Instagram profile data is collected by teams across influencer marketing, competitive intelligence, brand monitoring, and social media analytics. Syphoon's Instagram Profile Scraper API returns structured data from any public Instagram profile through a single POST request, including follower count, biography, post count, verification status, and more.
Tools built on Instagram profile data—often pulling insights via an Instagram Follower Scraper — include influencer discovery platforms, brand monitoring systems, creator vetting tools, competitor tracking dashboards, and social media analytics applications.
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Data Points Returned
The API collects only publicly visible data. A single request to a profile URL returns the following structured fields:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
username | The account's Instagram username |
full_name | The account's display name |
biography | The bio text on the profile |
followers_count | Total number of followers |
following_count | Total number of accounts followed |
profile_pic_url | URL to the profile picture |
is_verified | Whether the account has a verification badge |
is_business_account | Whether the account is a business profile |
business_category_name | Business category where applicable |
external_url | Website URL listed on the profile |
post_count | Total number of posts on the account |
Making a Request
To extract profile data, send a POST request to https://api.syphoon.com with the target URL and data_type set to profile_details.
Python Request:
1import requests
2
3payload = {
4 "url": "https://www.instagram.com/username",
5 "data_type": "profile_details",
6 "key": "YOUR_SYPHOON_KEY",
7 "method": "GET"
8}
9response = requests.post("https://api.syphoon.com", json=payload)
10if response.status_code == 200:
11 print(response.json())Response Status Codes
- 200Success
- 400Invalid response from Instagram (charged)
- 404Incorrect URL (charged)
- 429Concurrency exceeded
- 5xxServer error
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