InstagramInstagramSocial

Your Instagram profile and follower counts

instagram.instagram.user.profile

Get your Instagram professional account's profile and follower counts

Price: freeAt provider cost
Success rate: 100%Last 30 days · 1,985 calls
Latency p50: 144 msp95 372 ms
Last verified: Jul 28, 2026Verified working

GEThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/instagram.instagram.user.profile?fields=id%2Cusername%2Cname%2Cbiography%2Cwebsite%2Cprofile_picture_url%2Cfollowers_count%2Cfollows_count%2Cmedia_count

Preview

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Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

the same shape reads ANOTHER public professional account through the business_discovery edge: fields=business_discovery.username(their_handle){followers_count,media_count} on YOUR id — public metrics only, and only for professional accounts

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Path parameters
`ig_user_id`	string	Required	numeric Instagram professional account id (from /me/accounts?fields=instagram_business_account{id,username}) — not the @handle	`17841400000000000`
Query parameters
`fields`	string	Required	comma-separated	`id,username,name,biography,website,profile_picture_url,followers_count,follows_count,media_count`

Path parameters
ig_user_idstringRequired
numeric Instagram professional account id (from /me/accounts?fields=instagram_business_account{id,username}) — not the @handle
Example: 17841400000000000
Query parameters
fieldsstringRequired
comma-separated
Example: id,username,name,biography,website,profile_picture_url,followers_count,follows_count,media_count

Code samples

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

Preview

curl -X GET 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/instagram.instagram.user.profile?fields=id%2Cusername%2Cname%2Cbiography%2Cwebsite%2Cprofile_picture_url%2Cfollowers_count%2Cfollows_count%2Cmedia_count' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY"

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/instagram.instagram.user.profile?fields=id%2Cusername%2Cname%2Cbiography%2Cwebsite%2Cprofile_picture_url%2Cfollowers_count%2Cfollows_count%2Cmedia_count",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/instagram.instagram.user.profile?fields=id%2Cusername%2Cname%2Cbiography%2Cwebsite%2Cprofile_picture_url%2Cfollowers_count%2Cfollows_count%2Cmedia_count", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-Toolswitch-Key": process.env.TOOLSWITCH_KEY ?? "",
  },
});
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 free, including the service fee.