Instagram basic profile by user id — bio, followers

scrapecreators.x.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.

Price: $0.00188/callAt provider cost
Success rate: 100%Last 30 days · 2,543 calls
Latency p50: 897 msp95 2.9 s
Last verified: Jul 28, 2026Verified working

GEThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/scrapecreators.x.v1-instagram-basic-profile?userId=314216Preview

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Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Query parameters
`userId`	string	Optional	Instagram user id	`314216`
`cache_max_age`	string	Optional	If we have a response in the cache that is this many days old or newer, return the cached response (0 credits, with "cached": true and a "cached_at" timestamp). Otherwise, scrape a live result (1 credit). [See the Cac...	`7d`

Query parameters
userIdstringOptional
Instagram user id
Example: 314216
cache_max_agestringOptional
If we have a response in the cache that is this many days old or newer, return the cached response (0 credits, with "cached": true and a "cached_at" timestamp). Otherwise, scrape a live result (1 credit). [See the Cac...
Example: 7d

Code samples

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

Preview

curl -X GET 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/scrapecreators.x.v1-instagram-basic-profile?userId=314216' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY"

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/scrapecreators.x.v1-instagram-basic-profile?userId=314216",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/scrapecreators.x.v1-instagram-basic-profile?userId=314216", {
  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 $0.00188/call, including the service fee.