Instagram Scraper
Get Instagram Basic Profile
Fetches a lightweight Instagram profile summary by user ID, returning username, full name, biography, profile picture URL, verification status, follower count, following count, media count, and account privacy and type. Ideal for quick lookups or enrichment when you already have the numeric user ID.
1 creditNo API key neededEndpoint
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| userIdstring · required | string | required | Instagram user id |
| cache_max_agestring · optional | string | optional | See the Caching page for details. One of: |
Response schema
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"pk": {
"type": "string"
},
"zip": {},
"gating": {},
"fbid_v2": {
"type": "string"
},
"category": {},
"pronouns": {
"type": "array"
},
"username": {
"type": "string"
},
"bio_links": {
"type": "array"
},
"biography": {
"type": "string"
},
"city_name": {},
"full_name": {
"type": "string"
},
"is_private": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"is_business": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"is_verified": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"media_count": {
"type": "number"
},
"account_type": {
"type": "number"
},
"external_url": {
"type": "string"
},
"has_chaining": {},
"ai_agent_type": {},
"account_badges": {
"type": "array"
},
"address_street": {},
"follower_count": {
"type": "number"
},
"is_unpublished": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"linked_fb_info": {},
"following_count": {
"type": "number"
},
"has_profile_pic": {},
"is_memorialized": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"profile_pic_url": {
"type": "string"
},
"is_regulated_c18": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"supervision_info": {},
"external_lynx_url": {},
"friendship_status": {},
"has_story_archive": {},
"latest_reel_media": {
"type": "number"
},
"live_broadcast_id": {},
"total_clips_count": {
"type": "number"
},
"is_embeds_disabled": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"transparency_label": {},
"should_show_category": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"transparency_product": {},
"mutual_followers_count": {},
"biography_with_entities": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {}
},
"hd_profile_pic_url_info": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {}
},
"is_professional_account": {},
"show_text_post_app_badge": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"text_post_new_post_count": {},
"latest_besties_reel_media": {},
"live_broadcast_visibility": {},
"reel_media_seen_timestamp": {},
"remove_message_entrypoint": {},
"text_post_app_badge_label": {
"type": "string"
},
"profile_pic_genai_tool_info": {
"type": "array"
},
"regulated_news_in_locations": {
"type": "array"
},
"show_account_transparency_details": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"profile_context_links_with_user_ids": {}
},
"additionalProperties": true
}
