Instagram Transcript API

Full transcript of an Instagram reel with timestamped segments.

Credits 40 per reel Input a public post URL (?url=) Caching Cached forever

Request

One GET request with your API key. Same shape on every platform — swap the path, keep the code.

curl "https://api.scrapersocial.com/v1/instagram/transcript?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Freel%2FC8xQvZ2sVAb%2F" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..."

Response

Clean JSON in the standard envelope. Responses arrive in seconds; popular content in milliseconds.

{
  "data": {
    "platform": "instagram",
    "entity_id": "C8xQvZ2sVAb",
    "language": "en",
    "source": "audio",
    "text": "Today I want to show you the three settings everyone ignores when they set this up for the first time...",
    "segments": [
      {
        "start": 0,
        "end": 3.2,
        "text": "Today I want to show you the three settings"
      },
      {
        "start": 3.2,
        "end": 5.9,
        "text": "everyone ignores when they set this up"
      }
    ]
  },
  "request_id": "req_01JZX4M8Q2TE9W"
}

What it returns

Full transcript of an Instagram reel with timestamped segments. Takes a public post URL via ?url= and returns the { data, request_id } envelope . Each call costs 40 credits per reel returned — check the X-Credits-Charged and X-Credits-Remaining response headers. Cached responses cost the same and set x-cache: hit; add fresh=true to bypass the cache.

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