Instagram post API

Get a post or reel, with its top comments

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/post \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "postUrl": "<string>",
  "postCode": "<string>"
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({postUrl: '<string>', postCode: '<string>'})
};

fetch('https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/post', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/post"

payload = {
    "postUrl": "<string>",
    "postCode": "<string>"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "postUrl": "<string>",
    "type": "photo",
    "hashtags": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "mentions": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "imageUrls": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "videoUrls": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "isPinned": true,
    "authorIsVerified": true,
    "taggedUsers": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "coauthors": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "isPaidPartnership": true,
    "sponsors": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "results": [
      {
        "commentUrl": "<string>",
        "authorIsVerified": true,
        "commentId": "<string>",
        "authorId": "<string>",
        "authorUsername": "<string>",
        "authorUrl": "<string>",
        "authorAvatarUrl": "<string>",
        "text": "<string>",
        "likes": 0,
        "replies": 0,
        "publishedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
      }
    ],
    "postId": "<string>",
    "postCode": "<string>",
    "text": "<string>",
    "publishedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "likes": 0,
    "views": 0,
    "thumbnailUrl": "<string>",
    "imageDescription": "<string>",
    "authorId": "<string>",
    "authorUsername": "<string>",
    "authorName": "<string>",
    "authorUrl": "<string>",
    "authorAvatarUrl": "<string>",
    "audioTitle": "<string>",
    "audioArtist": "<string>",
    "audioIsOriginal": true,
    "comments": 0
  },
  "creditsUsed": 123,
  "requestId": "<string>"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

POST

instagram

post

Get a post or reel, with its top comments

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/post \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "postUrl": "<string>",
  "postCode": "<string>"
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({postUrl: '<string>', postCode: '<string>'})
};

fetch('https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/post', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/post"

payload = {
    "postUrl": "<string>",
    "postCode": "<string>"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "postUrl": "<string>",
    "type": "photo",
    "hashtags": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "mentions": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "imageUrls": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "videoUrls": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "isPinned": true,
    "authorIsVerified": true,
    "taggedUsers": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "coauthors": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "isPaidPartnership": true,
    "sponsors": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "results": [
      {
        "commentUrl": "<string>",
        "authorIsVerified": true,
        "commentId": "<string>",
        "authorId": "<string>",
        "authorUsername": "<string>",
        "authorUrl": "<string>",
        "authorAvatarUrl": "<string>",
        "text": "<string>",
        "likes": 0,
        "replies": 0,
        "publishedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
      }
    ],
    "postId": "<string>",
    "postCode": "<string>",
    "text": "<string>",
    "publishedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "likes": 0,
    "views": 0,
    "thumbnailUrl": "<string>",
    "imageDescription": "<string>",
    "authorId": "<string>",
    "authorUsername": "<string>",
    "authorName": "<string>",
    "authorUrl": "<string>",
    "authorAvatarUrl": "<string>",
    "audioTitle": "<string>",
    "audioArtist": "<string>",
    "audioIsOriginal": true,
    "comments": 0
  },
  "creditsUsed": 123,
  "requestId": "<string>"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

Returns a post or reel, with its top comments. The post is identified by its URL or code.

Request

Exactly one of postUrl or postCode is required. A request that sets both, or none, fails with invalidRequest.

import { Stophy } from "stophy";

const stophy = new Stophy({ apiKey: process.env.STOPHY_API_KEY });
const result = await stophy.instagram.post({ postUrl: "https://www.instagram.com/p/DdG4RIxIPyf/" });
console.log(result.data.results);

from stophy import Stophy

stophy = Stophy()  # reads STOPHY_API_KEY
result = stophy.instagram.post(post_url="https://www.instagram.com/p/DdG4RIxIPyf/")
print(result["data"]["results"])

curl -X POST https://api.stophy.dev/v1/instagram/post \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STOPHY_API_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"postUrl":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DdG4RIxIPyf/"}'

stophy instagram post --postUrl https://www.instagram.com/p/DdG4RIxIPyf/

Response

If successful, the response body contains the standard envelope. data contains the post or reel, and results lists its top comments. The following example is a real response, truncated: each list shows one item and long strings are cut.

