Get Instagram Post Details (Realtime)

Collects one Instagram post directly from the platform and returns its full metadata and engagement counters as of the call. Suited to tracking individual pieces of content rather than whole accounts.

GET/api/v1/instagram/realtime/media/detail

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

Request Parameters

Required Parameters

Name	In	Type	Description
`media_code`	query	string	media code example: DB1OqFnxIZM

Response Fields

Name	Type	Description
`success`	boolean	Success
`code`	integer	Code
`message`	string	Message
`data`	object	-
`data.author_user_id`	string	user_id
`data.author_username`	string	username
`data.media_id`	string	media ID
`data.media_code`	string	media code
`data.create_at`	string	Publish time
`data.cover_url`	string	Cover image URL
`data.resources`	array<string>	Resource URLs
`data.description`	string	Content
`data.accessibility_caption`	string	Accessibility captions
`data.media_url`	string	Post URL
`data.media_type`	integer	Post type: 1 = single image, 2 = video, 8 = carousel
`data.duration`	number	Video duration in seconds
`data.like_count`	integer	Like count
`data.comment_count`	integer	Comment count
`data.play_count`	integer	Video plays

Try It

Request URL

https://openapi.scdata.cc/api/v1/instagram/realtime/media/detail

Authorization

Select an API key from Dashboard

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

Query Params

media_code*

cURL Example

bash

curl -X GET "https://openapi.scdata.cc/api/v1/instagram/realtime/media/detail?media_code=DB1OqFnxIZM" \
  -H "Authorization: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response Example (200 application/json)

json

{
  "success": true,
  "code": 200,
  "message": "Request successful",
  "data": {
    "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

Sponsored content reporting — Pull the final numbers of a sponsored post for a campaign wrap-up report.
Viral content monitoring — Re-check a fast-growing post at intervals to measure how quickly it spreads.