API Description

Instagram Home API — Collect Instagram profile information and first-page works.

Authenticate with your Pangolinfo API Key to receive structured JSON data.

Request URL

POST https://scrapeapi.pangolinfo.com/api/v1/social/instagram-home

Request Headers

ParametersParameter valueTypeDescription
Content-Typeapplication/jsonstringData format
AuthorizationBearer xxxstringAuthorization Token

Collection takes up to approximately 75 seconds. Set your client timeout to 90 seconds.

Request Parameters

ParameterRequiredTypeDescription
targetYesstringTarget URL, supported ID or search keyword for this operation.

Only the request parameters listed on this page are used; other fields are ignored. Pass pagination cursors back unchanged, without encoding, decoding or conversion.

Includes first-page works. Use the works operation, where available, to continue.

Response Fields

FieldTypeDescription
codeintegerStatus code; 0 indicates success.
messagestringResponse message; ok on success.
pointCostnumberPoints charged for this request.
dataobjectCollected data, with fields described below.
metaobjectRequest identifier and duration in milliseconds.
billingobjectCharged units, unit price and billing rule version.

data Fields

FieldTypeDescription
paginationobjectContinuation cursor and whether more results are available.
homeobjectProfile and first-page posts.

data.pagination Fields

FieldTypeDescription
endCursorstring | nullCursor for continuing the works list.
hasMorebooleanWhether more results are available.

data.home Fields

FieldTypeDescription
userobjectUser details.
postsobject[]Collected posts.

data.home.user Fields

FieldTypeDescription
idnumberRecord identifier.
accountIdstringAccount id
usernamestring | nullUsername
is_verifiedboolean | nullIs verified
is_privateboolean | nullIs private
avatarstring | nullAvatar URL.
signaturestring | nullSignature
post_countnumber | nullPost count
follower_countnumber | nullFollower count
following_countnumber | nullFollowing count
biostring | nullBio
category_namestring | nullCategory name
category_enumstring | nullCategory enum
businessEmailstring | nullBusiness email
emailstring | nullEmail
externalLinksany[]External links
bioLinksobject[]Bio links

data.home.posts[] Fields

FieldTypeDescription
urlstring | nullContent URL.
typestringResult type.
coverstring | nullCover
copywritingstring | nullCopywriting
likesnumber | nullLike count.
commentsnumber | nullRoot comments in comment mode.
is_pinnedbooleanIs pinned
published_atnumber | nullPublished at
video_view_countnumber | nullVideo view count
mediaIdstring | nullMedia id
pkstring | nullPk
shortcodestring | nullShortcode
dimensionsobjectDimensions
isVideobooleanIs video
mediaTypenumber | nullMedia type
carouselMediaCountnumber | nullCarousel media count
videoUrlstring | nullVideo url
displayUrlstring | nullDisplay url
accessibilityCaptionstring | nullAccessibility caption
productTypestring | nullProduct type
locationanyLocation
commentsDisabledboolean | nullComments disabled

Request Example

curl --request POST \
  --url https://scrapeapi.pangolinfo.com/api/v1/social/instagram-home \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_PANGOLINFO_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "target": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/"
}'

Response Example

This excerpt shows the first item of each list. Long text and URLs are shortened; pointCost is the charge for the complete response. The playground contains the full schema.

{
  "code": 0,
  "message": "ok",
  "pointCost": 0.8,
  "data": {
    "pagination": {
      "endCursor": "AQHTFLq0M69ETO8H_n1ux4Y9orxqClzEvpz-AUAuP2K-1ir4zRMw7GkVHkjOt_e8v3GQBMIUb7GItbGFGT2P3QOg7w",
      "hasMore": true
    },
    "home": {
      "user": {
        "id": 17841401474538262,
        "accountId": "17841401474538262",
        "username": "nasa",
        "is_verified": true,
        "is_private": false,
        "avatar": "https://scontent-man2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/29090066_159271188110124_1152068159029641216_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ig_cache_key=GBL...",
        "signature": "NASA",
        "post_count": 12,
        "follower_count": 104446518,
        "following_count": 90,
        "bio": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible. ✨",
        "category_name": null,
        "category_enum": null,
        "businessEmail": null,
        "email": null,
        "externalLinks": [
          "https://www.nasa.gov"
        ],
        "bioLinks": [
          {
            "image_url": "",
            "is_pinned": false,
            "link_id": "17920263086752176",
            "link_type": "external",
            "lynx_url": "https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2F&e=AUBdYpZbABPda3WED4EgLwmlNYvmj0lXoOmHYEwomDOvyM1ZWNYn51V__2ChDWF3us5dz9h-rab5JcffhzKy9cRG2YXKEEa95G...",
            "media_accent_color_hex": "",
            "media_type": "none",
            "title": "NASA.gov Homepage",
            "url": "https://www.nasa.gov",
            "creation_source": "NONE"
          }
        ]
      },
      "posts": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DeTUk4sDSp-/",
          "type": "video",
          "cover": "https://scontent-man2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/842191580_18656578867049152_4200499629839780998_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_s640x640_tt6&_nc_cat=111&ccb=7-...",
          "copywriting": "POV: you're watching the Earth set\n\nWe just released hundreds of new images and hours of new audio from our Artemis II mission around the Moon this spring. C...",
          "likes": null,
          "comments": null,
          "is_pinned": false,
          "published_at": null,
          "video_view_count": null,
          "mediaId": "POLARIS_4004634989362489982",
          "pk": "4004634989362489982",
          "shortcode": "DeTUk4sDSp-",
          "dimensions": {},
          "isVideo": true,
          "mediaType": 2,
          "carouselMediaCount": null,
          "videoUrl": null,
          "displayUrl": "https://scontent-man2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/842191580_18656578867049152_4200499629839780998_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_s640x640_tt6&_nc_cat=111&ccb=7-...",
          "accessibilityCaption": "Video by NASA on October 10, 2026. May be an image of planet, eclipse and text.",
          "productType": "clips",
          "location": null,
          "commentsDisabled": null
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "pg-audit-r1-instagram-home-1793954275898534300",
    "durationMs": 4595
  },
  "billing": {
    "unitPrice": 0.8,
    "ruleVersion": "social-primary-v2",
    "billedCount": 1,
    "pointCost": 0.8
  }
}

Points Usage

0.8 points per profile. Included works are free.

Empty results and failed requests are not charged. Duplicate IDs are counted once within a response. Separate calls and pages are billed separately. See Social Media Reviews API billing.

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