Get post details — Instagram API

Returns details for a single post by its shortcode, including media, captions, and engagement counts. Supports photos, videos, and carousels.

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GET/v1/instagram/posts/{postId}1 credit per request

Example response200OK

{
  "data": {
    "@context": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#",
      "https://konbiniapi.com/ns/social#"
    ],
    "type": "Video",
    "id": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CybWViruta1/",
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CybWViruta1/",
    "entityId": "CybWViruta1",
    "content": "When you realize there is a simpler way #learnfromkhaby",
    "published": "2026-02-27T18:36:42.000Z",
    "likeCount": 2800000,
    "commentCount": 29200,
    "attributedTo": {
      "type": "Person",
      "id": "https://www.instagram.com/khaby00/",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/khaby00/",
      "entityId": "779085683",
      "preferredUsername": "khaby00",
      "name": "Khabane Lame",
      "icon": {
        "type": "Image",
        "url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/avatar.jpg"
      },
      "role": "collaborator"
    },
    "location": {
      "type": "Place",
      "id": "213385402",
      "name": "Los Angeles, California",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/213385402/",
      "latitude": 34.0522,
      "longitude": -118.2437
    },
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Tag",
        "name": "learnfromkhaby",
        "href": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/learnfromkhaby/"
      }
    ],
    "language": "en",
    "isEdited": false,
    "isSponsored": false,
    "viewCount": 42600000,
    "duration": 23,
    "contentFormat": "reel",
    "attachment": [
      {
        "type": "Video",
        "url": [
          "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t50.2886-16/video.mp4"
        ],
        "mediaType": "video/mp4",
        "width": 576,
        "height": 1024
      }
    ],
    "image": [
      {
        "type": "Image",
        "url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/avatar.jpg",
        "width": 1080,
        "height": 1920
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "type": "Audio",
      "id": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/293394603591002/",
      "entityId": "293394603591002",
      "name": "Original audio",
      "artist": "khaby00",
      "isOriginal": true,
      "duration": 85.216
    },
    "name": "Photo of Khabane Lame",
    "totalItems": 5,
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "Image",
        "entityId": "3214260996432123574",
        "image": [
          {
            "type": "Image",
            "url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/avatar.jpg",
            "width": 1080,
            "height": 1920
          }
        ],
        "attachment": [
          {
            "type": "Video",
            "url": [
              "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t50.2886-16/video.mp4"
            ],
            "mediaType": "video/mp4",
            "width": 576,
            "height": 1024
          }
        ],
        "name": "Photo of Khabane Lame"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Make the request.

One authenticated GET to /v1/instagram/posts/{postId}. Authentication and error conventions stay consistent across endpoints. This page shows the path, parameters, response shape, limits, and credit rule for this operation.

Built for

Individual post performance metrics and engagement attribution
Viral post analysis and content strategy reverse-engineering
Sponsored post identification for influencer compliance audits

Full reference for this endpoint

const response = await fetch("https://api.konbiniapi.com/v1/instagram/posts/DGS29x", {
  headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
});

const data = await response.json();

Parameters1

postIdrequiredIn · PathType · stringPost shortcode (from instagram.com/p/{shortcode}/)

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