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Instagram Highlight Detail API

Scrape Instagram Highlight Detail data with one API call. Returns the items within a specific Instagram story highlight including media URLs, thumbnails, durations, and capture timestamps. Highlights are archived story frames, so they carry no public caption and no public like, comment, or view count. Instagram shows story engagement only to the account owner, and it is never fabricated here.

Last updated October 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team

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Returns the individual stories saved inside one highlight, with their media URLs, timestamps, and interaction counts.

Use it after highlights: pass the id it returned to see the contents of a single collection.

Searching 68 platforms in parallel

·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·Apple Music logoApple Music·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Yelp logoYelp·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Finance logoFinance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility logoUtility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·Apple Music logoApple Music·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Yelp logoYelp·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Finance logoFinance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility logoUtility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·Apple Music logoApple Music·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Yelp logoYelp·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Finance logoFinance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility logoUtility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·Apple Music logoApple Music·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Yelp logoYelp·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Finance logoFinance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility logoUtility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
Instagram API

What can you do with the Highlight Detail API?

The Highlight Detail endpoint gives you structured Instagram data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.

Example Request

curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/highlight/detail?id=18067016518767507"
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/highlight/detail",
    params={
    'id': '18067016518767507',
    },
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)

data = response.json()
const response = await fetch(
  "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/highlight/detail?id=18067016518767507",
  {
    headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
  },
);

const data = await response.json();

Parameters

ParameterRequiredDescription
idNoInstagram highlight ID: the numeric id, with or without the `highlight:` prefix. Get it from `/v1/instagram/highlights`.
sinceNoOnly rows published on or after this date: YYYY-MM-DD (midnight UTC) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Rows older than it are left off each page. This list is not in date order, so the walk does not stop at the date: keep following `next_cursor`, and each page costs what a page costs even when every row on it is filtered out. A row with no date is kept. `published_after`, `start_date`, `from_date`, `publish_time` (`yesterday`, `this-week`, `this-month`, `last-3-months`, `last-6-months`) and `max_age_days` are accepted and applied as `since`.
untilNoOnly rows published on or before this date: YYYY-MM-DD (that whole UTC day is included) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Newer rows are left off each page and the walk does not stop, so older pages follow. A row with no date is kept. `published_before`, `end_date` and `to_date` are accepted and applied as `until`.
Example Response

What does the Instagram Highlight Detail API return?

Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.

