Instagram tools

Sizing a creator or a brand, checking a handle, reading a bio and its link before outreach.

• The account's posts, use instagram_get_posts or instagram_get_reels.
• Posts by topic, use instagram_search_posts.

One record. The account's handle, name, bio, verified, followers, following, website, links (its other bio links), email and phone (a business account's public contact buttons) and related (accounts Instagram suggests beside it), with other profile fields where Instagram fills them. null or empty = the platform does not publish it. posts_count is null: a signed-out visitor is shown 12 posts whatever the account has, so count posts from instagram_get_posts. kind is company only when Instagram flags a business account; many brands use a creator-style professional account and read person, so judge a brand by industry and bio.

1 credit. Cached 24 hours.

"what has this account been posting", judging cadence and engagement before a partnership.

• Reels only, use instagram_get_reels.
• One post in full, use instagram_get_post.
• Posts by hashtag, use instagram_search_posts.

A list. Each row has posts with author and author_followers, created_at, text (cut at 2000 characters), likes, comments, shares, saves, views, media, duration_s, links, transcript and top_comments[], plus collaborators (co-authors) and tagged (the accounts tagged in the media). null or empty = the platform does not publish it. likes is null when the owner hides like counts.

1 credit per page. Cached 6 hours.

Video is what matters: watching a brand's reel cadence, pulling a creator's recent reels.

• Every post type, use instagram_get_posts.
• What is said in a reel, use instagram_get_transcript.

A list. Each row has reels with author and author_followers, created_at, text (cut at 2000 characters), likes, comments, shares, saves, views, media, duration_s, links, transcript and top_comments[], plus collaborators (co-authors), tagged (the accounts tagged in the media) and music (the audio). null or empty = the platform does not publish it. likes is null when the owner hides like counts.

1 credit per page. Cached 6 hours.

A row is worth the detail, or you have a URL and nothing else.

• The comments, use instagram_get_comments.
• What is said in a reel, use instagram_get_transcript.

One record with Each row has the one post, with author and author_followers, created_at, text (cut at 2000 characters), likes, comments, shares, saves, views, media, duration_s, links, transcript and top_comments[]. top_comments are the first comments, author_followers the owner's following, and is_ad is true for a paid partnership. null or empty = the platform does not publish it. likes is null when the owner hides like counts.

10 credits when the vendor has to fetch the media, 1 when it does not. The estimate is the higher one. Cached 6 hours.

Reading what an audience said, finding the questions a product post keeps getting.

• The post itself, use instagram_get_post.
• Comments across many posts, which Instagram does not offer.

A list. Each row has one comment each: author, created_at, text (cut at 2000 characters), likes, replies, parent_id (the comment a reply answers) and depth (1 for a reply). Replies only come back when you ask for them.

1 credit per page, or 15 with include_replies. Cached 6 hours.

"who is posting about X on Instagram", watching a campaign hashtag or a product tag.

• Free-text search (Instagram search is by hashtag here: a phrase is run together into one tag, "gym wear" searches #gymwear).
• One account's posts, use instagram_get_posts.

A list, ranked by Instagram. Each row has posts with author and author_followers, created_at, text (cut at 2000 characters), likes, comments, shares, saves, views, media, duration_s, links, transcript and top_comments[], plus music (the audio); top_comments are the first comments, where Instagram sends them. null or empty = the platform does not publish it. Search does not say when an owner hides like counts, which then read exactly 3: leave those rows out of engagement rates.

1 credit per page. Cached 6 hours.

Reading a reel without watching it, pulling the claims out of a creator's video.

• The caption, which instagram_get_post already returns.
• The numbers, use instagram_get_post.

One record with platform, url, language, text (the full transcript, uncut). NoData when the reel carries no speech. The vendor transcribes reels up to two minutes long; a longer one is refused as InvalidTarget with the reason.

1 credit. Cached 30 days.