API reference

Instagram Post Details API

One Instagram post or reel: caption, media URLs, author and current counts.

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Endpoint

GET/v1/instagram/postlive · proven1 credit

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Parameters

Query parameters

Useful optional inputs

fit — Use fit=goal with a task description to replace confidently irrelevant records with recall stubs and reduce agent context.
No fit surcharge; full evidence is retained for 24 hours when stored, and the response size target is soft.
dry_run — Read a free estimate before fetching sources or scheduling paid work.
Zero credits; cache status and availability are snapshots rather than guarantees.

Name	Required	Description	Example
`url`	yes	Instagram post or reel URL.	`https://www.instagram.com/p/B9KI0D2HHe7/`
`include_music`	no	Opt in to richer public post data including supplied sound metadata, owner flags, coauthors and counters at the same price. Missing source fields remain null. Accepted values: true, false. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable.	`true`
`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. Accepted values: 1, 0, true, false. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable.	`1`
`judgments`	no	Add bounded AI labels to eligible returned records (default on). off preserves the original data shape. Unclassified records remain present; labels depend on evidence, time, capacity and the existing request budget. No label surcharge. Accepted values: on, off. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable.	`on`
`label`	no	Set none to disable labels; default enables the endpoint’s label set. Equivalent to judgments=off. Accepted values: default, none. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable.	`none`
`label_evidence`	no	Include exact supporting sentences and zero-based sentence indexes when a label has validated evidence. No extra charge or change to decisions. Accepted values: 1, 0, true, false. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable.	`1`
`exclude`	no	Optionally remove confidently labelled engagement bait. Uncertain and unclassified records stay; removed IDs and an owner-bound recall reference are returned. Accepted values: engagement_bait. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable.	`engagement_bait`
`fit`	no	Use goal to replace confidently irrelevant records with recall stubs. Keeps first, last, relevant and uncertain records; preserves order. Full evidence is stored for 24 hours when available. Accepted values: goal. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable.	`goal`
`goal`	no	Required with fit=goal: describe the task in at most 600 characters. Supplied text is task context, never permission to act on posts.	`Find concrete product complaints`
`tokens`	no	Optional soft response target for fit=goal, 256–32000. Safety and evidence retention take priority, so the returned result may exceed it.	`4000`

Examples

Make the request

curl

curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/instagram/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FB9KI0D2HHe7%2F" \
  -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"

TypeScript

typescript

const key = process.env.MONOCRAWL_API_KEY;
if (!key) throw new Error('Set MONOCRAWL_API_KEY on your server.');
const res = await fetch(
  "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/instagram/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FB9KI0D2HHe7%2F",
  { headers: { "x-api-key": key } },
);
const body = await res.json();

if (!body.success) {
  // one error shape for every endpoint — see /docs/errors
  throw new Error(`${body.error.type}: ${body.error.message}`);
}

console.log(body.data, "credits left:", body.credits_remaining);

Python

python

import os
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/instagram/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FB9KI0D2HHe7%2F",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["MONOCRAWL_API_KEY"]},
    timeout=60,
)
body = res.json()

if not body["success"]:
    # one error shape for every endpoint — see /docs/errors
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['type']}: {body['error']['message']}")

print(body["data"], "credits left:", body["credits_remaining"])

Response

Response fields and example

This example is illustrative, not a captured live response. Variable-cost operations may settle a charge different from the list price below. A successful response puts the platform payload in data and reports the exact credits used, remaining balance, request id and cache status beside it.

200 · application/json

{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "instagram",
  "endpoint": "/v1/instagram/post",
  "data": {
    "id": "3500000000000000001",
    "url": null,
    "caption": "New desk setup",
    "stats": {
      "likes": 100,
      "comments": 12,
      "plays": null
    }
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 99,
  "request_id": "req_…",
  "cached": false
}

The example is illustrative and shows a documented subset of data. The fields below are optional across supported sources; nullable fields can also be absent. Preserve unknown values and accept additional fields.

Schema basis: reviewed response shaper. See schema coverage and validation limits.

Download the data JSON Schema. Validate response.data, not the whole envelope. A valid shape does not establish that every field or source record was returned.

