Pangolinfo - Enterprise-Grade Real-Time Data Collection API

API Description

Instagram Post API — Collect Instagram post details and available author, media and comment data.

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

Request URL

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

Request Headers

Parameters	Parameter value	Type	Description
Content-Type	application/json	string	Data format
Authorization	Bearer xxx	string	Authorization Token

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

Request Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
target	Yes	string	Target 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.

Included comments are limited to one page. Use the corresponding comments operation for more.

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
code	integer	Status code; 0 indicates success.
message	string	Response message; ok on success.
pointCost	number	Points charged for this request.
data	object	Collected data, with fields described below.
meta	object	Request identifier and duration in milliseconds.
billing	object	Charged units, unit price and billing rule version.

data Fields

Field	Type	Description
type	string	Result type.
poster	object	Poster
post	object	Post, video or business details.
comments	object[]	Root comments in comment mode.
pagination	object	Continuation cursor and whether more results are available.

`data.poster` Fields

Field	Type	Description
avatarCanvas	string \| null	Avatar canvas
nickname	string \| null	Author display name.
profileUrl	string \| null	Author profile URL.
pk	string \| number \| null	Pk
username	string \| null	Username
fullName	string \| null	Full name
avatar	string \| null	Avatar URL.
isVerified	boolean	Is verified
isPrivate	boolean	Is private

`data.post` Fields

Field	Type	Description
captionText	string \| null	Caption text
hashtags	string[]	Hashtags
mentions	string[]	Mentions
videoSrc	null	Video src
publishedAt	object \| null	Publication time.
likes	number \| null	Like count.
commentCount	number \| null	Comment count
shortcode	string \| null	Shortcode
pk	string \| number \| null	Pk
url	string	Content URL.
typename	string \| null	Typename
productType	string \| null	Product type
mediaType	number \| null	Media type
captionIsEdited	boolean	Caption is edited
captionCreatedAt	string \| null	Caption created at
plays	number \| null	Plays
views	number \| null	View count.
likeAndViewCountsDisabled	boolean	Like and view counts disabled
commentsDisabled	boolean \| null	Comments disabled
commentingDisabledForViewer	boolean \| null	Commenting disabled for viewer
width	number \| null	Width
height	number \| null	Height
isPaidPartnership	boolean	Is paid partnership
accessibilityCaption	string \| null	Accessibility caption
cover	string \| null	Cover
videoUrl	string \| null	Video url
videoVersions	object[]	Video versions
imageCandidates	object[]	Image candidates
carousel	object[]	Carousel
music	object \| null	Music
originalSound	object \| null	Original sound
coauthors	object[]	Coauthors
location	object \| null	Location

`data.post.publishedAt` Fields

Field	Type	Description
text	string \| null	Text value.
value	number \| null	Parsed value.

`data.post.videoVersions[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
type	number \| null	Result type.
width	number \| null	Width
height	number \| null	Height
url	string	Content URL.

`data.post.imageCandidates[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
width	number \| null	Width
height	number \| null	Height
url	string	Content URL.

`data.post.carousel[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
pk	string \| number \| null	Pk
mediaType	number \| null	Media type
width	number \| null	Width
height	number \| null	Height
accessibilityCaption	string \| null	Accessibility caption
videoVersions	object[]	Video versions
imageCandidates	object[]	Image candidates

`data.post.music` Fields

Field	Type	Description
audioClusterId	string \| number \| null	Audio cluster id
title	string \| null	Title
artist	string \| null	Artist
coverArtUrl	string \| null	Cover art url

`data.post.originalSound` Fields

Field	Type	Description
audioAssetId	string \| number \| null	Audio asset id
originalAudioTitle	string \| null	Original audio title
consumptionInfo	object \| null	Consumption info

`data.post.coauthors[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
pk	string \| number \| null	Pk
username	string \| null	Username

`data.post.location` Fields

Field	Type	Description
pk	string \| number \| null	Pk
name	string \| null	Name
slug	string \| null	Slug

`data.comments[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
nativeId	string	Native id
avatar	string \| null	Avatar URL.
nickname	string \| null	Author display name.
time	string \| null	Publication time.
content	string \| null	Content text; may be null for records without text.
profileUrl	string \| null	Author profile URL.
pk	string \| number \| null	Pk
username	string \| null	Username
userPk	string \| number \| null	User pk
isVerified	boolean	Is verified
isUnpublished	boolean	Is unpublished
likes	number \| null	Like count.
parentCommentId	string \| number \| null	Parent comment id
childCommentCount	number \| null	Child comment count
hasTranslation	boolean	Has translation
restrictedStatus	number \| null	Restricted status
isCovered	boolean	Is covered

`data.pagination` Fields

Field	Type	Description
comments	object	Root comments in comment mode.

`data.pagination.comments` Fields

Field	Type	Description
cursor	string \| null	Continuation cursor from the previous response. Pass the value unchanged.
hasMore	boolean	Whether more results are available.

