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Instagram Check Account API
Check if a username/email/phone is linked to an Instagram account. Returns existence + recovery channels.
Part of: Instagram API: Get User ID, User Info and Posts by User
How to call it
Send one POST to api.upapi.io/instagram-check-account.post with your key in the X-Api-Key header and the parameters below as a JSON body. Each call spends 15 weighted units of your monthly quota. The operation times out after 15 seconds. Identical requests are served from cache for 60 seconds, unbilled.
POST https://api.upapi.io/instagram-check-account.post
Instagram Check Account API reference
Request parameters
- query
- stringrequired — Username, email, or phone number to check
- proxyUrl
- string — Optional proxy URL (recommended for bulk)
Response fields
- query
- stringrequired
- exists
- booleanrequired
- success
- booleanrequired
- elapsedMs
- integerrequired
- fetchedAt
- stringrequired
- queryType
- string
- canSendEmail
- boolean
- canSendPhone
- boolean
- canUseFacebook
- boolean
- canSendWhatsapp
- boolean
Example request and response
The example response is generated from this operation’s published output schema — it shows the shape and field names, not values from a recorded call.
{
"query": "typescript"
}{
"query": "typescript",
"exists": false,
"success": false,
"elapsedMs": 1,
"fetchedAt": "example",
"queryType": "example",
"canSendEmail": false,
"canSendPhone": false,
"canUseFacebook": false,
"canSendWhatsapp": false
}Code snippets
cURL
curl -X POST https://api.upapi.io/instagram-check-account.post \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
-d '{ "query": "typescript" }'JavaScript
const response = await fetch('https://api.upapi.io/instagram-check-account.post', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"query": "typescript"
}),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);Python
import requests
response = requests.post(
'https://api.upapi.io/instagram-check-account.post',
headers={
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
},
json={
"query": "typescript"
},
)
print(response.json())Go
package main
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
payload := []byte(`{ "query": "typescript" }`)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.upapi.io/instagram-check-account.post", bytes.NewBuffer(payload))
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
client := &http.Client{}
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
var result map[string]any
json.Unmarshal(body, &result)
fmt.Println(result)
}PHP
<?php
$payload = json_encode([
'query' => 'typescript',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://api.upapi.io/instagram-check-account.post');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_POST => true,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $payload,
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
'Content-Type: application/json',
'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY',
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$data = json_decode($response, true);
var_dump($data);Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'
uri = URI('https://api.upapi.io/instagram-check-account.post')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
request.body = { "query": "typescript" }.to_json
response = http.request(request)
puts JSON.parse(response.body)Java
import okhttp3.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import java.util.Map;
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
String json = "{ \"query\": \"typescript\" }";
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(json, MediaType.get("application/json"));
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://api.upapi.io/instagram-check-account.post")
.post(body)
.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
.addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
.build();
try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
Map<?, ?> result = mapper.readValue(response.body().string(), Map.class);
System.out.println(result);
}C#
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Text.Json;
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY");
var payload = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<object>("{ \"query\": \"typescript\" }");
var response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync("https://api.upapi.io/instagram-check-account.post", payload);
var result = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<JsonElement>();
Console.WriteLine(result);Frequently asked questions
How much does the Instagram Check Account API cost per call?
Each call spends 15 weighted units of your plan's monthly quota. Full pricing is at https://upapi.io/pricing.
How do I authenticate to the Instagram Check Account API?
Send your key in the X-Api-Key header. A free guest key is available without creating an account.
Are Instagram Check Account API responses cached?
Yes — identical requests are served from cache for 60 seconds, and a cache hit is not billed.