ms": 2870,
        "error": null
      }
    ],
    "shares_coverage": 1,
    "pages_consumed": 1,
    "_warnings": [
      "limit_truncated_mid_page"
    ],
    "dropped": 0
  },
  "credits_used": 5,
  "request_id": "req_example000000",
  "cached": false,
  "pagination": {
    "next_cursor": "sc.eyJ2IjoyLCJjIjoiZXlKell5STZJak01T1RReE9UTTFNamt3TlRFNE56TXdPVE5mTnpFek16WXdOREEwT1RFaUxDSnBaeUk2SWpNNU9UUXlOVFkzT1RVNU5UZzBOamswTnpaZk56RXpNell3TkRBME9URWlmUSIsImUiOiJpbnN0YWdyYW0vcHJvZmlsZS9wb3N0cy9mdWxsIiwicCI6ImN1cnNvciJ9",
    "has_more": true,
    "page_size": 2
  },
  "credits_remaining": 9999,
  "source": "captured",
  "captured_at": "2026-10-02T12:42:17.805Z",
  "redacted": true
}

Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.

API Details

How does the Instagram Profile Posts Full 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

Why SocialCrawl

Why use SocialCrawl for Instagram Profile Posts Full data?

We handle the complexity of Instagram data extraction so you can focus on building. Unified schema, AI enrichment, and zero platform logic in your code.

Developer First

How do you scrape social media data in seconds?

The fastest social media scraping API for developers. Scrape profiles, posts, comments, and analytics from 69 platforms covering 10B+ monthly active users.

One schema, every platform

Query 69 platforms with identical response structures. Write your integration once.

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.

See your data before you code

Visual Data Explorer. Paste any URL, get rich result cards, sortable tables, CSV export.

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"
    }
  }
}
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How do I get a creator's posts with share counts in one call?
Send a GET request to /v1/instagram/profile/posts/full with the handle or user_id. It returns the creator's recent posts with views, likes, comments, and the per-post share count merged in, so shares arrive in the same response.
Why does the standard profile posts endpoint leave shares null?
The standard posts list comes from a source that does not carry the share number, so engagement.shares is null there. This composite fans out to a second mobile source that has the share count and merges it by post id.
What is shares_coverage and why is a share sometimes null?
shares_coverage is the fraction of returned posts that came back with a real share number. Coverage is best effort and varies by account. A null share means the upstream did not expose it for that post, not that the post has zero shares.
How does billing work if the shares leg fails?
The ScrapeCreators list leg is the critical one. If the shares leg fails outright, the posts still return with shares null and the difference is refunded, so you pay only the standard 1 credit list price. Low coverage on a successful shares leg is still the flat 5 credits.
How do I paginate and what does a call cost?
Pass handle or user_id and paginate with the next_cursor returned in each response. A call costs 5 credits on the advanced tier. New accounts get 100 free credits with no card to test it.

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