## instagram/profile-following

`GET /v1/instagram/profile-following`

Accounts a public account follows, fifty per page with handle, name, verification and privacy flags; paged by offset.

*Instagram following*

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | yes | Instagram username, with or without the leading @ — e.g. `nasa` |
| `limit` | no | Accounts per page, at most 50 — e.g. `50` |
| `cursor` | no | Opaque cursor from the previous response; keep the same handle and query |
| `query` | no | Filter names and handles within each fetched page; a matching page may be short |
| `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/profile-following?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
{
  "count": 0,
  "cursor": null,
  "dropped": 0,
  "handle": "example",
  "has_more": false,
  "is_sample": false,
  "items": [
    {
      "avatar_url": "https://example.com/example",
      "handle": "example",
      "id": "example",
      "name": "example",
      "platform": "example",
      "private": false,
      "url": "https://example.com/example",
      "verified": false
    }
  ],
  "user_id": "example"
}
```

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