# Instagram Post details API (instagram.post)

- Canonical page: https://everyinfra.com/en/instagram-api/post
- Endpoint: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with {"platform": "instagram", "action": "post", "params": {...}}
- Price: $0.000556 per call ($0.56 per 1,000 requests); failed calls and empty results are not charged
- Returns: list, default 11, max 11 per call
- Mode: sync; add "mode": "async" for slow tasks

## Health

- Live health (24h percent, hourly and daily trends): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/availability?platform=instagram&action=post

## Parameters

| name | type | required | default | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| urls | not declared | yes | not declared | Accepts an array of full Instagram post or Reel URLs (e.g., /p/<shortcode>/ or /reel/<shortcode>/) for the post action, billed per target URL. Unlike post, the comments action processes only a single URL. |
| limit | integer (1–11) | no | 11 | The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 11. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge. |

## Response fields (items in `results`)

| field | meaning |
|---|---|
| post_id | platform-native meaning |
| url | Link to the record on the platform. |
| text | Body text with HTML removed, returned in full and never cut short (on a few platforms the list results themselves carry only an excerpt; the platform's field notes say so). |
| media_type | platform-native meaning |
| like_count | Likes. null means the platform or this capability does not disclose it; it is not 0. |
| comment_count | Comments. null means not disclosed, not 0. |
| view_count | Views or plays. null means not disclosed, not 0. |
| author_username | Author's username (@handle), usually usable in URLs. |
| author_name | Author's display name. |
| posted_at | Publish time in ISO 8601, UTC (for example 2026-08-07T12:34:56+00:00). Non-standard strings from the platform are passed through as is, so parse defensively. null means the platform does not disclose it. |
| location | Location description passed through as is; the format varies by platform. |
| id | The record's unique ID on the platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms. |
| image_url | Image link. Capabilities with several images may return an image_urls array. |
| video_url | platform-native meaning |
| author_id | Author's unique ID on the platform. |
| width | platform-native meaning |
| height | platform-native meaning |
| is_comments_disabled | platform-native meaning |
| author_follower_count | Author's follower count. null means not disclosed. |
| hashtags | Hashtags in the text, in order of appearance; absent when there are none. |
| top_comments | platform-native meaning |

## Example

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "instagram",
  "action": "post",
  "params": {
    "urls": [
      "https://www.instagram.com/p/<POST_SHORTCODE>/"
    ]
  }
}'
```

```python
import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['EVERYINFRA_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "platform": "instagram",
        "action": "post",
        "params": {
            "urls": [
                "https://www.instagram.com/p/<POST_SHORTCODE>/",
            ],
        },
    },
    timeout=120,
)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.json())
```

## Response example

No real sample for these example parameters yet: structure only, every value is a placeholder (…).

```text
{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "instagram",
  "action": "post",
  "results": [
    {
      "post_id": …,
      "url": …,
      "text": …,
      "media_type": …,
      "like_count": …,
      "comment_count": …,
      "view_count": …,
      "author_username": …,
      "author_name": …,
      "posted_at": …,
      "location": …,
      "id": …,
      "image_url": …,
      "video_url": …,
      "author_id": …,
      "width": …,
      "height": …,
      "is_comments_disabled": …,
      "author_follower_count": …,
      "hashtags": …,
      "top_comments": …
    }
  ],
  "count": …,
  "billing": {
    "charged": …,
    "charged_usd": …,
    "balance_after_usd": …,
    …
  },
  "quota": { … }
}
```

## Also

- Capability catalog (no key): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=instagram
- OpenAPI: https://everyinfra.com/openapi.json · Agents guide: https://everyinfra.com/agents.md