# instagram-api

This skill hands your agent 16 Instagram endpoints on fetcher.sh: profiles, posts, reels, hashtags. Pay per call or from a prepaid balance.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 6700 installs · ★ 2
- Author: fetcher-sh
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/instagram-api/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-05
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/instagram-api

## What it does

Everything lives on `https://instagram.fetcher.sh` and every one of the 16 endpoints is a plain `GET` at $0.004 per call. You get profile lookup by @handle, account search by keyword, a user's posts, reels, stories and tagged posts, followers and followings, a single post by shortcode, its comments, hashtag feeds, location feeds and posts tied to an audio track. Responses follow one shape: `{ "status": number, "message": string, "data": ... }`.

Two ways to pay. Prepaid credits put a `bby_live_...` key in the `Authorization: Bearer` header and you are done. Or x402: send a request with no header, get a 402 back with machine-readable USDC payment terms, and let `@x402/fetch` sign and retry. No login, no session cookies, no headless browser, no Graph API business verification.

Pagination runs on `cursor` or `page`; the user search endpoint requires `query`. An MCP server sits at `https://instagram.fetcher.sh/mcp`, where `search_endpoints`, `describe_endpoint` and `check_balance` cost nothing and only `fetch_data` bills you. Without a key or a configured x402 client the paid calls simply fail, so wire up payment before you build anything on top.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill instagram-api -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/instagram-api/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/instagram-api/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill instagram-api -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/instagram-api/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill instagram-api -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/instagram-api/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills instagram-api
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/instagram-api/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill instagram-api -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --path skills/instagram-api
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/instagram-api/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill instagram-api -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/instagram-api/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn an @handle into a numeric user ID
- export a profile's follower list
- pull a competitor's recent posts and reels
- read the comments on one post
- track fresh posts under a hashtag or location

## Example prompts
- Resolve the profile `@nasa` with instagram-api and show its follower count
- Pull recent posts and reels for user ID `528817151`
- Fetch posts under the `travel` hashtag and put them in a table

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: instagram-api
description: >-
  An Instagram API alternative on fetcher.sh — pay-per-call in USDC via x402,
  or prepaid credits with a Bearer key, no login and no session cookies. Use
  when the user wants to resolve an Instagram profile by @handle, search
  users by keyword, pull a profile's posts, reels, stories, tagged posts,
  followers, or followings, look up a single post by its shortcode, read a
  post's comments, fetch posts under a hashtag or reel-only hashtag feed,
  pull posts from a location, or pull posts using a specific audio/music
  track. Also covers Instagram follower export, hashtag and location
  monitoring, influencer discovery, competitor content tracking, and
  Instagram data pipelines without an official Graph API business
  verification or a headless browser.
keywords:
  - instagram
  - instagram-api
  - instagram-api-alternative
  - ig-api
  - social-media
  - social-listening
  - hashtag-tracking
  - x402
  - ai-agent
---

# Instagram API

Instagram data on demand: profile lookup by @handle, posts, reels, stories,
tagged posts, followers and followings, hashtag and location feeds, audio/music
feeds, and post comments — one plain HTTP GET per call, paid as you go. No
login, no session cookies, no headless browser, no Graph API business
verification.

Base URL: `https://instagram.fetcher.sh`

## Quick reference

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Base URL | `https://instagram.fetcher.sh` |
| Auth | `Authorization: Bearer bby_live_...` or x402 (USDC) |
| Price | $0.004/call (flat) |
| Endpoints | 16, all `GET` |
| MCP | `https://instagram.fetcher.sh/mcp` |
| Machine-readable | `/openapi.json` · `/llms.txt` · `/skill.md` |

## Which endpoint do I need?

| I want to... | Call |
| --- | --- |
| Look up a profile by @handle | `GET /api/user/handle/{handle}` |
| Search accounts by name | `GET /api/user/search` |
| Get a user's posts, reels, or stories | `GET /api/user/{id}/posts` / `/reels` / `/stories` |
| Get a user's followers or followings | `GET /api/user/{id}/followers` / `/followings` |
| Look up a post by its share-URL shortcode | `GET /api/post/code/{code}` |
| Get a post's comments | `GET /api/post/{id}/comments` |
| Find posts under a hashtag | `GET /api/hashtag/{name}/posts` |
| Find posts tagged at a location | `GET /api/location/{id}/posts` |

Full param details for every row: [`references/endpoints.md`](references/endpoints.md).

## Authentication

Two ways to pay, same data — full mechanics in the [`fetcher`
skill](../fetcher/SKILL.md):

```bash
# 1. Prepaid credits (recommended — get a key at https://fetcher.sh/topup
````
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