Quickstart

1. Get your API key

You’ll receive an API key in the format sk-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Store it securely — it cannot be retrieved after creation.

2. Check your credits

Verify your API key works and see your available balance:

curl -H "x-api-key: sk-your-api-key" \
  https://api.scraper.creatorlookup.com/v1/credit-balance

const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.scraper.creatorlookup.com/v1/credit-balance",
  { headers: { "x-api-key": "sk-your-api-key" } }
);
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data.credits_remaining);

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.scraper.creatorlookup.com/v1/credit-balance",
    headers={"x-api-key": "sk-your-api-key"},
)
print(res.json()["credits_remaining"])

Response:

{
  "credits_remaining": 10000
}

3. Scrape an Instagram profile

Fetch profile data for any public Instagram account:

curl -H "x-api-key: sk-your-api-key" \
  "https://api.scraper.creatorlookup.com/v1/instagram/profile?username=instagram"

const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.scraper.creatorlookup.com/v1/instagram/profile?username=instagram",
  { headers: { "x-api-key": "sk-your-api-key" } }
);
const { data, credits_used, credits_remaining } = await res.json();
console.log(data.follower_count);

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.scraper.creatorlookup.com/v1/instagram/profile",
    params={"username": "instagram"},
    headers={"x-api-key": "sk-your-api-key"},
)
data = res.json()
print(data["data"]["follower_count"])

Response:

{
  "data": {
    "id": "25025320",
    "username": "instagram",
    "full_name": "Instagram",
    "biography": "Bringing you closer to the people and things you love.",
    "follower_count": 676000000,
    "following_count": 50,
    "media_count": 7500,
    "profile_pic_url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
    "is_verified": true,
    "is_business": true,
    "is_professional_account": true,
    "is_private": false,
    "category": "Product/service",
    "category_enum": null,
    "external_url": "https://about.instagram.com",
    "contact_email": null,
    "contact_phone": null,
    "bio_emails": [],
    "bio_links": [
      {
        "url": "https://about.instagram.com",
        "title": "",
        "link_type": "external"
      }
    ],
    "highlight_reel_count": 10,
    "fbid": null,
    "business_address": null
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 9999
}

4. Fetch recent posts

Get the latest posts from a user (costs 2 credits):

curl -H "x-api-key: sk-your-api-key" \
  "https://api.scraper.creatorlookup.com/v1/instagram/user/posts?username=instagram&limit=3"

const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.scraper.creatorlookup.com/v1/instagram/user/posts?username=instagram&limit=3",
  { headers: { "x-api-key": "sk-your-api-key" } }
);
const { data } = await res.json();
data.forEach((post) => console.log(post.shortcode, post.like_count));

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.scraper.creatorlookup.com/v1/instagram/user/posts",
    params={"username": "instagram", "limit": 3},
    headers={"x-api-key": "sk-your-api-key"},
)
for post in res.json()["data"]:
    print(post["shortcode"], post["like_count"])

Next steps

Authentication — how API keys work
Credits — credit costs per endpoint
Rate limits — request limits per key
API Reference — full endpoint documentation

Getting Started

Guides

1. Get your API key

2. Check your credits

3. Scrape an Instagram profile

4. Fetch recent posts

Next steps

​1. Get your API key

​2. Check your credits

​3. Scrape an Instagram profile

​4. Fetch recent posts

​Next steps

1. Get your API key

2. Check your credits

3. Scrape an Instagram profile

4. Fetch recent posts

Next steps