SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram Get Post Info API
Get post metadata (caption, owner, media, comment count) via embed page. No auth needed, not rate-limited.
Part of: Instagram Post Scraper API
How to call it
Send one POST to api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-info.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 20 seconds. Identical requests are served from cache for 300 seconds, unbilled.
POST https://api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-info.post
Instagram Get Post Info API reference
Request parameters
- proxyUrl
- string — Optional proxy URL
- shortcode
- stringrequired — Post shortcode (the part after /p/ in the URL)
Response fields
- caption
- stringrequired
- isVideo
- boolean
- postUrl
- stringrequired
- success
- booleanrequired
- videoUrl
- string
- elapsedMs
- integerrequired
- fetchedAt
- stringrequired
- mediaUrls
- arrayrequired
- shortcode
- stringrequired
- commentCount
- integer
- ownerUsername
- stringrequired
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.
{
"shortcode": "example"
}{
"caption": "example",
"isVideo": false,
"postUrl": "example",
"success": false,
"videoUrl": "example",
"elapsedMs": 1,
"fetchedAt": "example",
"mediaUrls": [
"example"
],
"shortcode": "example",
"commentCount": 1,
"ownerUsername": "example"
}Code snippets
cURL
curl -X POST https://api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-info.post \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
-d '{ "shortcode": "example" }'JavaScript
const response = await fetch('https://api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-info.post', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"shortcode": "example"
}),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);Python
import requests
response = requests.post(
'https://api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-info.post',
headers={
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
},
json={
"shortcode": "example"
},
)
print(response.json())Go
package main
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
payload := []byte(`{ "shortcode": "example" }`)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-info.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([
'shortcode' => 'example',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-info.post');
curl_setopt_array($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-get-post-info.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 = { "shortcode": "example" }.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 = "{ \"shortcode\": \"example\" }";
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(json, MediaType.get("application/json"));
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-info.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>("{ \"shortcode\": \"example\" }");
var response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync("https://api.upapi.io/instagram-get-post-info.post", payload);
var result = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<JsonElement>();
Console.WriteLine(result);Frequently asked questions
How much does the Instagram Get Post Info 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 Get Post Info API?
Send your key in the X-Api-Key header. A free guest key is available without creating an account.
Are Instagram Get Post Info API responses cached?
Yes — identical requests are served from cache for 300 seconds, and a cache hit is not billed.