Field inside data	Type	Meaning
`id`	`string \| null`	Source identifier. Preserve its exact string value; do not convert large IDs to numbers.
`url`	`string \| null`	Original source URL when supplied.
`caption`	`string \| null`	Post caption.
`created_at`	`string \| null`	Source publication time, normalized to an ISO date-time when available.
`author`	`object`	Nested response fields; optional unless explicitly documented.
`author.id`	`string \| null`	Source identifier. Preserve its exact string value; do not convert large IDs to numbers.
`author.handle`	`string \| null`	Public account username.
`author.name`	`string \| null`	Display name.
`author.url`	`string \| null`	Original source URL when supplied.
`author.avatar_url`	`string \| null`	Original source URL when supplied.
`author.verified`	`boolean \| null`	Explicit source verification flag.
`coauthors`	`array`	Nested response fields; optional unless explicitly documented.
`coauthors[].id`	`string \| null`	Source identifier. Preserve its exact string value; do not convert large IDs to numbers.
`coauthors[].handle`	`string \| null`	Public account username.
`coauthors[].name`	`string \| null`	Display name.
`coauthors[].url`	`string \| null`	Original source URL when supplied.
`stats`	`object`	Nested response fields; optional unless explicitly documented.
`stats.likes`	`number \| null`	likes reported by the source; null or absent is unknown, not zero.
`stats.comments`	`number \| null`	comments reported by the source; null or absent is unknown, not zero.
`stats.plays`	`number \| null`	plays reported by the source; null or absent is unknown, not zero.
`stats.shares`	`number \| null`	shares reported by the source; null or absent is unknown, not zero.
`stats.saves`	`number \| null`	saves reported by the source; null or absent is unknown, not zero.
`stats.reposts`	`number \| null`	reposts reported by the source; null or absent is unknown, not zero.
`stats.remix_count`	`number \| null`	remix_count reported by the source; null or absent is unknown, not zero.
`audio_cluster_id`	`string \| null`	Exact Instagram audio cluster identifier, grouping uploads of a sound. Can feed instagram/audio-reels; unknown remains null.
`music`	`object \| null`	Nested response fields; optional unless explicitly documented.
`music.id`	`string \| null`	Source identifier. Preserve its exact string value; do not convert large IDs to numbers.
`music.title`	`string \| null`	Source sound title.
`music.author`	`string \| null`	Source artist display name.
`music.is_original`	`boolean \| null`	Source original-audio flag; null when absent.
`music.audio_cluster_id`	`string \| null`	Exact Instagram audio cluster identifier, grouping uploads of a sound. Can feed instagram/audio-reels; unknown remains null.
`music.audio_asset_id`	`string \| null`	Exact source identifier for this audio asset. Different uploads may share an audio cluster.
`music.duration_s`	`number \| null`	Audio asset duration in seconds, separate from reel duration.
`music.is_explicit`	`boolean \| null`	Source explicit-content flag for the audio asset.
`music.is_trending`	`boolean \| null`	Source trending-in-Reels flag supplied with this reel. Time-sensitive; null or absent is unknown, not false.
`music.canonical_id`	`string \| null`	Source identifier. Preserve its exact string value; do not convert large IDs to numbers.
`music.artist_id`	`string \| null`	Source identifier. Preserve its exact string value; do not convert large IDs to numbers.
`music.author_handle`	`string \| null`	Public artist handle when supplied.
`music.spotify_track_id`	`string \| null`	Spotify track identifier supplied by the source.
`music.spotify_url`	`string \| null`	Original source URL when supplied.
`music.is_licensed`	`boolean \| null`	Explicit source licensed-audio flag; not a licence granted to the caller.
`music.licensed_music_subtype`	`string \| null`	Source music classification, not a grant of usage rights.
`music.allows_saving`	`boolean \| null`	Source saving flag.
`music.cover_url`	`string \| null`	Original source URL when supplied.
`music.audio_url`	`string \| null`	Original source URL when supplied.
`music.preview_url`	`string \| null`	Original source URL when supplied.
`music.play_url`	`string \| null`	Original source URL when supplied.
`_warnings`	`array`	Collection limitations or component warnings. Read before interpreting coverage.
`cover_ocr`	`object`	Nested response fields; optional unless explicitly documented.
`cover_ocr.available`	`boolean \| null`	Whether this post supplied a usable cover URL.
`cover_ocr.scope`	`string \| null`	cover_image_only
`cover_ocr.image_url`	`string \| null`	Original source URL when supplied.
`cover_ocr.endpoint`	`string \| null`	web/parse
`cover_ocr.params`	`object`	Nested response fields; optional unless explicitly documented.
`cover_ocr.params.url`	`string \| null`	Original source URL when supplied.
`cover_ocr.quote`	`object`	Nested response fields; optional unless explicitly documented.
`cover_ocr.read`	`object`	Nested response fields; optional unless explicitly documented.
`cover_ocr.note`	`string \| null`	Separate request, price and image-scope limitations.

Failures use the typed error envelope. A confirmed uncharged or refunded failure reports zero; a pending reconciliation can report an unknown charge. Read credits_used and error.details.billing_status, and keep request_id for recovery. Response contract · Error reference

Instagram Post Details API

Query parameters

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Response fields and example

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