Instagram profile by URL — followers, bio, verification

brightdata.instagram.user.profile

Get the public profile of an Instagram user (followers, bio, verification)

Price: $0.0015/resultAt provider cost
Success rate: 99.7%Last 30 days · 1,630 calls
Latency p50: 60 sp95 61 s
Last verified: Jul 28, 2026Verified working

POSThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/brightdata.instagram.user.profile?format=json&dataset_id=gd_l1vikfch901nx3by4Preview

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Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

same generic runner as brightdata.web.scrape.structured with the dataset_id fixed, which is why the id and output columns are stable enough to compare against tikhub / justoneapi. Batching several profile URLs into one call is both cheaper and faster than one call each; past 1 minute it falls back to 202 + snapshot_id

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Query parameters
`format`	string	Optional		`json`
`dataset_id`	string	Required	pinned to the documented Instagram — Profiles dataset	`gd_l1vikfch901nx3by4`

Query parameters
formatstringOptional
Example: json
dataset_idstringRequired
pinned to the documented Instagram — Profiles dataset
Example: gd_l1vikfch901nx3by4

Code samples

Replace $TOOLSWITCH_KEY with the key you created in the console.

Preview

curl -X POST 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/brightdata.instagram.user.profile?format=json&dataset_id=gd_l1vikfch901nx3by4' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-raw '[{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/instagram"}]'

import os
import json
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "POST",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/brightdata.instagram.user.profile?format=json&dataset_id=gd_l1vikfch901nx3by4",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
    json=json.loads("[{\"url\":\"https://www.instagram.com/instagram\"}]"),
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/brightdata.instagram.user.profile?format=json&dataset_id=gd_l1vikfch901nx3by4", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "X-Toolswitch-Key": process.env.TOOLSWITCH_KEY ?? "",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify(JSON.parse("[{\"url\":\"https://www.instagram.com/instagram\"}]")),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.text());

This gateway API is in preview; its URL and authentication may change. The example parameters are sample data. Calls are billed at $0.0015/result, including the service fee.