---
title: "Get Instagram Profile Embed"
method: GET
path: "/instagram/user/embed"
tags: ["Instagram"]
---

# Get Instagram Profile Embed

`GET /instagram/user/embed`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://scrappa.co/api`
- URL: `https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user/embed`
- Auth: API key in header `X-API-KEY`

Retrieve the official embeddable HTML page Instagram serves for a public profile.

## Query parameters

- `username` string, required

## Response `200`

- object
  - `success` boolean, required
  - `found` boolean, required
  - `username` string
  - `embed_url` string, nullable, required
  - `embed_html` string, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `401`: Unauthorized - API key is missing or invalid
- `403`: Instagram explicitly requires login. Scrappa does not retry the login-gated resource. Profile lookups may recover from public profile data; unresolved login requirements are nonbillable and not retryable.
- `422`: The username parameter is missing or not a valid Instagram username.
- `503`: The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.

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