---
title: "Instagram Channel Details API"
method: GET
path: "/v1/instagram/channel-details"
tags: ["Instagram"]
---

# Instagram Channel Details API

`GET /v1/instagram/channel-details`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.captapi.com`
- URL: `https://api.captapi.com/v1/instagram/channel-details`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`

Instagram profile stats — fixed key set (null fillers), fbid, bioLinks, isBusinessAccount, approx flags.

Send a profile URL or @handle and get clean JSON with a fixed key set on every profile (absent → null, never a missing key): platform, url, id, fbid, username, displayName, bio, bioLinks, followers, following, postCount, verified, avatar, imageExpiresAt, externalUrl, isPrivate, isBusinessAccount, followersIsApproximate, followingIsApproximate, postCountIsApproximate, fetchedAt. Twin aliases handle/name/profileImage and the duplicate profileImageHd key are not emitted — avatar is the single best profile-pic URL (CDN size token upgraded when Instagram only ships s150x150). Approx flags are derived from the source (true when a count came from a K/M/B display string such as og:description "32K"). Flat 1 credit. Cold path races WPI/GraphQL/HTML; hard cap 110s → 502, 0 credits. Pass cache / cacheMaxAge for the profile trust layer.

Docs: https://captapi.com/apis/instagram-channel-details

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required
- `cache` boolean
- `cacheMaxAge` '1d' | '3d' | '7d' | '14d' | '30d'

## Response `200`

Success. The data object for this endpoint.

- object
  - `success` unknown, required
  - `data` object, required
    - `platform` string: Platform identifier for this response (matches the endpoint's platform).
    - `url` string: Canonical URL of the item.
    - `username` string: Account username / handle.
    - `displayName` string: Display name of the account. Canonical across profile endpoints (prefer over name).
    - `bio` string: Profile bio. Canonical across profile endpoints (prefer over description on YouTube).
    - `followers` integer: Follower count.
    - `following` integer: Number of accounts followed.
    - `postCount` integer: Total posts/statuses/videos for the account. Canonical across profile endpoints (prefer over posts / videoCount / tweetCount).
    - `verified` boolean: Whether the account is verified on this platform.
    - `profileImage` string: Profile image URL. Deprecated alias of avatar on Instagram/Twitter/Threads/TikTok profile endpoints (one release).
    - `externalUrl` string: Website / link-in-bio URL when present.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request: wrong platform URL, unknown endpoint, or an invalid parameter value. Not billed.
- `401`: Missing, invalid or revoked API key. Not billed.
- `402`: Not enough credits for this request. Not billed.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is not public. Not billed.
- `422`: A required parameter is missing or has the wrong type. Not billed.
- `429`: Rate limit reached. Wait for Retry-After seconds. Not billed.
- `502`: The platform could not be reached or returned nothing usable. Retryable, not billed. 503 and 504 use the same envelope.

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