Example response
{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "instagram",
  "endpoint": "/v1/instagram/highlight/detail",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "post": {
          "id": "3573813516152622297",
          "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGYvHVDxEzZ/",
          "content": {
            "text": null,
            "media_urls": "https://scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com/user_2352da/v/t2/f2/m78/AQPu9r3DIgup4ayW8dDpzojNCb429I8XHU4GCPQ_wIwRJE8GMPTioEGSRY5NfpOXhKktqFuMMsHAD6a6VuXxL3KXabr1ymx4A-dILdw.mp4?_nc_cat=111&_nc_sid=5e9851&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=xnvl9o_cM0UQ7kNvwEg3Nkp&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Inhwdl9wcm9ncmVzc2l2ZS5JTlNUQUdSQU0uU1RPUlkuQzMuNzIwLmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MSIsInhwdl9hc3NldF9pZCI6OTM4NjQ2NDYxODA2NjI4MCwiYXNzZXRfYWdlX2RheXMiOjU4NiwidmlfdXNlY2FzZV9pZCI6MTA4MjYsImR1cmF0aW9uX3MiOjQ3LCJ1cmxnZW5fc291cmNlIjoid3d3In0%3D&ccb=17-1&vs=681b3a201be0b0c8&_nc_vs=HBksFQIYUWlnX3hwdl9wbGFjZW1lbnRfcGVybWFuZW50X3YyL0ZFNDI4ODE1QjM5QTlDMDkwRjkxMjdEMjZFNTQ4RkEzX3ZpZGVvX2Rhc2hpbml0Lm1wNBUAAsgBEgAVAhg6cGFzc3Rocm91Z2hfZXZlcnN0b3JlL0dLSWxyUnkweVR2NFV5Z0NBRjRNVXFPLVNBUUZicGt3QUFBRhUCAsgBEgAoABgAGwKIB3VzZV9vaWwBMRJwcm9ncmVzc2l2ZV9yZWNpcGUBMRUAACbQxY2Uk7ysIRUCKAJDMywXQEfzMzMzMzMYEmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MREAdegHZZSpAQA&_nc_gid=Ydgm0RTgAKdEiJ8Kh7F2Aw&_nc_ss=7a22e&_nc_zt=28&oh=00_AQNgNsoBqsWbHD67CZ10goE_ER6AelzS67CWJYmA-4Jm9A&oe=6AC17994",
            "thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com/user_4c9448/t51.71878-15/481586587_9291097321007644_1710183569038278353_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e15_tt6&_nc_cat=103&ig_cache_key=MzU3MzgxMzUxNjE1MjYyMjI5Nw%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=58cdad&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6IlNUT1JZLnhwaWRzLjY0MC5zZHIudmlkZW9fZGVmYXVsdF9jb3Zlcl9mcmFtZS5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=K_Nln0cgDt4Q7kNvwGXDF0Z&_nc_oc=Adp02XO5wl6RZXZkc7wKfcW2NY9pjTOOEGsgaCPho2n87f90d_o9ZF3W6OCGMF9uIY0&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=Ydgm0RTgAKdEiJ8Kh7F2Aw&_nc_ss=7a22e&oh=00_AQPA9GlHPTyBqorA30Z01zyR6iFe1vHiDXggh7-kKX6c4g&oe=6AC5657F",
            "duration_seconds": 47.883
          },
          "author": {
            "username": "user_81f8f6",
            "display_name": "user_ca451b",
            "avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatars/user_3723d3.png",
            "verified": true
          },
          "engagement": {
            "views": null,
            "likes": null,
            "comments": null,
            "shares": null,
            "saves": null
          },
          "flags": {
            "nsfw": null,
            "spoiler": null,
            "pinned": null,
            "deleted": false
          },
          "published_at": "2025-02-22T19:16:21.000Z",
          "ext": {
            "media_type": "video",
            "published_at_epoch": 1740251781,
            "coauthors": []
          }
        },
        "computed": {
          "engagement_rate": null,
          "language": null,
          "content_category": null,
          "estimated_reach": null
        }
      },
      {
        "post": {
          "id": "3574665805209826888",
          "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGbw5xGRHZI/",
          "content": {
            "text": null,
            "media_urls": "https://scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com/user_2352da/v/t2/f2/m78/AQOJyLyS8dbSUnIte847RsTXSX8p_zD88l0oxwOPS1uhvyezFVxOtiSsGZRZYeu793wMPdmpiP_M37_itNsNOB5UCxjt2fj_B4m3MGg.mp4?_nc_cat=107&_nc_sid=5e9851&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=qBlIq0jNuKEQ7kNvwFvI6mR&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Inhwdl9wcm9ncmVzc2l2ZS5JTlNUQUdSQU0uU1RPUlkuQzMuNzIwLmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MSIsInhwdl9hc3NldF9pZCI6MTM5ODk5ODY5ODE0MjAyNiwiYXNzZXRfYWdlX2RheXMiOjU4NSwidmlfdXNlY2FzZV9pZCI6MTA4MjYsImR1cmF0aW9uX3MiOjE0LCJ1cmxnZW5fc291cmNlIjoid3d3In0%3D&ccb=17-1&vs=adbf2198c4acf8a2&_nc_vs=HBksFQIYUWlnX3hwdl9wbGFjZW1lbnRfcGVybWFuZW50X3YyL0FDNDY3Q0ZBRTc2QjFDMDJGRTcyOEU4RDlEQTQ3RkJEX3ZpZGVvX2Rhc2hpbml0Lm1wNBUAAsgBEgAVAhg6cGFzc3Rocm91Z2hfZXZlcnN0b3JlL0dENUpvaHcwaWttb2c4TUZBQWtzU0JwcFBuWW5icGt3QUFBRhUCAsgBEgAoABgAGwKIB3VzZV9vaWwBMRJwcm9ncmVzc2l2ZV9yZWNpcGUBMRUAACaUpY3HuJj8BBUCKAJDMywXQCwQ5WBBiTcYEmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MREAdegHZZSpAQA&_nc_gid=Ydgm0RTgAKdEiJ8Kh7F2Aw&_nc_ss=7a22e&_nc_zt=28&oh=00_AQMa2NzDEd9XVRE9adtDGys7RJrIf_rFDMRXZPVSIy52PQ&oe=6AC19D44",
            "thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com/user_4c9448/t51.71878-15/479737232_1405856350793820_7928432152706230890_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e15_tt6&_nc_cat=111&ig_cache_key=MzU3NDY2NTgwNTIwOTgyNjg4OA%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=58cdad&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6IlNUT1JZLnhwaWRzLjY0MC5zZHIudmlkZW9fZGVmYXVsdF9jb3Zlcl9mcmFtZS5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=MiaBd1n8FfwQ7kNvwHQ_-IH&_nc_oc=Adp4f2y5n5_gQZcW2dXJ88wkNudneOkvlAuA4eufDzKxZvzmagxjEAhi5ZJM4NkdRdo&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=Ydgm0RTgAKdEiJ8Kh7F2Aw&_nc_ss=7a22e&oh=00_AQNN1yWVAdoqzmSCg6jh81yH1Q9bGQRVzGDEprXo44ifyg&oe=6AC582B8",
            "duration_seconds": 14.016
          },
          "author": {
            "username": "user_81f8f6",
            "display_name": "user_ca451b",
            "avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatars/user_3723d3.png",
            "verified": true
          },
          "engagement": {
            "views": null,
            "likes": null,
            "comments": null,
            "shares": null,
            "saves": null
          },
          "flags": {
            "nsfw": null,
            "spoiler": null,
            "pinned": null,
            "deleted": false
          },
          "published_at": "2025-02-23T23:29:49.000Z",
          "ext": {
            "media_type": "video",
            "published_at_epoch": 1740353389,
            "coauthors": []
          }
        },
        "computed": {
          "engagement_rate": null,
          "language": null,
          "content_category": null,
          "estimated_reach": null
        }
      }
    ],
    "total": null,
    "dropped": 0
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "request_id": "req_example000000",
  "cached": false,
  "pagination": {
    "next_cursor": null,
    "has_more": false,
    "page_size": 31
  },
  "credits_remaining": 9999,
  "source": "captured",
  "captured_at": "2026-10-02T13:10:45.452Z",
  "redacted": true
}

Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.

API Details

How does the Instagram Highlight Detail API work?

Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.

Method

GET

Response

JSON

Why SocialCrawl

Why use SocialCrawl for Instagram Highlight Detail data?

We handle the complexity of Instagram data extraction so you can focus on building. Unified schema, AI enrichment, and zero platform logic in your code.

Developer First

How do you scrape social media data in seconds?

The fastest social media scraping API for developers. Scrape profiles, posts, comments, and analytics from 68 platforms covering 10B+ monthly active users.

One schema, every platform

Query 68 platforms with identical response structures. Write your integration once.

Computed fields, not just scraped

When an endpoint supports these metrics and the source provides the required inputs, the normalized record includes engagement_rate, estimated_reach, content_category, and language. Ready to use.

See your data before you code

Visual Data Explorer. Paste any URL, get rich result cards, sortable tables, CSV export.

import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
    params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
    headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json()
[ .JSON ]
{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "data": {
    "author": {
      "username": "charlidamelio",
      "followers": 152400000
    },
    "engagement": {
      "likes": 12400000000,
      "engagement_rate": 0.087
    },
    "metadata": {
      "language": "en",
      "content_category": "lifestyle"
    }
  }
}
+ 68 platforms
FAQ

Have a question? We got answers

Find answers to frequently asked questions about SocialCrawl's API, pricing, and capabilities.

Contact us
How do I get the stories inside an Instagram highlight?
Send a GET request to /v1/instagram/highlight/detail with the id parameter set to a highlight collection ID. SocialCrawl returns a JSON array of every story item in that highlight with media URLs, type, duration, and timestamp.
Where do I get the highlight ID from?
Call the highlights endpoint first. /v1/instagram/highlights returns a list of highlight collections for a user, and each entry includes its highlight ID. Use that ID here to fetch the stories inside.
What fields does the Highlight Detail API return?
Each story item includes a unique ID, media type (image or video), original media URL, thumbnail URL, duration (for videos), posted timestamp, and any music or sticker metadata Instagram exposes for that item.
Can I download the media from highlight stories?
Yes. The response includes direct media URLs you can fetch with a regular HTTP client. Most stories stay available for as long as the user keeps the highlight pinned to their profile.
How much does the Highlight Detail API cost?
One request costs 1 credit on the standard tier and returns every item in the highlight. With 100 free credits on signup you can pull around 100 highlight collections before deciding whether to upgrade.

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