Supported URLs
All URL formats- Profile URL
https://www.instagram.com/nasa/ - Profile Reels URL
https://www.instagram.com/nasa/reels/
Body parameters
- type
string- required
true- description
- YouTube: @handle, /channel/UC… URL, or UC… ID.
- TikTok: profile URL (tiktok.com/@user).
- Instagram: profile URL (instagram.com/user/).
- type
string- required
false- default
"videos"- values
videosshortsliveplaylistspodcasts- scope
- YouTube channels only
- description
- Which tab to list:
videos(the default),shorts, orlive(streams: past broadcasts and upcoming ones). playlistsandpodcastslist the channel'splaylistsinstead of itsvideos:data.kindisplaylist_list, and each row's url is accepted by the playlist endpoint.- A tab the channel does not have (
liveon a channel that has never streamed, say) answers 200 with an empty list, which is free, and a notice such as"This channel has no Live tab."
- Which tab to list:
- type
string- required
false- default
"newest"- values
newestpopularoldest- scope
- YouTube channels only
- description
popularis YouTube's own Popular order, most viewed first, and it leaves out videos with no views.- Not accepted with the playlists and podcasts tabs.
- type
string (1-200 characters)- required
false- scope
- YouTube channels only
- description
- Search inside this channel: the page holds its videos that match, rather than its latest uploads.
- Leave
tabandsortunset.
- type
integer (1–50)- required
false- default
5- description
Max items to return per page: videos, or the playlists or channels some listing options return.
- type
string- required
false- description
- Opaque pagination cursor from a previous response's
next_cursor(max 256 characters). - Omit for the first page.
- Cursors are scoped to the listing that issued them, so send the same platform and listing options with each page.
- Offset-based sources cannot page past the first 2000 items.
- Opaque pagination cursor from a previous response's
- type
string- required
false- description
- Newest video ID you have already seen.
- The response is trimmed to videos newer than it.
- A poll with
since_video_idis a check for new uploads and costs 1 credit whether or not it finds any (a plain listing that comes back empty stays free). - It needs newest-first videos: on a YouTube channel, the videos, shorts or live
tabwith the defaultsortand noquery.
Success
{
"ok": true,
"request_id": "req_…",
"data": {
"kind": "video_list",
"source": "channel_videos",
"platform": "instagram",
"videos": [
{
"videoId": "Dd1gQBsCWE8",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dd1gQBsCWE8/",
"title": "What happens when we detect an asteroid that could pose a threat to Earth?\n\nIn early 2025, NASA joined scientists around the world in tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which had a small chance of impacting ",
"duration": 38,
"channel": "nasa",
"publishedAt": "2026-09-28T15:27:08Z",
"stats": {
"plays": 4661792
}
},
{
"videoId": "DdhFkS7KGkZ",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdhFkS7KGkZ/",
"title": "Our first Leader of the Uprising 🔥\n\nTune in on @paramountplus / @nfloncbs",
"duration": 23,
"channel": "nasa",
"publishedAt": "2026-09-20T17:20:00Z",
"stats": {
"plays": 7201293
}
}
],
"next_cursor": "eyJvIjoxMH0"
},
"usage": {
"credits_spent": 1,
"balance": 656,
"bytes": 0
}
}Every Instagram endpoint
Frequently asked questions
How do I list an Instagram account's Reels?
POST the profile URL (instagram.com/user/) as channel with a limit. The platform is read from the URL. Keep sending data.next_cursor back as cursor for older Reels until it is null.
Does this replace the Instagram Graph API?
For reading a public account's Reels, yes: no Meta app, app review, access token or business account, only your TranscriptFetch API key. One page costs 1 credit.
Can I list a private account?
No. Only public profiles are reachable. A private or nonexistent profile answers 404 not_found and costs nothing.
How do I transcribe the Reels the list returns?
Send the rows' urls to the batch endpoint. Instagram has no caption track, so each Reel goes to AI Fallback Transcription, billed on delivery at its rate; a short Reel is one credit.