API reference / Instagram / Post details

Post details

Details of a single post or reel by shortcode, without the view count.

2 credits per successful call Errors are never charged

Request

GET https://socialgraph.dev/api/v1/instagram/post-details

Send your API key as Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY. Parameters go in the query string.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`shortcode` required	string	Post or reel shortcode from its URL, e.g. DdwXSSkMvJz.

Code examples

Example response

{
    "id": "3994795281432638067",
    "owner": {
        "id": "1531318532",
        "avatar": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/655235091_….jpg",
        "username": "portugal",
        "full_name": "Portugal",
        "is_private": false,
        "is_verified": true,
        "is_unpublished": false
    },
    "caption": "Palavras de capitão 🫡\n\nCaptain’s words 🫡",
    "post_date": "2026-09-26T15:33:36Z",
    "user_tags": [
        {
            "id": "173560420",
            "avatar": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/472007201_….jpg",
            "username": "cristiano",
            "full_name": "Cristiano Ronaldo",
            "is_verified": true
        }
    ],
    "video_url": "https://instagram.fluk1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m86/….mp4",
    "like_count": 4637805,
    "short_code": "DdwXSSkMvJz",
    "display_url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/825320499_….jpg",
    "product_type": "clips",
    "comment_count": 41154
}

Errors

Status	Meaning	Charged?
401	Missing, invalid or revoked API key	No
402	Not enough credits (`insufficient_credits`)	No
404	The account or post doesn't exist	No
422	Missing or invalid parameters	No
502 / 503	The data source is temporarily unavailable	No

All error codes →

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shortcode

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More Instagram endpoints

GET Profile details by username Public profile details for a username: bio, links, counts, verification and profile picture. /api/v1/instagram/profile 2 credits / call GET Profile details by user ID Public profile details for a numeric Instagram user ID. /api/v1/instagram/profile-by-id 2 credits / call GET Follower & following counts Follower count, following count and user ID for a username. /api/v1/instagram/follow-counts 2 credits / call GET Reel details with view count Full details of a single reel by shortcode, including its view count. /api/v1/instagram/reel-details-with-views 2 credits / call GET Latest 12 posts & reels The 12 most recent posts and reels of a username. /api/v1/instagram/latest-posts 2 credits / call GET Reels by username Reels among the most recent posts of a username. Each page scans 12 posts and returns the reels among them, so pages=3 checks the latest 36 posts. /api/v1/instagram/reels 2 credits / call