API

Instagram API

Instagram reaches about 3 billion monthly users through photos, Stories, Reels, and direct messages, making it important for brand storytelling, creator partnerships, product discovery, and visual commerce.

API Reference Version: 1.0.0 9 Endpoints Authentication

Base URL

https://api.pressmonitor.ca

Authentication

All requests use Bearer token authentication. Add the Authorization header to every call.

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID

GET /comments

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
shortcode	`string`	query	Yes
count	`integer`	query	No	Number of results to return
cursor	`integer`	query	No	Pagination cursor for next page

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/comments?shortcode=VALUE" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/comments?shortcode=VALUE", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/comments?shortcode=VALUE", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/comments?shortcode=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io"
)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/comments?shortcode=VALUE", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/comments?shortcode=VALUE")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success

GET /followers

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
username_or_id_or_url	`string`	query	Yes
cursor	`integer`	query	No	Pagination cursor for next page

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/followers?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/followers?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/followers?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/followers?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io"
)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/followers?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/followers?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success

GET /following

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
username_or_id_or_url	`string`	query	Yes
cursor	`integer`	query	No	Pagination cursor for next page

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/following?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/following?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/following?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/following?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io"
)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/following?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/following?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success

GET /hashtag-posts

Hashtag Posts

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
hashtag	`string`	query	Yes
count	`integer`	query	No	Number of results to return
cursor	`integer`	query	No	Pagination cursor for next page

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/hashtag-posts?hashtag=VALUE" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/hashtag-posts?hashtag=VALUE", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/hashtag-posts?hashtag=VALUE", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/hashtag-posts?hashtag=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io"
)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/hashtag-posts?hashtag=VALUE", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/hashtag-posts?hashtag=VALUE")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success

GET /info

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
username_or_id_or_url	`string`	query	Yes
cursor	`integer`	query	No	Pagination cursor for next page
include_about	`string`	query	No
url_embed_safe	`string`	query	No

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/info?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/info?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/info?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/info?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io"
)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/info?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/info?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success

GET /post-info

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
url_or_shortcode	`string`	query	Yes
cursor	`integer`	query	No	Pagination cursor for next page
url_embed_safe	`string`	query	No

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/post-info?url_or_shortcode=VALUE" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/post-info?url_or_shortcode=VALUE", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/post-info?url_or_shortcode=VALUE", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/post-info?url_or_shortcode=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io"
)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/post-info?url_or_shortcode=VALUE", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/post-info?url_or_shortcode=VALUE")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success

GET /posts

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
username_or_id_or_url	`string`	query	Yes
cursor	`integer`	query	No	Pagination cursor for next page

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/posts?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/posts?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/posts?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/posts?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io"
)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/posts?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/posts?username_or_id_or_url=VALUE")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success

GET /search-posts

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
search_query	`string`	query	Yes
cursor	`integer`	query	No	Pagination cursor for next page

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/search-posts?search_query=VALUE" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/search-posts?search_query=VALUE", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/search-posts?search_query=VALUE", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/search-posts?search_query=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io"
)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/search-posts?search_query=VALUE", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/search-posts?search_query=VALUE")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success

GET /search-users

Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
search_query	`string`	query	Yes
cursor	`integer`	query	No	Pagination cursor for next page

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/search-users?search_query=VALUE" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
response = requests.get("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/search-users?search_query=VALUE", headers=headers)
print(response.json())

fetch("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/search-users?search_query=VALUE", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id": "YOUR_SUB_ID"}
})
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/search-users?search_query=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "x-subscription-id: YOUR_SUB_ID"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io"
)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.pressmonitor.ca/search-users?search_query=VALUE", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.Header.Set("x-subscription-id", "YOUR_SUB_ID")
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    resp.Body.Close()
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.pressmonitor.ca/search-users?search_query=VALUE")
req = Net::HTTP::.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
req["x-subscription-id"] = "YOUR_SUB_ID"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
puts res.body

Responses

200 Success