Instagram profile API

Instagram profile data in one REST call — normalized to the stable JSON schema shared across every FetchPI platform.

1 documented endpoints
GET /v1/ig/users/{username}

Contract summary (English): Get a normalized Instagram profile (capability ig.profile)

Normalized response entity: instagram/profile
capability: ig.profile

Every response also carries freshness (cache / default / live) and billing metadata.

Use cases

Enrich CRM and outreach tooling with up-to-date {{platform}} profile data — follower counts, verification status and bios as structured JSON.
Screen creator and partner accounts before a campaign with consistent, queryable profile metrics.
Re-query the same handle and diff the normalized fields to track profile changes over time.

Response fields

Instagram Profile (normalized)

Normalized Instagram profile. This is the ONLY upper-layer format; provider-private fields MUST NOT appear — the Normalizer drops them. The capability id is ig.profile (the /v1/ig surface); the entity platform key is the full enum value instagram (dev-decisions §3.8 ig→instagram mapping).

Field	Type	Required	Description
id	string	Required	Platform-stable user id (numeric string pk on Instagram).
platform	"instagram"	Required	—
type	"profile"	Required	—
username	string	Required	Instagram username without leading @.
display_name	string \| null	Optional	The Instagram full_name.
description	string \| null	Optional	The biography.
url	string \| null	Optional	The external_url.
profile_image_url	string \| null	Optional	—
verified	boolean	Required	—
is_private	boolean	Required	Platform extension field.
created_at	string \| null	Optional	Instagram does not expose account creation time; normally null.
metrics.followers	integer	Required	—
metrics.following	integer	Required	—
metrics.posts	integer	Required	Media count.
fetched_at	string	Required	When the platform data was actually collected (UTC RFC3339).

Field notes are shown in the contract's original English.

Response meta

Field	Type	Required	Description
mode	cache \| default \| live	Required	Effective mode after merging param > max_age > source policy (D-004).
age_seconds	integer \| null	Optional	Age of served data; null when unknown.
source_layer	cache \| db \| upstream	Required	Which layer served the response (PRD §10).
stale	boolean	Optional	True when stale data was served under stale_if_error / SWR (D-004).
billing.amount_credits	integer	Required	Micro-USD (1e-6 USD) actually charged for this request.
billing.cache_hit	boolean	Required	—

Field notes are shown in the contract's original English.

Example request & response

GET/v1/ig/users/{username}

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $MESHDATA_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.fetchpi.com/v1/ig/users/newdev"

{
  "data": {
    "id": "1295448945",
    "platform": "instagram",
    "type": "profile",
    "username": "creatordev",
    "display_name": "Creator Dev",
    "description": "Photo dumps and API graphs.",
    "url": "https://fetchpi.com",
    "profile_image_url": "https://cdn.example.com/profile_pic/creatordev.jpg",
    "verified": true,
    "is_private": false,
    "created_at": null,
    "metrics": {
      "followers": 51230,
      "following": 310,
      "posts": 862
    },
    "fetched_at": "2026-09-18T09:00:00Z"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_01HTXQ8Z9HTQ",
    "freshness": {
      "mode": "default",
      "age_seconds": 120,
      "source_layer": "db",
      "stale": false
    },
    "billing": {
      "amount_credits": 100,
      "cache_hit": false
    }
  }
}

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Frequently asked questions

What does the Instagram profile API return?

A normalized profile object — identity, bio and audience fields as defined in the field table below — plus freshness and billing metadata.

Can I try this endpoint for free?

Yes — register an account, grab an API key and call it from the Playground in the console.

How is the profile capability billed?

Data API calls are billed per request in credits, with different cache/live freshness multipliers. Current per-capability prices live on the pricing page.

Pricing

Per-request credit billing with cache/live freshness options — current prices live on the pricing page.

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