Instagram Reels

POST1 Credit
https://api.crawlkit.sh/v1/crawl/instagram/reels

Fetch public reels from an Instagram account with the same summary schema used across Crawlkit social list endpoints and a stable cursor contract.

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Authentication

Send your Crawlkit API key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Authorization: Bearer ck_your_api_key

Request Parameters

Send these JSON body fields in your request payload.

NameTypeDescription
usernamestringPublic username.
cursornullPagination cursor.

Example Request

Use direct HTTP requests against the public API base URL.

Example request
1const response = await fetch('https://api.crawlkit.sh/v1/crawl/instagram/reels', {2  method: 'POST',3  headers: {4    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',5    'Content-Type': 'application/json'6  },7  body: JSON.stringify({8    username: 'instagram',9    cursor: null,10    options: {11    }12  })13});14 15const { data } = await response.json();16console.log(data.reels.length, data.pagination.hasMore);

Response

Success (200 OK): Returns service-specific structured payload.

Success response (200 OK)
1{2  "success": true,3  "data": {4    "reels": [5      {6        "id": "35123456789012345",7        "shortcode": "DAReel12345",8        "display_url": "https://instagram.fist6-1.fna.fbcdn.net/...",9        "thumbnail_src": "https://instagram.fist6-1.fna.fbcdn.net/...",10        "is_video": true,11        "video_url": "https://instagram.fist6-1.fna.fbcdn.net/...",12        "caption": "A quick update from the team.",13        "like_count": 283001,14        "comment_count": 4981,15        "taken_at_timestamp": 1711262104,16        "dimensions": {17          "height": 1920,18          "width": 108019        },20        "video_view_count": 142000021      }22    ],23    "pagination": {24      "nextCursor": "QVFCb1pp...",25      "hasMore": true26    },27    "timing": { "total": 2300 },28    "creditsUsed": 1,29    "creditsRemaining": 9930  }31}