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"It was very easy to set up and get going, and support was superb."
Ziv Erlichson, Founder at Plynn
"Quick, caring and efficient support!"
Thomas Puech, Designer
"Easy to connect - work's smooth and properly!"
Robert Podsiadlo, Founder at PrimeStuff
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// Pull the latest 12 posts from a public Instagram profile
const url = "https://api.socialkit.dev/instagram/channel-posts"
+ "?url=https://www.instagram.com/natgeo"
+ "&limit=12"
+ "&access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY";
const response = await fetch(url);
const { data } = await response.json();
// data.items[] => [{ shortcode, type, likes, comments, views, caption, ... }]
console.log(`Fetched ${data.count} posts, hasMore=${data.hasMore}`);
// To paginate, pass data.cursor back as a query param next call.Specialized capabilities designed specifically for content marketers workflows and use cases.
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Find high-performing videos in your niche
Extract summaries and key topics
Analyze engagement patterns
Identify content gaps and opportunities
Create data-backed content briefs
We solve real problems faced by teams every day
Get Reel analytics that Instagram doesn't provide. Track competitor performance and viral patterns. Measure influencer campaigns with real engagement data.
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Extract transcripts from video content and repurpose into blog posts, social media snippets, email newsletters, and infographics.
A marketing agency repurposes client webinars into 5+ content pieces: blog posts, LinkedIn carousels, tweet threads, and Instagram captions using extracted transcripts.
Extract successful hooks, CTAs, and script patterns from top-performing videos to improve your own content.
A creator coach builds a library of 500+ viral hooks, categorizing by niche and format for students to reference when scripting videos.
Use data on trending topics and successful formats to plan content calendars that maximize reach and engagement.
A social media team plans quarterly content calendars based on trending video analysis, improving average video views by 150%.
Extract keywords, phrases, and topics from high-ranking videos to inform your SEO and content strategy.
An SEO agency analyzes top-ranking YouTube videos for target keywords, using the language patterns to optimize client blog content.
An Instagram Channel Posts API is a REST endpoint that returns every post from a public Instagram profile as structured JSON. You pass a profile URL, the API returns a paginated list of posts with shortcodes, captions, like and comment counts, video view counts, thumbnails, and direct media URLs.
SocialKit's Instagram Channel Posts API handles all media types in a single endpoint — single-image posts, video posts, multi-image carousels, and reels. Each item in the response array has a normalized shape, so you can build influencer dashboards, content audits, and competitor trackers without branching on media type.
Manual Instagram research does not scale. Influencer marketing teams need to vet hundreds of creators, agencies need to monitor dozens of competitor accounts, and analytics tools need fresh data for every dashboard refresh. Loading instagram.com one profile at a time, scrolling, and copying numbers into spreadsheets is a non-starter.
The Instagram Channel Posts API replaces all of that with a single REST call per profile per page. Cursor-based pagination lets you walk an entire account safely — no rate-limit surprises, no anti-bot timeouts, no manual cookie wrangling. The result: a clean, structured feed you can pipe into Make, Zapier, Airtable, BigQuery, or your own backend with one line of code.
Want to see the response format before building? Use the free Instagram channel posts extractor to extract sample posts and inspect the JSON output.
The API returns up to 100 posts per call along with a cursor token. To fetch the next page, pass that cursor back as a query parameter on your next request. The response also includes a hasMore boolean — when it goes false, you've reached the end of the profile's history.
Cursors are opaque tokens — do not parse them or try to construct your own. They contain timing information that lets Instagram's feed return consistent results even as the profile posts new content during your pagination session.
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