> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.brightdata.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Collect Reels by URL > Use the Bright Data Web Scraper API to collect Reels by URL. POST /datasets/v3/scrape starts a scraping job that returns the data as structured JSON records. ## Query Parameters The dataset ID used for this request. Must be set to `gd_lyclm20il4r5helnj` to collect **Reels by URL** data. Whether to send notifications when the request is completed. Whether to include errors in the response. ## Request Body An array of input objects. The URL of the Instagram reels to collect. #### Example ```json wrap theme={null} { "input":[ {"url":"https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Rdyj_q7YN/"}, {"url":"https://www.instagram.com/reel/C85BZjeSHuO"} ] } ``` ```json 200 theme={null} [ { "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVNLU52gCAP/", "user_posted": "lanceoca", "description": "clingy naman ng bebe na yan πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚", "hashtags": null, "num_comments": 6, "date_posted": "2026-02-26T03:23:20.000Z", "likes": 3, "views": 388, "video_play_count": 1890, "top_comments": [ { "avatar": "https://scontent-phl2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/365460701_613557573974169_4246269411584735337_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby45NTcuYzIifQ&_nc_ht=scontent-phl2-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=109&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QH2Km-HWtG_kFjSkWI-wtXI14TUgdgZN3CffFjRE0mZMwRZwsr6ISXIttcetnv45fU&_nc_ohc=1sksn4DLF60Q7kNvwGVdyy-&_nc_gid=1nVoOKHoCkOl8-av4Iwgkg&edm=ANTKIIoBAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_AfznARNQ0EpZxuYD13_j-z1x5gVSXJzuDNLf27ksGkq9Gg&oe=69BD27FC&_nc_sid=d885a2", "comment": "So handsome😍😍😍😍", "date_of_comment": "2026-03-05T03:12:12.000Z", "likes": null, "num_replies": 0, "replies": [], "user_commenting": "jgmagboo" }, { "avatar": "https://scontent-phl2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/604381380_17846853735621432_1417364464978583437_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby4zMjAuYzIifQ&_nc_ht=scontent-phl2-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=100&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QH2Km-HWtG_kFjSkWI-wtXI14TUgdgZN3CffFjRE0mZMwRZwsr6ISXIttcetnv45fU&_nc_ohc=wxn_bgzeNMoQ7kNvwGZZc1t&_nc_gid=1nVoOKHoCkOl8-av4Iwgkg&edm=ANTKIIoBAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_AfzilHku95q5GuC9yL0SW82MZL569Zijwn6C6K-V26ohaA&oe=69BD2DE4&_nc_sid=d885a2", "comment": "😒hello handsome", "date_of_comment": "2026-03-02T22:51:50.000Z", "likes": null, "num_replies": 0, "replies": [], "user_commenting": "mavic6620" }, { "avatar": "https://scontent-phl2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/487313612_1015621063797112_1603884341697763156_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby4xMDgwLmMyIn0&_nc_ht=scontent-phl2-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=104&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QH2Km-HWtG_kFjSkWI-wtXI14TUgdgZN3CffFjRE0mZMwRZwsr6ISXIttcetnv45fU&_nc_ohc=FDBy91MOg4AQ7kNvwFSG43x&_nc_gid=1nVoOKHoCkOl8-av4Iwgkg&edm=ANTKIIoBAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_Afw_I5Ji5g_FizTfUahhtB2N5dlEHBfF785jDNFXxxLPzw&oe=69BD245E&_nc_sid=d885a2", "comment": "Hi there..😍😍πŸ”₯", "date_of_comment": "2026-02-28T02:47:21.000Z", "likes": "1", "num_replies": 0, "replies": [], "user_commenting": "lajas621" }, { "avatar": "https://scontent-phl2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/589404006_17927065818169590_4230007312536318761_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby43MjAuYzIifQ&_nc_ht=scontent-phl2-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=106&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QH2Km-HWtG_kFjSkWI-wtXI14TUgdgZN3CffFjRE0mZMwRZwsr6ISXIttcetnv45fU&_nc_ohc=3cCCnbM9pjkQ7kNvwFuVke7&_nc_gid=1nVoOKHoCkOl8-av4Iwgkg&edm=ANTKIIoBAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_AfyMahn5ck5AEFFmQUrEH1I7VIWpWjok0AU4EwOZtOwpuw&oe=69BD1C6F&_nc_sid=d885a2", "comment": "Wow❀️❀️❀️", "date_of_comment": "2026-02-26T08:15:44.000Z", "likes": null, "num_replies": 0, "replies": [], "user_commenting": "jennalyn294" }, { "avatar": "https://scontent-phl2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/643610031_18394067647195478_6467437205157259761_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby4zMjAuYzIifQ&_nc_ht=scontent-phl2-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=102&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QH2Km-HWtG_kFjSkWI-wtXI14TUgdgZN3CffFjRE0mZMwRZwsr6ISXIttcetnv45fU&_nc_ohc=R1RL_k362XwQ7kNvwHO8U39&_nc_gid=1nVoOKHoCkOl8-av4Iwgkg&edm=ANTKIIoBAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_AfxLuxMSr1rcvJEsa2UrMoP8Lz-wVzC72xQZ1W3-1byjSA&oe=69BD02EE&_nc_sid=d885a2", "comment": "iloveyou ❀️❀️❀️😘", "date_of_comment": "2026-02-26T06:42:50.000Z", "likes": null, "num_replies": 0, "replies": [], "user_commenting": "mhat.memoracion" }, { "avatar": "https://scontent-phl2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/611627622_18554417668038304_6341390296922072598_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby4xMDgwLmMyIn0&_nc_ht=scontent-phl2-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=104&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QH2Km-HWtG_kFjSkWI-wtXI14TUgdgZN3CffFjRE0mZMwRZwsr6ISXIttcetnv45fU&_nc_ohc=AJwRgGMf_coQ7kNvwHWBhko&_nc_gid=1nVoOKHoCkOl8-av4Iwgkg&edm=ANTKIIoBAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_Afy9MgvDJ_Jv-SVLKAiJVtHaCVrfqmpEtjYOoBCyj_OKjA&oe=69BD0E87&_nc_sid=d885a2", "comment": "Kennyyyyy! 