## instagram/about

`GET /v1/instagram/about`

Public account transparency: country, month joined and verification status when supplied. Unknown ads and former-name counts remain null. Handle lookup is included in the credit price.

*Instagram account transparency panel*

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | yes | Instagram username or profile URL — e.g. `nasa` |
| `user_id` | no | The numeric account id, if already known: skips the lookup request |
| `dry_run` | no | Read a zero-credit estimate without fetching sources, running AI, or reserving credits. Cache status is a snapshot, not a guarantee at execution. — e.g. `1` |

**Cost:** 10 credits at list price per successful uncached response; variable-cost operations may quote or settle a different charge. Confirmed uncharged or refunded failures report zero. Pending reconciliation can report credits_used:null; retain request_id and the original idempotency key.

```bash
curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/instagram/about?handle=nasa" \
  -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"
```

### Response data

Illustrative abbreviated data; documented core fields are optional and may be null. Additional source fields are allowed.

```json
{
  "handle": "example",
  "date_joined": null,
  "country": null
}
```

[Field reference](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/instagram/about#response) · [JSON Schema for response.data](https://www.monocrawl.com/schemas/instagram/about.json)