Instagram reels API

A profile's reels, with play counts

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/profile/reels \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "username": "natgeo"
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({username: 'natgeo'})
};

fetch('https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/profile/reels', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/profile/reels"

payload = { "username": "natgeo" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "postUrl": "<string>",
        "isPinned": true,
        "postId": "<string>",
        "postCode": "<string>",
        "likes": 0,
        "comments": 0,
        "views": 0,
        "imageUrl": "<string>",
        "authorId": "<string>",
        "authorUsername": "<string>"
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "<string>"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 123,
  "requestId": "<string>"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

POST

instagram

profile

reels

A profile's reels, with play counts

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/profile/reels \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "username": "natgeo"
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({username: 'natgeo'})
};

fetch('https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/profile/reels', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/profile/reels"

payload = { "username": "natgeo" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "postUrl": "<string>",
        "isPinned": true,
        "postId": "<string>",
        "postCode": "<string>",
        "likes": 0,
        "comments": 0,
        "views": 0,
        "imageUrl": "<string>",
        "authorId": "<string>",
        "authorUsername": "<string>"
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "<string>"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 123,
  "requestId": "<string>"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

Returns a profile’s reels, with play counts. The user is identified by its URL or username.

Request

Exactly one of userUrl or username is required. A request that sets both, or none, fails with invalidRequest.

import { Stophy } from "stophy";

const stophy = new Stophy({ apiKey: process.env.STOPHY_API_KEY });
const result = await stophy.instagram.profile.reels({ username: "natgeo" });
console.log(result.data.results);

from stophy import Stophy

stophy = Stophy()  # reads STOPHY_API_KEY
result = stophy.instagram.profile.reels(username="natgeo")
print(result["data"]["results"])

curl -X POST https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/profile/reels \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STOPHY_API_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username":"natgeo"}'

stophy instagram profile reels --username natgeo

Response

If successful, the response body contains the standard envelope. data.results[] contains the profile’s reels with their views. The following example is a real response, truncated: each list shows one item and long strings are cut.

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "postId": "4001242265619084177",
        "postCode": "DeHRKQegTOR",
        "postUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeHRKQegTOR/",
        "likes": 31000,
        "comments": 102,
        "views": 965380,
        "imageUrl": "https://scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/836841474_18704538382019133_959930361101654287_n.jpg?stp=dst-jp…",
        "isPinned": false,
        "authorId": "787132",
        "authorUsername": "natgeo"
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "AQHTriiXVTKLFDkwaf4mYfPAUsCY-pcgmDFoUk9Z8U7PXyvyC1sQ6H9WFnNZkZcQ28FJ-4PWJUOhsaiwvy8-ToNeMw"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 1,
  "requestId": "2fe9dbad-fc48-4890-9751-0b24b596035b"
}

Field	Type	Description
`cursor`	string	The pagination token. Pass it as `cursor` to retrieve the next page. Omitted on the last page.
`likes`	integer	The number of likes.

For every field, see the response schema on this page.

Instagram profile is the mixed grid of posts and reels.

Optional parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`cursor`	string	The pagination token from the previous response.

Billing

Each successful request consumes 1 credit, regardless of the number of items returned. Requests that fail, or that return no items, are not billed.

Pagination

Results are paginated. To retrieve the next page, pass the value of data.cursor as cursor in a subsequent request. A response that omits cursor is the last page.

Instagram comments: Accepts postUrl. Returns a post’s comments, or the replies to one comment.
Instagram post: Accepts postUrl. Returns a post or reel, with its top comments.
Instagram profile: Accepts username. Returns a profile’s bio, stats and a page of its posts and reels.

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json

userUrl

string

Link to the Instagram profile, like https://www.instagram.com/natgeo. Send this or username.

username

string

Instagram profile username, like natgeo. Send this or userUrl.

cursor

string

The cursor from the previous response. Send it as is.

Minimum string length: 1

Response

The data, and the credits this call used.

success

any

required

data

object

required

Show child attributes

creditsUsed

integer

required

requestId

string

required

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Instagram reels API

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