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INSTAGRAM API

Profile Post Count

Retrieve profile post count from Instagram with a single API request.

GET/api/data/v1/instagram/profile/post-count
1credit base cost

Request parameters

Up to 1 credit

Instagram handle

Set to true to return scaled estimates when Instagram abbreviates counts for profiles with more than 10,000 posts. Defaults to false; false or omitted returns an uncharged 422 when only an estimate is available.

Try in the console

Live requests use your prepaid balance. Cached responses cost zero where supported.

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://fetchgoblin.com/api/data/v1/instagram/profile/post-count?handle=lifestyleperfume' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_FETCHGOBLIN_API_KEY'

Response

Example
{
  "success": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "handle": "lifestyleperfume",
  "media_count": 2774,
  "is_estimated": false
}
Example data from the API specification. Run a request to retrieve current data.

Response shape

This schema describes the documented data shape. Some platform fields may be absent or null. The response also includes your FetchGoblin request ID and current credit balance.

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{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "success": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "credits_remaining": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "credits_charged": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "handle": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "media_count": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "is_estimated": {
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  }
}
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