Get Instagram Creator Posts (Realtime)

Fetches a creator's most recent posts straight from Instagram at request time. Use it for content published in the last hours or when the database copy is stale; realtime collection costs more quota than a database read.

GET/api/v1/instagram/realtime/user/medias

Quota usage: Each successful request to this endpoint deducts 100 quota units from your plan.

Request Parameters

Required Parameters

Name	In	Type	Description
`user_id`	query	string	user_id example: 13460080

Optional Parameters

Name	In	Type	Description
`offset`	query	string	offset

Response Fields

Name	Type	Description
`success`	boolean	Success
`code`	integer	Code
`message`	string	Message
`data`	object	-
`data.more`	boolean	Has more
`data.offset`	string	offset
`data.medias`	array<object>	medias

Try It

Request URL

https://openapi.scdata.cc/api/v1/instagram/realtime/user/medias

Authorization

Select an API key from Dashboard

Add an API key before sending a request.Go to Dashboard

Query Params

user_id*

offset

cURL Example

bash

curl -X GET "https://openapi.scdata.cc/api/v1/instagram/realtime/user/medias?user_id=13460080" \
  -H "Authorization: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response Example (200 application/json)

json

{
  "success": true,
  "code": 200,
  "message": "Request successful",
  "data": {
    "more": true,
    "offset": "string",
    "medias": [
      {
        "author_user_id": "string",
        "author_username": "string",
        "author_nickname": "string",
        "media_id": "string",
        "media_code": "string",
        "create_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22.123Z",
        "cover_url": "string",
        "resources": [
          "string"
        ],
        "description": "string",
        "accessibility_caption": "string",
        "media_url": "string",
        "media_type": 0,
        "duration": 0,
        "like_count": 0,
        "comment_count": 0,
        "play_count": 0
      }
    ]
  }
}

Use Cases

Campaign delivery check — Confirm that a sponsored piece went live and capture its first-hours engagement.
Trend spotting — Poll a set of creators for their newest posts to catch emerging topics early.