FastSocial Instagram Data

Get one Instagram post or reel

GET /v1/post

Likes, comments, views, caption, owner and media URLs for a single post, reel or IGTV video.

Costs 1 credit per call.

Parameter	Description
url	Post, reel or IGTV URL. Pass this or shortcode.
shortcode	The code in the post URL (instagram.com/p/<code>/).

Request

curl "https://data.fastsocial.co/v1/post?url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdhFkS7KGkZ/" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $FASTSOCIAL_API_KEY"

import os
import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://data.fastsocial.co/v1/post",
    params={"url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdhFkS7KGkZ/"},
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["FASTSOCIAL_API_KEY"]},
    timeout=30,
)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json()["data"])

const url = new URL("https://data.fastsocial.co/v1/post");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({ url: "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdhFkS7KGkZ/" });

const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { "X-API-Key": API_KEY } });
const body = await res.json();
if (!body.ok) throw new Error(body.error.code);
console.log(body.data);
// Call from your server or a worker, never from a public web page: the key must stay secret.

// Node 18+ (built-in fetch). Run as an ES module: node app.mjs
const url = new URL("https://data.fastsocial.co/v1/post");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({ url: "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdhFkS7KGkZ/" });

const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.FASTSOCIAL_API_KEY } });
const { ok, data, error } = await res.json();
if (!ok) throw new Error(error.code);
console.log(data);

<?php
$url = "https://data.fastsocial.co/v1/post?" . http_build_query(['url' => "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdhFkS7KGkZ/"]);

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["X-API-Key: " . getenv("FASTSOCIAL_API_KEY")],
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
curl_close($ch);
print_r($body["data"]);

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"
    "net/url"
    "os"
)

func main() {
    q := url.Values{}
    q.Set("url", "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdhFkS7KGkZ/")
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://data.fastsocial.co/v1/post?"+q.Encode(), nil)
    req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", os.Getenv("FASTSOCIAL_API_KEY"))

    res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer res.Body.Close()
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://data.fastsocial.co/v1/post")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({"url" => "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdhFkS7KGkZ/"})

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["X-API-Key"] = ENV["FASTSOCIAL_API_KEY"]
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts JSON.parse(res.body)["data"]

Response

200 OK

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "shortcode": "C8x1abcDEF0",
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/C8x1abcDEF0/",
    "taken_at": 1758600000,
    "format": "reel",
    "likes": 412000,
    "comments": 1900,
    "views": 5400000,
    "caption": "Sunrise over the Pacific, seen from the station.",
    "image_url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/…/1080.jpg",
    "video_url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/…/clip.mp4",
    "pinned": false,
    "owner_username": "nasa",
    "owner_id": "528817151"
  },
  "meta": {
    "cache": "hit",
    "age_seconds": 212,
    "stale": false,
    "credits": 1,
    "credits_remaining": 4812
  }
}