Request Example

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

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": {
    "type": "post",
    "poster": {
      "avatarCanvas": "https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/457303548_1264782478234846_477750340754769289_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&_nc_cat=110&ig_cache_key=...",
      "nickname": "world_record_egg",
      "profileUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/world_record_egg/",
      "pk": "10013772027",
      "username": "world_record_egg",
      "fullName": "Just An Egg 🥚",
      "avatar": "https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/457303548_1264782478234846_477750340754769289_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&_nc_cat=110&ig_cache_key=...",
      "isVerified": true,
      "isPrivate": false
    },
    "post": {
      "captionText": "Let’s set a world record together and get the most liked post on Instagram. Beating the current world record held by Kylie Jenner (18 million)! We got this 🙌...",
      "hashtags": [
        "LikeTheEgg"
      ],
      "mentions": [],
      "videoSrc": null,
      "publishedAt": {
        "text": "2019-01-04T17:05:45.000Z",
        "value": 1546621545000
      },
      "likes": 60248022,
      "commentCount": 3766092,
      "shortcode": "BsOGulcndj-",
      "pk": "1949525278281554174",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/BsOGulcndj-/",
      "typename": "XIGPolarisImageMedia",
      "productType": "feed",
      "mediaType": 1,
      "captionIsEdited": true,
      "captionCreatedAt": "2019-01-13T00:22:29.000Z",
      "plays": null,
      "views": null,
      "likeAndViewCountsDisabled": false,
      "commentsDisabled": null,
      "commentingDisabledForViewer": null,
      "width": 584,
      "height": 584,
      "isPaidPartnership": false,
      "accessibilityCaption": "Photo by Just An Egg 🥚 on January 04, 2019.",
      "cover": "https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/625727639_18338153224242257_3827527793310630488_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ig_cache_key=MT...",
      "videoUrl": null,
      "videoVersions": [],
      "imageCandidates": [
        {
          "width": null,
          "height": null,
          "url": "https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/625727639_18338153224242257_3827527793310630488_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ig_cache_key=MT..."
        }
      ],
      "carousel": [],
      "music": null,
      "originalSound": null,
      "coauthors": [],
      "location": null
    },
    "comments": [
      {
        "nativeId": "18040953380849914",
        "avatar": "https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/840333085_18642090745021526_6115295017589438883_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&_nc_cat=111&ig_cache_k...",
        "nickname": "johan_s.v_",
        "time": "2026-11-06T06:10:42.000Z",
        "content": "Follow me",
        "profileUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/johan_s.v_/",
        "pk": "18040953380849914",
        "username": "johan_s.v_",
        "userPk": "1913621525",
        "isVerified": false,
        "isUnpublished": false,
        "likes": 1,
        "parentCommentId": null,
        "childCommentCount": null,
        "hasTranslation": false,
        "restrictedStatus": null,
        "isCovered": false
      }
    ],
    "pagination": {
      "comments": {
        "cursor": null,
        "hasMore": true
      }
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "pg-audit-r1-instagram-post-1793954257936298000",
    "durationMs": 5950
  },
  "billing": {
    "unitPrice": 0.8,
    "ruleVersion": "social-primary-v2",
    "billedCount": 1,
    "pointCost": 0.8
  }
}

Points Usage

0.8 points per post, video or business. Included comments, replies and author details 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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API Description

Request URL

Request Headers

Request Parameters

Response Fields

data Fields

`data.poster` Fields

`data.post` Fields

`data.post.publishedAt` Fields

`data.post.videoVersions[]` Fields

`data.post.imageCandidates[]` Fields

`data.post.carousel[]` Fields

`data.post.music` Fields

`data.post.originalSound` Fields

`data.post.coauthors[]` Fields

`data.post.location` Fields

`data.comments[]` Fields

Request Example

Response Example

Points Usage

Getting Started

Amazon Scrapers

E-commerce Scrapers

Social Media Scrapers

Search engine scrapers

TRO Data API

Playground

​API Description

​Request URL

​Request Headers

​Request Parameters

​Response Fields

​data Fields

​data.poster Fields

​data.post Fields

​data.post.publishedAt Fields

​data.post.videoVersions[] Fields

​data.post.imageCandidates[] Fields

​data.post.carousel[] Fields

​data.post.music Fields

​data.post.originalSound Fields

​data.post.coauthors[] Fields

​data.post.location Fields

​data.comments[] Fields

​data.pagination Fields

​data.pagination.comments Fields

​Request Example

​Response Example

​Points Usage

API Description

Request URL

Request Headers

Request Parameters

Response Fields

data Fields

`data.poster` Fields

`data.post` Fields

`data.post.publishedAt` Fields

`data.post.videoVersions[]` Fields

`data.post.imageCandidates[]` Fields

`data.post.carousel[]` Fields

`data.post.music` Fields

`data.post.originalSound` Fields

`data.post.coauthors[]` Fields

`data.post.location` Fields

`data.comments[]` Fields

`data.pagination` Fields

`data.pagination.comments` Fields

Request Example

Response Example

Points Usage