curl --request GET \
--url https://api.scraperize.com/v1/instagram/profile/post-count \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.scraperize.com/v1/instagram/profile/post-count"
headers = {"x-api-key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.scraperize.com/v1/instagram/profile/post-count', 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://api.scraperize.com/v1/instagram/profile/post-count",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"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"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.scraperize.com/v1/instagram/profile/post-count"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.scraperize.com/v1/instagram/profile/post-count")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.scraperize.com/v1/instagram/profile/post-count")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"profile": {
"id": "787132",
"handle": "natgeo",
"fullName": "National Geographic",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/",
"isPrivate": false,
"isVerified": true
},
"postCount": 32000,
"postCountText": "32K",
"isExact": false,
"hasPosts": true,
"followers": {
"count": 268407043,
"text": "268M"
},
"following": {
"count": 194,
"text": "195"
},
"fetchedAt": "2026-10-09T10:49:07.972Z"
},
"meta": {
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
"creditsCharged": 1,
"creditsRemaining": 4999,
"cached": false
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "API key required — pass it in the `x-api-key` header.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS",
"message": "This request costs 1 credit, but your balance is 0. Top up to continue.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "The requested content was not found (it may not exist, be deleted, or be private).",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
"details": [
{
"path": "url",
"message": "Required"
}
]
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "RATE_LIMITED",
"message": "Rate limit exceeded — max 100 requests per 60s. Retry in ~30s.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_BLOCKED",
"message": "The source is temporarily unavailable. Please try again shortly.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}Profile post count
Fetches the number of posts an Instagram profile shows, by username — fast, from a single page load. Returns the count as a number, exactly as Instagram prints it (e.g. 1,798 or 32K), and whether it is exact. Also returns the account (id, handle, name, private and verified flags) and its exact follower and following counts alongside the figures the profile prints. Works for private accounts too. Instagram abbreviates large post counts for everyone who is logged out; the exact figure is not public. The profile summary Instagram prints is cached on its side, so its figures can trail the live numbers slightly (compare the printed and exact following counts). Only publicly available data is returned.
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.scraperize.com/v1/instagram/profile/post-count \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.scraperize.com/v1/instagram/profile/post-count"
headers = {"x-api-key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.scraperize.com/v1/instagram/profile/post-count', 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://api.scraperize.com/v1/instagram/profile/post-count",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"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"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.scraperize.com/v1/instagram/profile/post-count"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.scraperize.com/v1/instagram/profile/post-count")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.scraperize.com/v1/instagram/profile/post-count")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"profile": {
"id": "787132",
"handle": "natgeo",
"fullName": "National Geographic",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/",
"isPrivate": false,
"isVerified": true
},
"postCount": 32000,
"postCountText": "32K",
"isExact": false,
"hasPosts": true,
"followers": {
"count": 268407043,
"text": "268M"
},
"following": {
"count": 194,
"text": "195"
},
"fetchedAt": "2026-10-09T10:49:07.972Z"
},
"meta": {
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
"creditsCharged": 1,
"creditsRemaining": 4999,
"cached": false
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "API key required — pass it in the `x-api-key` header.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS",
"message": "This request costs 1 credit, but your balance is 0. Top up to continue.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "The requested content was not found (it may not exist, be deleted, or be private).",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Request validation failed",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
"details": [
{
"path": "url",
"message": "Required"
}
]
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "RATE_LIMITED",
"message": "Rate limit exceeded — max 100 requests per 60s. Retry in ~30s.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_BLOCKED",
"message": "The source is temporarily unavailable. Please try again shortly.",
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
}
}cache_max_age) are free.Copy for AI assistant
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I want to make an API call to /v1/instagram/profile/post-count. Here are the details:
Endpoint: GET https://api.scraperize.com/v1/instagram/profile/post-count
Description: Fetches the number of posts an Instagram profile shows, by username — fast, from a single page load. Returns the count as a number, exactly as Instagram prints it (e.g. `1,798` or `32K`), and whether it is exact. Also returns the account (id, handle, name, private and verified flags) and its exact follower and following counts alongside the figures the profile prints. Works for private accounts too. Instagram abbreviates large post counts for everyone who is logged out; the exact figure is not public. The profile summary Instagram prints is cached on its side, so its figures can trail the live numbers slightly (compare the printed and exact following counts). Only publicly available data is returned.
Required Headers:
- x-api-key: Your API key
Parameters:
- handle (string) [required]: The Instagram username, e.g. `natgeo` (an `@handle` or profile URL also works).
- cache_max_age (select): Optional. Return a cached result if one this age or newer exists — served for **0 credits** with `meta.cached=true` and `meta.cachedAt`. Otherwise a fresh scrape runs (**1 credit**) and refreshes the cache. Omit to always scrape fresh.
Example Response:
{
"data": {
"profile": {
"id": "787132",
"handle": "natgeo",
"fullName": "National Geographic",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/",
"isPrivate": false,
"isVerified": true
},
"postCount": 32000,
"postCountText": "32K",
"isExact": false,
"hasPosts": true,
"followers": {
"count": 268407043,
"text": "268M"
},
"following": {
"count": 194,
"text": "195"
},
"fetchedAt": "2026-10-09T10:49:07.972Z"
},
"meta": {
"requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
"creditsCharged": 1,
"creditsRemaining": 4999,
"cached": false
}
}
Please help me write code in my preferred programming language to make this API call and handle the response appropriately. Include error handling and best practices.
Authorizations
Your API key. Send it in the x-api-key header (or Authorization: Bearer <key>). Create and manage keys from your dashboard.
Query Parameters
The Instagram username, e.g. natgeo (an @handle or profile URL also works).
Optional. Return a cached result if one this age or newer exists — served for 0 credits with meta.cached=true and meta.cachedAt. Otherwise a fresh scrape runs (1 credit) and refreshes the cache. Omit to always scrape fresh.
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