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POST
Instagram — profile reels

Authorizations

x-api-key
string
header
required

Independent Scraper API key (scrape_live_*). Generate one in the Scraper dashboard.

Body

application/json

Use a numeric creator id or a handle, not both.

user_id
string | null
required

Numeric creator id.

handle
string | null

Creator handle.

max_id
string | null

Opaque reels pagination token.

Maximum string length: 32768
trim
boolean
default:false

Return a reduced post object.

Response

Completed lookup. Standard cost: 1 SideShift credit; account-specific pricing, when present, is shown in the Scraper dashboard and returned in the billing headers.

data
object
required

Instagram platform data payload. Field names and nesting are preserved.

request_id
string
required

SideShift request id. Include it in support requests.

upstream_calls
enum<integer>
required

Number of data-source lookups performed.

Available options:
1
meta
object
required

Per-request credit accounting (also surfaced in the X-Scraper-Credits-* response headers).