Instagram — audience locations
curl --request POST \
--url https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/instagram/audience \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"username": "neymarjr"
}
'import requests
url = "https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/instagram/audience"
payload = { "username": "neymarjr" }
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({username: 'neymarjr'})
};
fetch('https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/instagram/audience', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/instagram/audience",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'username' => 'neymarjr'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/instagram/audience"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"username\": \"neymarjr\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/instagram/audience")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"username\": \"neymarjr\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/instagram/audience")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"username\": \"neymarjr\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"audienceLocations": [
{
"country": "Brazil",
"countryCode": "BR",
"percentage": "76.61%"
},
{
"country": "France",
"countryCode": "FR",
"percentage": "5.61%"
}
]
},
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70",
"upstream_calls": 1,
"meta": {
"credits_charged": 25,
"credits_remaining": 9974
}
}{
"error": "INVALID_INPUT",
"message": "Invalid username: must match @?[a-zA-Z0-9._-]{1,100}",
"field": "username",
"reason": "must match @?[a-zA-Z0-9._-]{1,100}",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "Scraper routes require an independent scraper key from the Scraper API dashboard.",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "INSUFFICIENT_SCRAPER_CREDITS",
"message": "Insufficient scraper credits",
"platform": "tiktok",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "PROFILE_NOT_FOUND",
"message": "Profile not found or unavailable.",
"platform": "instagram",
"identifier": "someuser",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE",
"message": "Request body must be 32KB or smaller",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "SCRAPER_RATE_LIMITED",
"message": "Scraper API rate limit exceeded",
"platform": "tiktok",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "SCRAPER_USAGE_FINALIZE_FAILED",
"message": "Request could not be finalized. Your credits were refunded.",
"platform": "tiktok",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "UPSTREAM_ERROR",
"message": "Data source failed. Your credits were refunded.",
"platform": "youtube",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT",
"message": "Data source timed out. Your credits were refunded.",
"platform": "facebook",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}25 credits per request
Returns an estimated Instagram audience distribution by country, ranked by share. Only username is accepted. A confirmed 404 when no estimate can be produced costs the same as a successful lookup; source failures and timeouts are refunded.
POST
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scrape
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instagram
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audience
Instagram — audience locations
curl --request POST \
--url https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/instagram/audience \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"username": "neymarjr"
}
'import requests
url = "https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/instagram/audience"
payload = { "username": "neymarjr" }
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({username: 'neymarjr'})
};
fetch('https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/instagram/audience', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/instagram/audience",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'username' => 'neymarjr'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/instagram/audience"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"username\": \"neymarjr\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/instagram/audience")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"username\": \"neymarjr\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/instagram/audience")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"username\": \"neymarjr\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"audienceLocations": [
{
"country": "Brazil",
"countryCode": "BR",
"percentage": "76.61%"
},
{
"country": "France",
"countryCode": "FR",
"percentage": "5.61%"
}
]
},
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70",
"upstream_calls": 1,
"meta": {
"credits_charged": 25,
"credits_remaining": 9974
}
}{
"error": "INVALID_INPUT",
"message": "Invalid username: must match @?[a-zA-Z0-9._-]{1,100}",
"field": "username",
"reason": "must match @?[a-zA-Z0-9._-]{1,100}",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "Scraper routes require an independent scraper key from the Scraper API dashboard.",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "INSUFFICIENT_SCRAPER_CREDITS",
"message": "Insufficient scraper credits",
"platform": "tiktok",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "PROFILE_NOT_FOUND",
"message": "Profile not found or unavailable.",
"platform": "instagram",
"identifier": "someuser",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE",
"message": "Request body must be 32KB or smaller",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "SCRAPER_RATE_LIMITED",
"message": "Scraper API rate limit exceeded",
"platform": "tiktok",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "SCRAPER_USAGE_FINALIZE_FAILED",
"message": "Request could not be finalized. Your credits were refunded.",
"platform": "tiktok",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "UPSTREAM_ERROR",
"message": "Data source failed. Your credits were refunded.",
"platform": "youtube",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT",
"message": "Data source timed out. Your credits were refunded.",
"platform": "facebook",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}Authorizations
Independent Scraper API key (scrape_live_*). Generate one in the Scraper dashboard.
Body
application/json
Instagram creator handle, with or without a leading @.
Example:
"neymarjr"
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