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Instagram profile post count API

The profile with stats.posts filled in, for when profile returns it null.

GETapi.socialscrape.io/v1/instagram/profile/post-count
Cost
1 credit
Cached repeats
0 creditssend max_age_days, results kept 30 days
Failed requests
0 credits
Status
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Read from the profile's embed page, which carries the exact count even above 10,000 posts (extra.is_estimated false); only if that page is unavailable does it fall back to the profile page, which abbreviates.

You send handle.

Request

Send your key in the x-api-key header.

curl
curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/instagram/profile/post-count" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'handle=nasa'
Python
import os
import requests

params = {
    "handle": "nasa",
}
res = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/instagram/profile/post-count",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},
    params=params,
    timeout=60,
)
body = res.json()

if body["ok"]:
    print(body["data"])
else:
    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])
TypeScript
const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/instagram/profile/post-count");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({
  handle: "nasa",
}).toString();
const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },
});
const body = await res.json();

if (body.ok) {
  console.log(body.data);
} else {
  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);
}
n8n
{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "SocialScrape Instagram profile post count",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/instagram/profile/post-count",
        "sendQuery": true,
        "queryParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "handle",
              "value": "nasa"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "x-api-key",
              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {}
}

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
handlestringyesUsername, with or without the leading @. Also accepted as username.
allow_estimatedbooleanReturn a scaled estimate when Instagram abbreviates the count (profiles over 10,000 posts). Without it such a profile answers an unbilled error.

Every request also accepts trim, raw and max_age_days.

Response

Sample from a recorded response, shortened. Values are public data, not yours.

Status 200Sample
{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_502ede6e6db1859cc1019de0",
  "data": {
    "object": "profile",
    "platform": "instagram",
    "id": "528817151",
    "handle": "nasa",
    "name": "NASA",
    "headline": null,
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/",
    "kind": "unknown",
    "bio": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible. ✨",
    "avatar_url": "https://scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/29090066_159271188110124_1152068159029641216_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=...",
    "banner_url": null,
    "verified": true,
    "is_private": false,
    "external_url": "https://www.nasa.gov",
    "links": [
      {
        "title": "NASA.gov Homepage",
        "url": "https://www.nasa.gov"
      },
      {
        "title": "MAX POWER",
        "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/maxpower"
      },
      {
        "title": "Roman Space Telescope Blog",
        "url": "https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman/"
      }
    ],
    "location": null,
    "category": null,
    "created_at": null,
    "stats": {
      "followers": 104360745,
      "following": 90,
      "posts": 4984,
      "likes": null,
      "views": null
    },
    "extra": {
      "has_reels": true,
      "is_estimated": false,
      "is_memorialized": false,
      "is_unpublished": false,
      "latest_story_at": "2026-10-29T20:36:47Z",
      "post_count_source": "embed"
    }
  },
  "cursor": null,
  "has_more": null
}

Fields

One Profile in data.

A field the platform does not give is null, never made up. Extra platform details are in extra.

FieldTypeAlwaysNotes
object"profile"
platformPlatformyes
idstring or null
handlestring or null
namestring or null
headlinestring or nulla short tagline apart from the bio (LinkedIn's headline)
urlstring or null
kind"person" or "creator" or "channel" or "page" or "company" or "artist" or "organization" or "shop" or "unknown"
biostring or null
avatar_urlstring or null
banner_urlstring or null
verifiedboolean or null
is_privateboolean or null
external_urlstring or null
Show the other 6 fields
FieldTypeAlwaysNotes
linksLink[] or null
locationstring or null
categorystring or null
created_atstring (ISO 8601 date-time) or null
statsProfileStats
extraobject or null

Full field list in the reference for this endpoint and the data models. Errors are listed under Errors.

Questions

Which errors can it return?

invalid_params (do not retry), not_found (do not retry). Account and platform errors from the errors list can also happen. A failure always costs 0 credits.

Is there an SDK call for it?

The preview Python client has client.instagram.profile_post_count(...) and the TypeScript client client.instagram.profilePostCount(). Both return the same envelope as the HTTP API. The packages are not published yet; plain HTTP works today in any language.

Can an AI agent call it?

Yes. The MCP server reaches every built endpoint, with the same prices.

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