---
title: "Instagram Tagged Posts API"
method: GET
path: "/v1/instagram/tagged-posts"
tags: ["Instagram"]
---

# Instagram Tagged Posts API

`GET /v1/instagram/tagged-posts`

## Request

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

Posts that tag an Instagram account — author verified/avatar when available, staleFeed when Instagram only exposes an archive.

Pass a profile URL or @handle and get the profile's Tagged tab as clean JSON: id/shortcode, postType, caption, publishedAt, author{id,username,displayName,url,verified,profileImage when Instagram exposes them}, engagement{views,likes,comments}, hashtags[], mentions[]. Cursor pagination via nextCursor + hasMore. Every response includes staleFeed plus newestPublishedAt / oldestPublishedAt — when Instagram only exposes a truncated historical window, staleFeed is true and note explains why this is not live brand monitoring. Do not assume a well-known handle will return recent UGC; on this access path the live Tagged tab is login-gated and a 90s call is 503 TAGGED_POSTS_UNAVAILABLE (retryable, Retry-After, 0 credits), not a raw client timeout. Flat 1 credit on the native path; the fallback path is ~0.9/result only when the feed is fresh — archived windows stay flat 1 credit.

Docs: https://captapi.com/apis/instagram-tagged-posts

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required
- `limit` integer
- `cursor` string
- `cache` boolean

## Response `200`

Success. The data object for this endpoint.

- object
  - `success` unknown, required
  - `data` object, required
    - `url` string: Canonical URL of the item.
    - `totalReturned` integer: Number of items returned in this response.
    - `hasMore` boolean: Whether more results are available beyond this page. When true, pass nextCursor to fetch the next page.
    - `nextCursor` string: Cursor to pass for the next page of results. May be null when the platform does not expose deep pagination (e.g. some Facebook Ad Library searches).
    - `posts` object[]
      - `platform` string: Platform identifier for this response (matches the endpoint's platform).
      - `url` string: Canonical URL of the item.
      - `id` string: Id of this posts item.
      - `shortcode` string: Instagram shortcode of the post (posts/reels only).
      - `postType` string: Content type. YouTube community: "text" | "image" | "poll" | "video" | "playlist" | "quiz". Instagram: "image" | "video" | "carousel".
      - `productType` string: Platform product type (e.g. clips, feed). Null when not applicable (image/carousel) — never an empty string.
      - `caption` string: Post or creative caption when the platform exposes one.
      - `description` string: Description of this posts item.
      - `publishedAt` string: Publish date (ISO 8601) when the platform exposes an absolute timestamp.
      - `thumbnailUrl` string: Thumbnail image URL.
      - `author` object: Author name or handle.
        - `id` string: Id of this posts item.
        - `username` string
        - `displayName` string
        - `url` string: Canonical URL of the item.
        - `verified` boolean
      - `engagement` object: Engagement metrics for the item.
        - `likes` integer
        - `comments` integer
        - `views` integer
      - `hashtags` string[]: Hashtags extracted from the text.
      - `mentions` string[]: Accounts mentioned in the text.

## 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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