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "postId": "3983118388705688735",
    "postCode": "DdG4RIxIPyf",
    "postUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DdG4RIxIPyf/",
    "type": "reel",
    "text": "Presented by @Rolex. Welcome to Africa 🌍 Africa Earth’s Wild Home takes you deep into the heart of our wildest…",
    "hashtags": ["Rolex"],
    "mentions": ["rolex"],
    "publishedAt": "2026-09-10T13:00:14.000Z",
    "likes": 78665,
    "views": 870839,
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://scontent-xxc1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/802503979_18695767555019133_6909214034622416488_n.jpg?stp=dst-j…",
    "imageUrls": ["https://scontent-xxc1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/802503979_18695767555019133_6909214034622416488_n.jpg?stp=dst-j…"],
    "videoUrls": ["https://scontent-xxc1-1.cdninstagram.com/o1/v/t2/f2/m86/AQPDJtVww4K_686Ed9TbciE3dp0nrA4iUd5M8OJJIZKcU-RmkzTGwtpi3CsZY9P…"],
    "imageDescription": "Video by National Geographic on September 10, 2026. May be an image of elephant, rhinoceros, poster, outdoors and text…",
    "isPinned": false,
    "authorId": "787132",
    "authorUsername": "natgeo",
    "authorName": "National Geographic",
    "authorUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/",
    "authorAvatarUrl": "https://scontent-xxc1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/683576066_18653628823019133_9051036240972105113_n.jpg?stp=dst-j…",
    "authorIsVerified": true,
    "taggedUsers": ["rolex"],
    "coauthors": ["rolex"],
    "audioTitle": "Original audio",
    "audioArtist": "natgeo",
    "audioIsOriginal": true,
    "isPaidPartnership": false,
    "comments": 531,
    "results": [
      {
        "commentId": "18410943604087835",
        "commentUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DdG4RIxIPyf/c/18410943604087835/",
        "authorId": "64735973900",
        "authorUsername": "stirlingboss",
        "authorUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/stirlingboss/",
        "authorAvatarUrl": "https://scontent-xxc1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/830572424_17971162935157901_5093138578066260536_n.jpg?stp=dst-j…",
        "authorIsVerified": false,
        "text": "🆘️",
        "likes": 0,
        "publishedAt": "2026-10-05T15:42:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "creditsUsed": 1,
  "requestId": "2fe9dbad-fc48-4890-9751-0b24b596035b"
}

Field	Type	Description
`type`	string	The kind of item: `photo`, `video`, `reel` or `carousel`.
`publishedAt`	string (ISO 8601)	The publication time, in UTC.
`likes`	integer	The number of likes.

For every field, see the response schema on this page.

The reply count of a comment can be absent in this response. To retrieve the exact count and the replies, pass the comment ID to Instagram comments.

Billing

Each successful request consumes 1 credit, regardless of the number of items returned. Requests that fail, or that return no items, are not billed.

Pagination

This method is not paginated. A single request returns the complete result.

Instagram comments: Accepts postUrl. Returns a post’s comments, or the replies to one comment.
Instagram profile: Accepts userUrl. Returns a profile’s bio, stats and a page of its posts and reels.
Instagram profile reels: Accepts userUrl. Returns a profile’s reels, with play counts.

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json

postUrl

string

Link to the Instagram post or reel, like https://www.instagram.com/p/DdG4RIxIPyf/. Send this or postCode.

postCode

string

Instagram post or reel code, like DdG4RIxIPyf. Send this or postUrl.

Response

The data, and the credits this call used.

success

any

required

data

object

required

Show child attributes

creditsUsed

integer

required

requestId

string

required

Using the API

Catalog

Account

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Video

Social

Places and travel

Jobs

Shopping

Apps

Real estate

Ads

Instagram post API

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