GET instagram.com HTTP 2001.4 s7.5 KB$0.000295 captured Aug 7, 2026

instagram.com, as data

One API turns any instagram.com page into markdown, structured JSON, its link graph or a screenshot, and crawls the whole site the same way. The panel shows the real response we captured.

target profile from the capture

Render mode: Plain HTTP, no browser needed
Response: HTTP 200 in 1.4 s
Page size: 7.5 KB of markdown, 86 lines
Fields: Post caption, Likes, Comments, Timestamp and 4 more
Captured: Aug 7, 2026

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Free balance on signup, no card. This instagram.com page cost $0.000295 to fetch.

response 200 · 1.4 s · 7.5 KB

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POST /scrape · about.instagram.com/es_la.md · markdown · 86 lines · captured Aug 7, 2026

What Spider does on instagram.com

Same key, five endpoints. The numbers under a cell were measured on this page.

/scrape

Page to markdown

Clean text for RAG and LLM context, boilerplate removed. The lane that runs without a key.

1.4 s · $0.000295

/fetch

Page to JSON

Spider reads the page and names the fields. Pass your own schema when you need exact keys.

/crawl

Whole site

Follows instagram.com's own links, respects robots, streams pages as they land.

/links

Link graph

Every internal and external URL on a page, before you decide what to fetch.

/screenshot

Rendered capture

Real Chromium, full-page PNG. The same call also returns the rendered HTML.

Stealth: Meta anti-bot bypass

Residential proxies and fingerprint rotation to reliably access Instagram despite aggressive bot detection.
Rendering: Full app rendering

Renders Instagram's React SPA in full, including lazy-loaded images, stories, and infinite scroll.
Data: Profile & post data

Structured JSON with profiles, posts, engagement metrics, hashtags, and image URLs.

The call behind the panel

This request produced the response above. Paste it with your key and you get the same bytes.

request scrape.sh

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/scrape \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPIDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://about.instagram.com/es_la", "return_format": "markdown"}'

from spider import Spider

app = Spider()
params = {"return_format": "markdown"}
page = app.scrape_url("https://about.instagram.com/es_la", params=params)
print(page[0]["content"])

import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";

const app = new Spider();
const [page] = await app.scrapeUrl("https://about.instagram.com/es_la", {
  return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(page.content);

plain request · no browser, no selectors

What instagram.com costs

Multiplied from the measured 7.5 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured

This page, once 7.5 KB over HTTP, measured $0.000295

This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.008861

1,000 pages this size 7.3 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.30

10,000 pages this size 72.9 MB at the measured price ≈ $2.95

1 GB of transfer costs $1, plus $0.001 per CPU minute, and failed requests cost $0. Crawling daily? The Unlimited plan is a flat monthly rate.

What teams build with instagram.com data

Influencer Analytics

Analyze follower counts, engagement rates, and posting patterns to evaluate influencer partnerships and ROI.

Hashtag Research

Track hashtag performance, discover trending tags, and analyze content strategies across your niche.

Brand Monitoring

Monitor public mentions, tagged posts, and competitor content strategies on Instagram profiles.

Visual Content Analysis

Extract image URLs and captions for visual trend analysis, content curation, and AI training datasets.

Common questions

Can I scrape Instagram without logging in?

Spider accesses public Instagram profiles and posts that are visible without authentication. Private accounts are not accessible.

How does Spider handle Instagram anti-bot?

Spider uses residential proxy rotation, browser fingerprint randomization, and real Chrome rendering to reliably access Instagram content.

What Instagram data can I extract?

Usernames, bios, follower/following counts, post captions, likes, comments, timestamps, image URLs, and hashtags.

Can I scrape Instagram Reels?

Spider can extract metadata from public Reels including captions, view counts, and engagement metrics from profile pages.

How many Instagram profiles can I scrape?

Spider processes requests concurrently with smart rate limiting. Thousands of profiles per hour with residential proxy rotation.

Point this at the rest of instagram.com.

The capture above took 1.4 s and cost $0.000295. The same call takes any URL on instagram.com.

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