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Instagram User Embed API

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A profile read off Instagram's public embed card, with the embed HTML in raw.html for anyone who wants to render it. Instagram publishes embeds so third parties can display them, which makes this the profile path it has the least reason to gate. The same reasoning puts the post embed on /v1/instagram/post's fallback. It carries fewer fields than /v1/instagram/profile; reach for it when that one is blocked, or when you want the markup. Calls cost 1 credit each. A cache hit is free, and a failed or empty response is never charged.

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Request

GET/v1/instagram/user-embed
ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
handlestringyesHandle (@nike), or a full instagram.com profile URL

Also accepts cache_max_age (a hit costs 0 credits) and include_raw (returns the untouched upstream payload under raw).

curl
curl "$API/v1/instagram/user-embed?handle=natgeo&cache_max_age=7d" \
  -H "x-api-key: $KEY"
JavaScript
const query = new URLSearchParams({
  handle: 'natgeo',
  cache_max_age: '7d',
});

const response = await fetch(`${API}/v1/instagram/user-embed?${query}`, {
  headers: { 'x-api-key': KEY },
});

const body = await response.json();
if (!body.success) throw new Error(body.error.code);

// 1 credit, 0 on a cache hit
console.log(body.data, body.meta.creditsCharged);
Python
import os, httpx

r = httpx.get(
    f"{os.environ['API']}/v1/instagram/user-embed",
    params={
        "handle": "natgeo",
        "cache_max_age": "7d",
    },
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["KEY"]},
    timeout=30,
)

body = r.json()
if not body["success"]:
    raise RuntimeError(body["error"]["code"])

print(body["data"], body["meta"]["creditsCharged"])

Example response

Captured on , with raw removed and lists cut to two items. A live call returns current data.

response
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "platform": "instagram",
    "id": "787132",
    "handle": "natgeo",
    "displayName": "National Geographic",
    "bio": null,
    "avatarUrl": "https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/683576066_18653628823019133_9051036240972105113_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s100x100_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=bf7eb4&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLnd3dy40MDAuQzMifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ohc=qG9hbsury8oQ7kNvwG5_GUK&_nc_oc=AdrDoOHocTOHrcwkGirC60XKFWdr8aLj_F-pNUEsZYudeUMTx2i2pK5AhmkaTrYognQ&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=kx1dl5x6qyMyMgl1hyrS5A&_nc_ss=70a8c&oh=00_AQMNlg9jy7JrGdO4wIQt6ardDWuts7OK6mXZLJ38uzNmTQ&oe=6ADDE4EB",
    "bannerUrl": null,
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/",
    "verified": true,
    "followerCount": 268336119,
    "followingCount": null,
    "postCount": 32100,
    "viewCount": null,
    "isPrivate": null,
    "isBusiness": null,
    "category": null,
    "location": null,
    "externalLinks": [],
    "createdAt": null,
    "fetchedAt": "2026-10-21T01:52:58.766Z"
  },
  "meta": {
    "platform": "instagram",
    "endpoint": "instagram.userEmbed",
    "creditsCharged": 1,
    "cached": false,
    "cacheAgeSeconds": null,
    "durationMs": 2551,
    "requestId": "req_x892lez26vfz14u0h5g0"
  }
}

Returns

Returns one Creator.

Cost and behaviour

Credits1 per live request, 0 on a cache hit
Cacheableyes: cache_max_age accepts a cached copy
Batchableyes: usable as a target in POST /v1/jobs/batch
Subscribableyes: as often as every 3600 seconds, firing a webhook only on a change

Other Instagram endpoints

All Instagram endpointsThe unified schema