Instagram API

Collect instagram reels

Bounded automatic pagination through registered sources. Retains entire pages, removes duplicate IDs, returns stop_reason, complete and next_params. Up to five pages per request; not guaranteed full account history. Charges successful fresh component calls at max(5, underlying price), with normal lower cache-hit pricing. Public share counts are included where available, with metrics_coverage; richer source preferred. Photos may have no share count. Saves and reposts are not guaranteed.

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Endpoint

GET/v1/instagram/reels/fulllive · proven25 credits

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Parameters

Query parameters

Name	Required	Description	Example
`handle`	yes	Public profile identifier.	`nasa`
`cursor`	no	Opaque continuation from the previous response. Preserve query or identity.	—
`max_pages`	no	Maximum source pages: 1-5, default 1. Catalog price reserves the five-page maximum; actual successful component charges are settled after execution.	`1`
`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.	`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.	`on`
`label`	no	Set none to disable labels; default enables the endpoint’s label set. Equivalent to judgments=off.	`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.	`1`
`exclude`	no	Optionally remove confidently labelled engagement bait. Uncertain and unclassified records stay; removed IDs and an owner-bound recall reference are returned.	`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.	`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/reels/full?handle=nasa" \
  -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/reels/full?handle=nasa",
  { 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/reels/full?handle=nasa",
    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/reels/full",
  "data": {
    "_meta": {
      "billing": {
        "charged": 0,
        "list_price": 0,
        "maximum_component_credits": 0
      }
    },
    "_warnings": [
      "example"
    ],
    "complete": false,
    "count": 0,
    "cursor": null,
    "items": [
      {
        "author": {
          "avatar_url": "https://example.com/example",
          "handle": "example",
          "id": "example",
          "name": "example",
          "private": false,
          "verified": false
        },
        "caption": "example",
        "carousel": [],
        "coauthors": [
          {}
        ],
        "code": "example",
        "created_at": "2026-09-01T12:00:00Z",
        "display_url": "https://example.com/example",
        "duration_s": 0,
        "has_audio": false,
        "id": "example",
        "is_paid_partnership": false,
        "is_video": false,
        "location": {
          "address": "example",
          "id": "example",
          "latitude": 0,
          "longitude": 0,
          "name": "example"
        },
        "media_urls": [
          "example"
        ],
        "platform": "example",
        "product_type": "example",
        "stats": {
          "comments": 0,
          "likes": 0,
          "plays": 0
        },
        "thumbnail_url": "https://example.com/example",
        "url": "https://example.com/example",
        "video_url": "https://example.com/example"
      }
    ],
    "legs": [
      {
        "attempts": 0,
        "credits": 0,
        "endpoint": "example",
        "ok": false,
        "served_by": "example",
        "status": 0
      }
    ],
    "metrics_coverage": {
      "posts": 0,
      "shares": 0
    },
    "next_params": {
      "cursor": null,
      "handle": "example",
      "max_pages": 0
    },
    "pages_fetched": 0,
    "partial": false,
    "platform": "example",
    "source_metadata": {
      "cursor": null,
      "has_more": false
    },
    "stop_reason": "example"
  },
  "credits_used": 25,
  "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: observed response shapes, not an exhaustive field specification. 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
`_meta`	`object \| null`	Optional meta supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`_meta.billing`	`object \| null`	Optional billing supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`_meta.billing.charged`	`number \| null`	Optional charged supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`_meta.billing.list_price`	`number \| null`	Optional list price supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`_meta.billing.maximum_component_credits`	`number \| null`	Optional maximum component credits supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`_warnings`	`array \| null`	Optional warnings supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`complete`	`boolean \| null`	Optional complete supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`count`	`number \| null`	Number of records in this response, not lifetime or total matches.
`cursor`	`string \| null`	Opaque next-page token; pass it back unchanged. Null does not prove complete history.
`items`	`array \| null`	Returned records. Source coverage and completeness vary.
`items[].author`	`object \| null`	Public author information supplied with this record.
`items[].author.avatar_url`	`string \| null`	Optional avatar url supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].author.handle`	`string \| null`	Optional handle supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].author.id`	`string \| null`	Source identifier. Preserve the supplied type and exact value.
`items[].author.name`	`string \| null`	Optional name supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].author.private`	`boolean \| null`	Optional private supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].author.verified`	`boolean \| null`	Optional verified supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].caption`	`string \| null`	Optional caption supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].carousel`	`array \| null`	Source array was empty in the reviewed captures; item fields remain unspecified.
`items[].coauthors`	`array \| null`	Optional coauthors supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].code`	`string \| null`	Optional code supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].created_at`	`string \| null`	Source creation time, not the API retrieval time.
`items[].display_url`	`string \| null`	Optional display url supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].duration_s`	`number \| null`	Optional duration s supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].has_audio`	`boolean \| null`	Optional has audio supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].id`	`string \| null`	Source identifier. Preserve the supplied type and exact value.
`items[].is_paid_partnership`	`boolean \| null`	Optional is paid partnership supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].is_video`	`boolean \| null`	Optional is video supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].location`	`object \| null`	Optional location supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].location.address`	`string \| null`	Optional address supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].location.id`	`string \| null`	Source identifier. Preserve the supplied type and exact value.
`items[].location.latitude`	`number \| null`	Optional latitude supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].location.longitude`	`number \| null`	Optional longitude supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].location.name`	`string \| null`	Optional name supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].media_urls`	`array \| null`	Optional media urls supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].platform`	`string \| null`	Optional platform supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].product_type`	`string \| null`	Optional product type supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].stats`	`object \| null`	Optional stats supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].stats.comments`	`number \| null`	Optional comments supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].stats.likes`	`number \| null`	Optional likes supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].stats.plays`	`number \| null`	Optional plays supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].thumbnail_url`	`string \| null`	Optional thumbnail url supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`items[].url`	`string \| null`	Original source URL when supplied.
`items[].video_url`	`string \| null`	Optional video url supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`legs`	`array \| null`	Optional legs supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`legs[].attempts`	`number \| null`	Optional attempts supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`legs[].credits`	`number \| null`	Optional credits supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`legs[].endpoint`	`string \| null`	Optional endpoint supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`legs[].ok`	`boolean \| null`	Optional ok supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`legs[].served_by`	`string \| null`	Optional served by supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`legs[].status`	`number \| null`	Optional status supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`metrics_coverage`	`object \| null`	Optional metrics coverage supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`metrics_coverage.posts`	`number \| null`	Optional posts supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`metrics_coverage.shares`	`number \| null`	Optional shares supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`next_params`	`object \| null`	Optional next params supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`next_params.cursor`	`string \| null`	Opaque next-page token; pass it back unchanged. Null does not prove complete history.
`next_params.handle`	`string \| null`	Optional handle supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`next_params.max_pages`	`number \| null`	Optional max pages supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`pages_fetched`	`number \| null`	Optional pages fetched supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`partial`	`boolean \| null`	Optional partial supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`platform`	`string \| null`	Optional platform supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`source_metadata`	`object \| null`	Optional source metadata supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.
`source_metadata.cursor`	`string \| null`	Opaque next-page token; pass it back unchanged. Null does not prove complete history.
`source_metadata.has_more`	`boolean \| null`	Source continuation indicator; null means unknown.
`stop_reason`	`string \| null`	Optional stop reason supplied by this operation. Null means unknown.

Optional fields reviewed from preserved successful responses. Additive fields and source variations remain allowed; validate the fields your workflow requires.

The example is invented and illustrates types only; zero and empty values are not claims about a real result.

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

Collect instagram reels

Query parameters

Make the request

Response fields and example

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