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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 reels from a public Instagram profile
const url = "https://api.socialkit.dev/instagram/channel-reels"
+ "?url=https://www.instagram.com/nasa"
+ "&limit=12"
+ "&access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY";
const response = await fetch(url);
const { data } = await response.json();
// data.items[] => [{ shortcode, views, likes, comments, duration, ... }]
data.items.forEach(reel => {
console.log(`${reel.views} views — ${reel.url}`);
});
// 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
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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 Reels API is a REST endpoint that returns every reel from a public Instagram profile as structured JSON. You pass a profile URL, the API returns a paginated list of reels with shortcodes, captions, view counts, like and comment counts, durations, thumbnails, and direct video URLs.
Unlike a generic posts endpoint, this one filters to reels only — so you don't have to scan through static posts and carousels to find short-form video. Every item is a reel with a video URL, view count, and duration. That makes it the right tool when you specifically care about Instagram's short-form ecosystem.
Instagram's algorithm treats reels differently from feed posts. Reach, view counts, and audience retention all behave on different curves. If you're an influencer marketer, agency, or content team focused on short-form video, you don't want a generic posts endpoint that returns a mix of images, carousels, and the occasional reel — you want the full reels history per profile, in reels-watching order.
The Channel Reels API gives you exactly that. Every result has a view count and a video URL. Sorting reels by view count gives you the creator's top hits in seconds. Pagination cursors let you walk back through years of content reliably.
Want to test it without writing code? Use the free Instagram channel reels extractor to pull a sample feed and inspect the response format.
Each reel in the response includes a videoUrl field with a direct link to the MP4 stream. These URLs are signed by Instagram's CDN and expire after several hours — fetch them fresh when you need to download. For thumbnail-only use cases, the thumbnailUrl works equivalently and follows the same expiry behavior.
If you need to persist video files for offline analysis or training data, fetch the URL and stream the bytes to your own storage immediately after the API call. Don't store the signed URL itself — by the time you re-use it, it will likely return a 403.
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