😍😍", "date_of_comment": "2026-02-26T03:55:43.000Z", "likes": null, "num_replies": 0, "replies": [], "user_commenting": "thatsellengayle" } ], "post_id": "3840775872235708431_497234441", "thumbnail": "https://scontent-phl2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.71878-15/642489697_931785695971440_3837333144664180149_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e15_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6ImltYWdlX3VybGdlbi42NDB4MTEzNi5zZHIuZjcxODc4Lm5mcmFtZV9jb3Zlcl9mcmFtZS5jMiJ9&_nc_ht=scontent-phl2-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=100&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QH2Km-HWtG_kFjSkWI-wtXI14TUgdgZN3CffFjRE0mZMwRZwsr6ISXIttcetnv45fU&_nc_ohc=ld-onItfzFIQ7kNvwEGAIZT&_nc_gid=1nVoOKHoCkOl8-av4Iwgkg&edm=ANTKIIoBAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_Afz7i42LKF1TExXZOoZv8OQ6YEd-kZEdzAyk_rUMlaztEw&oe=69BD27F2&_nc_sid=d885a2", "shortcode": "DVNLU52gCAP", "content_id": "3840775872235708431_497234441_497234441", "product_type": "clips", "coauthor_producers": [], "tagged_users": [], "length": "15.033", "video_url": "https://scontent-phl2-1.cdninstagram.com/o1/v/t16/f2/m69/AQO1SuMyUcs1QWW58Fau44ndzK-6SmNd445DizWdt8WagvA2o9UAYpZcn6CfH_Wp3E9pH-k4PDImZiE6IJf87aVm.mp4?strext=1&_nc_cat=102&_nc_sid=5e9851&_nc_ht=scontent-phl2-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=fra74Acli5UQ7kNvwG-BbIe&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Inhwdl9wcm9ncmVzc2l2ZS5JTlNUQUdSQU0uQ0xJUFMuQzMuNzIwLmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MSIsInhwdl9hc3NldF9pZCI6MTc5NDkxMzUwMjQxMDE5MjYsImFzc2V0X2FnZV9kYXlzIjoxNywidmlfdXNlY2FzZV9pZCI6MTAwOTksImR1cmF0aW9uX3MiOjE1LCJ1cmxnZW5fc291cmNlIjoid3d3In0%3D&ccb=17-1&vs=2267dea350fbd465&_nc_vs=HBksFQIYOnBhc3N0aHJvdWdoX2V2ZXJzdG9yZS9HSFE0LXlXa1JiMzJYa3dEQU9yaEtYTkZyOHRxYnNwVEFRQUYVAALIARIAFQIYUWlnX3hwdl9wbGFjZW1lbnRfcGVybWFuZW50X3YyL0ZDNENBQjg2Q0VFNTU3RkU5NDZBQUYzNTNGNDFGNkI3X2F1ZGlvX2Rhc2hpbml0Lm1wNBUCAsgBEgAoABgAGwKIB3VzZV9vaWwBMRJwcm9ncmVzc2l2ZV9yZWNpcGUBMRUAACbM6JiSlaniPxUCKAJDMywXQC4Q5WBBiTcYEmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MREAdf4HZeadAQA&_nc_gid=1nVoOKHoCkOl8-av4Iwgkg&_nc_ss=8&_nc_zt=28&oh=00_Afws7Cm4DuKLxHAjheCqUW1fe2al52lZbgUNRHbiXa_H0g&oe=69BD1196", "audio_url": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/613780965138542", "posts_count": 2319, "followers": 94671, "following": null, "user_profile_url": "htt***//w***ins*********m/l*********", "is_paid_partnership": false, "is_verified": true, "profile_image_link": "https://scontent-mia5-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/523513088_18520152235018442_1378657946459904137_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby4xMDgwLmMyIn0&_nc_ht=scontent-mia5-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=102&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QEI4iViNi0YUmtNR4gwjlifNoniCz1nfEs1XGRXQW5VtoNDlwCKdVe_ayxZrKVC3JI&_nc_ohc=jOf5V5nROFYQ7kNvwFvWJah&_nc_gid=2ag63x5Aw5-NL2Fq6v6jhw&edm=APs17CUBAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_Afy_XwPZFp_gUapVcrmQwXkvlRmt0xThqroTeB2ERmWtBQ&oe=69BD0AE6&_nc_sid=10d13b" } ] ``` ## OpenAPI ````yaml api-reference/sdk-specs/instagram-reels-collect-by-url POST /datasets/v3/scrape openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Collect Reels by URL version: 1.0.0 servers: - url: https://api.brightdata.com security: [] paths: /datasets/v3/scrape: post: summary: Collect Reels by URL description: >- Use the Bright Data Web Scraper API to collect Reels by URL. POST /datasets/v3/scrape starts a scraping job that returns the data as structured JSON records. parameters: - in: query name: dataset_id required: true schema: type: string default: gd_lyclm20il4r5helnj description: Must be `gd_lyclm20il4r5helnj` for this dataset. - in: query name: notify required: false schema: type: boolean default: false description: Send notifications when the request is completed. - in: query name: include_errors required: false schema: type: boolean default: true description: Include errors in the response. requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object required: - input properties: input: type: array description: >- Array of input objects. See `Request Body` below for the supported fields. items: type: object required: - url properties: url: type: string example: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Rdyj_q7YN/ responses: '200': description: OK. See response example below the parameters. content: application/json: schema: type: array items: type: object x-codeSamples: - lang: shell label: cURL source: |- curl --request POST \ --url 'https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_lyclm20il4r5helnj&include_errors=true' \ --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{"input": [{"url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Rdyj_q7YN/"}, {"url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C85BZjeSHuO"}]}' - lang: python label: Python source: >- import requests url = "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_lyclm20il4r5helnj&include_errors=true" headers = { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json", } payload = { "input": [ { "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Rdyj_q7YN/" }, { "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C85BZjeSHuO" } ] } response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload) print(response.text) - lang: py label: Python SDK source: |- # Install: pip install brightdata-sdk from brightdata import BrightDataClient async with BrightDataClient(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY") as client: result = await client.scrape.instagram.reels(url="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Rdyj_q7YN/") print(result.data) - lang: javascript label: JavaScript source: >- const response = await fetch("https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_lyclm20il4r5helnj&include_errors=true", { method: "POST", headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json", }, body: JSON.stringify({ "input": [ { "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Rdyj_q7YN/" }, { "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C85BZjeSHuO" } ] }), }); const data = await response.text(); console.log(data); - lang: js label: JavaScript SDK source: >- // Install: npm install @brightdata/sdk import { bdclient } from '@brightdata/sdk'; const client = new bdclient({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' }); const result = await client.scrape.instagram.collectReels(['https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Rdyj_q7YN/']); console.log(result); await client.close(); - lang: php label: PHP source: >- [ [ "url" => "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Rdyj_q7YN/" ], [ "url" => "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C85BZjeSHuO" ] ] ])); $response = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); echo $response; - lang: go label: Go source: "package main\n\nimport (\n\t\"bytes\"\n\t\"fmt\"\n\t\"io\"\n\t\"net/http\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n\tpayload := []byte(\"{\\\"input\\\": [{\\\"url\\\": \\\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Rdyj_q7YN/\\\"}, {\\\"url\\\": \\\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/C85BZjeSHuO\\\"}]}\")\n\treq, _ := http.NewRequest(\"POST\", \"https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_lyclm20il4r5helnj&include_errors=true\", bytes.NewBuffer(payload))\n\treq.Header.Set(\"Authorization\", \"Bearer YOUR_API_KEY\")\n\treq.Header.Set(\"Content-Type\", \"application/json\")\n\n\tres, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)\n\tif err != nil { panic(err) }\n\tdefer res.Body.Close()\n\n\tbody, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)\n\tfmt.Println(string(body))\n}" - lang: java label: Java source: |- import java.net.URI; import java.net.http.HttpClient; import java.net.http.HttpRequest; import java.net.http.HttpResponse; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { String body = "{\"input\": [{\"url\": \"https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Rdyj_q7YN/\"}, {\"url\": \"https://www.instagram.com/reel/C85BZjeSHuO\"}]}"; HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder() .uri(URI.create("https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_lyclm20il4r5helnj&include_errors=true")) .header("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY") .header("Content-Type", "application/json") .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(body)) .build(); HttpResponse response = HttpClient.newHttpClient() .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString()); System.out.println(response.body()); } } - lang: ruby label: Ruby source: >- require 'net/http' require 'json' require 'uri' uri = URI.parse("https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_lyclm20il4r5helnj&include_errors=true") request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri) request["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" request["Content-Type"] = "application/json" request.body = {"input": [{"url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Rdyj_q7YN/"}, {"url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C85BZjeSHuO"}]}.to_json response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(request) } puts response.body ````