instagram-api

par fetcher-sh

Une alternative à l'API Instagram sur fetcher.sh — paiement à l'appel en USDC via x402, ou crédits prépayés avec une clé Bearer, sans connexion et sans cookies de session. À utiliser lorsque l'utilisateur souhaite résoudre un profil Instagram par @handle, rechercher des utilisateurs par mot-clé, récupérer les posts, reels, stories, posts tagués, abonnés ou abonnements d'un profil, consulter un post individuel via son shortcode, lire les commentaires d'un post, récupérer les posts sous un hashtag ou un flux hashtag réservé aux reels, récupérer les posts d'un lieu, ou récupérer les posts à partir d'un...

npx skills add https://github.com/fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill instagram-api

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Instagram API

Instagram data on demand: profile lookup by @handle, posts, reels, stories, tagged posts, followers and followings, hashtag and location feeds, audio/music feeds, and post comments — one plain HTTP GET per call, paid as you go. No login, no session cookies, no headless browser, no Graph API business verification.

Base URL: https://instagram.fetcher.sh

Quick reference


Base URL	`https://instagram.fetcher.sh`
Auth	`Authorization: Bearer bby_live_...` or x402 (USDC)
Price	$0.004/call (flat)
Endpoints	16, all `GET`
MCP	`https://instagram.fetcher.sh/mcp`
Machine-readable	`/openapi.json` · `/llms.txt` · `/skill.md`

Which endpoint do I need?

I want to...	Call
Look up a profile by @handle	`GET /api/user/handle/{handle}`
Search accounts by name	`GET /api/user/search`
Get a user's posts, reels, or stories	`GET /api/user/{id}/posts` / `/reels` / `/stories`
Get a user's followers or followings	`GET /api/user/{id}/followers` / `/followings`
Look up a post by its share-URL shortcode	`GET /api/post/code/{code}`
Get a post's comments	`GET /api/post/{id}/comments`
Find posts under a hashtag	`GET /api/hashtag/{name}/posts`
Find posts tagged at a location	`GET /api/location/{id}/posts`

Full param details for every row: references/endpoints.md.

Authentication

Two ways to pay, same data — full mechanics in the fetcher skill:

# 1. Prepaid credits (recommended — get a key at https://fetcher.sh/topup
#    or via POST /api/credits/topup, see the fetcher skill)
export FETCHER_API_KEY="bby_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx"
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/user/handle/nasa"

# 2. x402 pay-per-call — omit the header; a GET with no payment returns 402
#    with machine-readable payment requirements (USDC on Base, Polygon,
#    Arbitrum, Monad, or Solana). @x402/fetch signs and retries automatically.

Every response is { "status": number, "message": string, "data": ... }; the HTTP status mirrors status.

Endpoints (16 — all GET, $0.004/call)

Endpoint	What it returns
`/api/user/handle/{handle}`	Full profile by @handle — follower counts, bio, numeric ID
`/api/user/search`	Profiles matching a keyword query
`/api/userid/{handle}`	Just the numeric user ID for a @handle
`/api/user/{id}`	Profile by numeric ID
`/api/user/{id}/posts`	A user's posts
`/api/user/{id}/posts/tagged`	Posts the user is tagged in
`/api/user/{id}/reels`	A user's reels
`/api/user/{id}/stories`	A user's active stories
`/api/user/{id}/followers`	A user's followers
`/api/user/{id}/followings`	Accounts a user follows
`/api/post/code/{code}`	A single post by its shortcode (from the post URL)
`/api/post/{id}/comments`	A post's comments
`/api/hashtag/{name}/posts`	Posts under a hashtag
`/api/hashtag/{name}/reels`	Reels under a hashtag
`/api/location/{id}/posts`	Posts tagged at a location
`/api/audio/{id}/posts`	Posts using a specific audio/music track

{id} / {handle} / {name} / {code} are path parameters. Optional cursor / page paginate; query (user search) is required where it appears.

Scenarios

Resolve a profile by handle — the endpoint most callers want first:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/user/handle/nasa"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/user/handle/natgeo"

Search for profiles by keyword, or resolve just the numeric ID for a handle:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "query=fitness influencer" -G \
  "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/user/search"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/userid/nasa"

A profile's posts, reels, stories, and tagged posts (by numeric ID from the handle lookup above):

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/user/528817151/posts"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/user/528817151/reels"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/user/528817151/stories"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/user/528817151/posts/tagged"

Followers and followings:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/user/528817151/followers"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/user/528817151/followings"

A single post by shortcode (the part of the URL after /p/), and its comments:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/post/code/C0JD3tntcmy"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/post/3245142029192513970/comments"

Posts and reels under a hashtag, posts from a location, and posts using an audio track:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/hashtag/travel/posts"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/hashtag/travel/reels"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/location/213131048/posts"

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/api/audio/271328201351336/posts"

MCP

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "instagram": {
      "url": "https://instagram.fetcher.sh/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer bby_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

Free: search_endpoints, describe_endpoint, check_balance. Paid: fetch_data (any endpoint above), topup_credits, plus the named shortcut instagram_user_handle. Drop the headers block to pay per call with x402 instead — see the fetcher skill for the full flow.

Errors

400 — missing/invalid parameter (message names it)
401 — unknown or rotated key
402 — payment required (x402 challenge) or topup_required (credits exhausted)
404 — not a priced path
No rate limits; no refunds on upstream failures (settlement precedes delivery)

Reference

Deep dives: references/endpoints.md (every param) · references/scenarios.md (one curl per endpoint) · references/faq.md · references/comparison.md (vs. the official Instagram Graph API and a browser scraper)
Task guides: profile lookup · hashtag and location monitoring
Slash command: /instagram-profile
Full agent setup: https://instagram.fetcher.sh/skill.md
OpenAPI 3.1 contract: https://instagram.fetcher.sh/openapi.json
Condensed catalog: https://instagram.fetcher.sh/llms.txt
Payment, credits, and MCP deep dive: fetcher skill
Site: https://instagram.fetcher.sh

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