Instagram Scraper API endpoints

This guide shows you how to send a synchronous request to each Bright Data Instagram Scraper API endpoint. It covers profiles, posts, reels, and comments.

Prerequisites

A Bright Data account with an active API key
Completed the Quickstart

Request structure

Every synchronous request follows the same pattern:

POST https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id={DATASET_ID}&format=json
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json

[{"url": "https://www.instagram.com/..."}]

The only thing that changes between endpoints is the dataset_id and the input URL format.

The /scrape endpoint is built for real-time, single-URL requests. It accepts up to 20 URLs and waits up to 1 minute. If collection takes longer, the response is HTTP 202 with a snapshot_id instead of data, and collection continues asynchronously. Fetch the result with async requests or have it pushed to you with webhook delivery.

How to scrape Instagram profiles

Dataset ID: gd_l1vikfch901nx3by4

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_l1vikfch901nx3by4&format=json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '[{"url": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram"}]'

You should see a 200 response. Processing time varies with target-site conditions and scraper workload.

Example response

[
  {
    "full_name": "Instagram",
    "biography": "Discover what's new on Instagram 🔎✨",
    "followers": 686423902,
    "following": 286,
    "posts_count": 8579,
    "is_verified": true,
    "account": "instagram",
    "fbid": "17841400039600391",
    "id": "25025320",
    "profile_image_link": "https://scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/550891366_18667771684001321_1383210656577177067_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ccb=7-5&_nc_..."
  }
]

Full Profiles response schema

How to scrape Instagram posts

Dataset ID: gd_lk5ns7kz21pck8jpis

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_lk5ns7kz21pck8jpis&format=json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '[{"url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/Cuf4s0MNqNr"}]'

Example response

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/Cuf4s0MNqNr",
    "user_posted": "tin***i",
    "description": "Pet tattoo with forget me nots 🖤💙💛\n.\n.\n.\n#tinybaki #littlepondstudio #cattattoo #pettattoo #forgetmenot #crayontattoo #forgetmenottattoo #forgetmenots #fl...",
    "num_comments": 97,
    "date_posted": "2023-07-10T01:21:31.000Z",
    "likes": 123941,
    "hashtags": [
      "#tinybaki"
    ],
    "content_type": "Carousel",
    "shortcode": "Cuf4s0MNqNr",
    "post_id": "3143480435228975979"
  }
]

Full Posts response schema

How to scrape Instagram reels

Dataset ID: gd_lyclm20il4r5helnj

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_lyclm20il4r5helnj&format=json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '[{"url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Rdyj_q7YN/"}]'

Example response

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Rdyj_q7YN/",
    "user_posted": "dex***t",
    "description": "Bro is a cat-of-all-trades 🧳 \n\n#catoftheday #orangecatsofinstagram #orangecatbehavior #kitten #asmr #orangecat #catsofig #cardboardcat",
    "num_comments": 7899,
    "date_posted": "2024-04-02T20:44:39.000Z",
    "likes": 3481930,
    "views": null,
    "video_play_count": null,
    "length": "46.79999923706055",
    "shortcode": "C5Rdyj_q7YN"
  }
]

Full Reels response schema

How to scrape Instagram comments

Dataset ID: gd_ltppn085pokosxh13

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_ltppn085pokosxh13&format=json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '[{"url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/Cuf4s0MNqNr"}]'

Example response

[
  {
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/Cuf4s0MNqNr",
    "comment_user": "ink***e",
    "comment_user_url": "https://www.instagram.com/ink***e",
    "comment_date": "2026-08-18T03:37:10.000Z",
    "comment": "Wow! Awesome 🙌🙌🙌🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥",
    "likes_number": 0,
    "replies_number": 0,
    "comment_id": "18112992241972031",
    "post_url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/Cuf4s0MNqNr"
  }
]

Full Comments response schema

Quick reference: dataset IDs

Endpoint	Dataset ID	URL pattern
Profiles	`gd_l1vikfch901nx3by4`	`instagram.com/{username}`
Posts	`gd_lk5ns7kz21pck8jpis`	`instagram.com/p/{shortcode}`
Reels	`gd_lyclm20il4r5helnj`	`instagram.com/reel/{shortcode}`
Comments	`gd_ltppn085pokosxh13`	`instagram.com/p/{shortcode}` or `instagram.com/reel/{shortcode}`

Output formats

Control the response format with the format query parameter:

Value	Description
`json`	JSON array (default)
`ndjson`	Newline-delimited JSON, one record per line
`csv`	Comma-separated values

Async batch requests

Scrape hundreds of URLs in a single batch job.

API reference

Full parameter and response field reference.

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Instagram Scraper API endpoints

Prerequisites

Request structure

How to scrape Instagram profiles

How to scrape Instagram posts

How to scrape Instagram reels

How to scrape Instagram comments

Quick reference: dataset IDs

Output formats

Async batch requests

API reference

​Prerequisites

​Request structure

​How to scrape Instagram profiles

​How to scrape Instagram posts

​How to scrape Instagram reels

​How to scrape Instagram comments

​Quick reference: dataset IDs

​Output formats

​Related

Async batch requests

API reference

Prerequisites

Request structure

How to scrape Instagram profiles

How to scrape Instagram posts

How to scrape Instagram reels

How to scrape Instagram comments

Quick reference: dataset IDs

Output formats

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