Instagram Basic Profile

Fetches a lightweight Instagram profile summary by user ID, returning username, full name, biography, profile picture URL, verification status, follower count, following count, media count, and account privacy and type.

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Instagram Basic Profile
GET /v1/instagram/basic-profile

Fetches a lightweight Instagram profile summary by user ID, returning username, full name, biography, profile picture URL, verification status, follower count, following count, media count, and account privacy and type.

Authentication: x-api-key
Example URL: https://api.datawake.ai/v1/instagram/basic-profile?userId=314216

Parameters:
- userId (query · string · optional) = 314216

Overview

WakeScrap exposes this Instagram endpoint as a live-data API. The platform keeps the documented request and response shape stable while unifying auth, request tracking, and credits billing.

Optional query parameters can be combined in a single request.

Headers

x-api-key string required

Your Wake API access key.

Example:

YOUR_API_KEY

Query Parameters

userId string

Instagram user id

Example:

314216


              curl 'https://api.datawake.ai/v1/instagram/basic-profile?userId=314216' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'


              const response = await fetch("https://api.datawake.ai/v1/instagram/basic-profile?userId=314216", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Accept': 'application/json',
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);


              import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/instagram/basic-profile?userId=314216",
    headers={
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Accept": "application/json",
    },
)

print(response.json())


              $ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/instagram/basic-profile?userId=314216",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY',
        'Accept: application/json',
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;


              client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/instagram/basic-profile?userId=314216", nil)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")

resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()

body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))


              HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.datawake.ai/v1/instagram/basic-profile?userId=314216"))
    .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    .header("Accept", "application/json")
    .method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .build();

HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
    .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

System.out.println(response.body());


              {
  "friendship_status": null,
  "gating": null,
  "is_memorialized": false,
  "is_private": false,
  "has_story_archive": null,
  "supervision_info": null,
  "is_regulated_c18": false,
  "regulated_news_in_locations": [],
  "bio_links": [],
  "linked_fb_info": null,
  "text_post_app_badge_label": "zuck",
  "show_text_post_app_badge": true,
  "username": "zuck",
  "text_post_new_post_count": null,
  "pk": "314216",
  "live_broadcast_visibility": null,
  "live_broadcast_id": null,
  "profile_pic_url": "https://instagram.fpoz4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-19/550234512_18532404670058217_8758519395071163708_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5...",
  "...": "38 more fields"
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_request",
    "message": "One or more required parameters are missing or invalid."
  }
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "Invalid or missing x-api-key header."
  }
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "insufficient_credits",
    "message": "This request requires available credits before execution."
  }
}