How to Scrape Instagram User Profile Data
This tutorial shows how to use Instagram User Profile Data API to scrape and crawl structured Instagram data in real-time.
Retrieve Instagram profile data at scale including follower counts, bio details, post frequency, and engagement rates for any public account through our API.
Access Instagram Data in 3 Steps
Start crawling Instagram user analytics data. Follow these steps to extract social media data in minutes.
Create Your Account
Go to our registration page and make an account. It's free, no credit card, and you get credits right away to play around with.
Verify Your Email Address
You'll get a verification email, click the link in it. Once that's done, you can grab your API token from the dashboard.
Make Your First API Call
Copy the code snippet below, swap in your API key, and run it. You'll get Instagram data back as JSON within a few seconds.
Code Sample
Here's a JavaScript example to get you going. Swap out the token and you're good, works the same way in any language that can make HTTP requests. Start collecting user analytics data via our REST API!
JavaScript | 1 | const root = 'https://ensembledata.com/apis' |
| 2 | const endpoint = '/instagram/user/basic-info' |
| 3 | const params = { |
| 4 | "user_id": 18428658, |
| 5 | "token": "YOUR-TOKEN-HERE" |
| 6 | } |
| 7 | |
| 8 | const queryString = new URLSearchParams(params).toString(); |
| 9 | const url = `${root}${endpoint}?${queryString}`; |
| 10 | |
| 11 | await fetch(url) |
| 12 | .then(response => response.json()) |
| 13 | .then(data => console.log(data)) |
| 14 | .catch(error => console.error(error)); |
| 15 |
Parameters
Example Response
Explore the fields returned by this endpoint. Click a row to expand nested objects and arrays, hover a value to copy it, or use "Expand all" to see everything at once.
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Response Codes
Status codes this endpoint can return, so you can handle errors before they surprise you in production.
API Pricing
Fetch Instagram Data at Scale
Scrape Instagram user data at scale for audience research, influencer benchmarking, or feeding your internal analytics stack.
Follower Counts
Get exact follower, following, and post counts for any Instagram account.
Bio & Engagement
Pull bio text and engagement rate to evaluate audience quality fast.
Verified Status
See verification badges in one structured Instagram API response.