🎙️ Instagram Transcripts Scraper API

Turn Instagram videos into clean, structured transcripts with ease.
This API helps you extract spoken content (auto-generated transcripts) from public Instagram videos — designed for developers, data teams, and AI agents that need text, not just media.

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📌 Overview

The Instagram Transcripts Scraper API allows you to provide an Instagram video URL and receive:

• 📝 Accurate auto-generated transcript text
• ⏱️ Timestamped segments for precise alignment
• 📊 Rich video & author metadata
• 🎥 Direct video and audio URLs (when available)

It is built to be AI-ready, automation-friendly, and cost-effective, making it ideal for large-scale content processing and language-focused workflows.

⚠️ This API works with public Instagram videos. A valid sessionid may be required for stable access.

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🎁 What You Can Get From This API

For each Instagram video URL, the API returns:

• ✅ Full transcript text (auto speech-to-text)
• ✅ Segmented transcript with timestamps
• ✅ Video title & thumbnail
• ✅ Video, audio playback URLs
• ✅ Engagement metrics (likes, comments)
• ✅ Creator profile information
• ✅ Error status per request (safe for automation)

All data is returned in structured JSON, ready to feed directly into databases, AI pipelines, or downstream services.

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🧩 Typical Use Cases

💡 This API is especially useful for:

• 🤖 AI agents & LLM pipelines (speech → text ingestion)
• 🧠 Content understanding & summarization
• 🔍 Social media content analysis
• 🎧 Audio-to-text & subtitle generation
• 📊 Trend and language research
• 🔁 Batch transcription of Instagram videos

If your workflow depends on what is being said, not just what is being shown — this API is built for you.

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💰 Cost of Usage

Simple, transparent, and extremely cost-effective.

• 💵 $1.00 / 1,000 results
• 🎙️ Audio-to-text (auto transcript) included
• 📦 Pay only for what you process — no subscriptions

Perfect for both experiments and large-scale AI workloads.

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📥 Input Parameters

(1) Input Format

Field	Type	Required	Description
videoUrl	string	Yes	Public Instagram video URL
sessionid	string	No	Instagram session ID for authenticated access

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(2) Input Example

{
    "videoUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DULBkEngpxg",
    "sessionid": ""
}

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📤 Output Parameters

(1) Output Format Description

Field	Type	Description
url	string	Normalized Instagram video URL
code	string	Instagram shortcode
pk	string	Instagram internal post ID
id	string	Combined media identifier
title	string	Video title or hashtag
img	string	Video thumbnail URL
videoUrl	string	Direct video playback URL
audioUrl	string	Direct audio playback URL
createTime	number	Video creation timestamp
likeCount	number	Number of likes
commentCount	number	Number of comments
userPk	string	Creator user ID
userName	string	Creator username
userFullName	string	Creator display name
avatarUri	string	Creator avatar image URL
text	string	Full transcript text
segments	array	Transcript segments with timestamps
errMsg	string	Error message (empty if success)
timestamp	string	API response timestamp (ISO format)

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(2) Output Example

{
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DTxiM0Ijqvz/",
    "code": "DTxiM0Ijqvz",
    "pk": "3814980773552761843",
    "id": "3814980773552761843_48143082417",
    "title": "#explore",
    "img": "https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.71878-15/619803343_1676825200367728_8092852255612155538_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e15_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ig_cache_key=MzgxNDk4MDc3MzU1Mjc2MTg0Mw%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=58cdad&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InhwaWRzLjY0MHgxMTM2LnNkci5DMiJ9&_nc_ohc=rQ0gvouEDUUQ7kNvwFFUA3e&_nc_oc=AdklJA8qtEC78q8uoqfq0hrHEHG_Anx14Y98_0qd-0RJTarw5mUGWP-0URYuPxKpVBw&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=1dbJ6M6MmLLlo-Jn7XlUIw&oh=00_AftPbGx5Lc3HrTwQ9YZEkCXoEVvn8Zm9VfQacfUkm8Xw1A&oe=6988A7DB",
    "videoUrl": "https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/o1/v/t2/f2/m367/AQMMUMfbkOPXkBEc4m-czR-nbdlRK3No6f05Grxopvsdq-Qg_r6pzR3qzX4VCBojSH6jpNyKgWkW-6fqtrwkdzNgO8NuKmPs4rrnfKQ.mp4?_nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=9ca052&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=b76plwG5k3UQ7kNvwESHCkA&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6ImlnLXhwdmRzLmNsaXBzLmMyLUMyLmRhc2hfcjJldmV2cDktcjFnZW4ydnA5X3E4MCIsInZpZGVvX2lkIjpudWxsLCJvaWxfdXJsZ2VuX2FwcF9pZCI6OTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5LCJjbGllbnRfbmFtZSI6ImlnIiwieHB2X2Fzc2V0X2lkIjoxNzcxNTY1Njg3MTU0MjE1LCJhc3NldF9hZ2VfZGF5cyI6MTMsInZpX3VzZWNhc2VfaWQiOjEwODI3LCJkdXJhdGlvbl9zIjoxNCwiYml0cmF0ZSI6NTQwNTE1MywidXJsZ2VuX3NvdXJjZSI6Ind3dyJ9&ccb=17-1&_nc_gid=1dbJ6M6MmLLlo-Jn7XlUIw&_nc_zt=28&oh=00_Afv44NEfcLEiqZgYI0xps4ZZ93tPRuPgqh8oXzgl3VoNxg&oe=6988B5C9",
    "audioUrl": "https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/o1/v/t2/f2/m78/AQNngK6i_-6sgwETrVf-d2vgpHQhPoijZmLHAuSp3jU1SijGlVId7zmIXIaJ6pNVuNgpmNGRkHQdLsjdGUauEBi9U1BjR-esFvBHdfw.mp4?_nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=9ca052&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=ECX7BSThaXkQ7kNvwH-UVWe&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6ImlnLXhwdmRzLmNsaXBzLmMyLUMyLmRhc2hfbG5faGVhYWNfdmJyM19hdWRpbyIsInZpZGVvX2lkIjpudWxsLCJvaWxfdXJsZ2VuX2FwcF9pZCI6OTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5LCJjbGllbnRfbmFtZSI6ImlnIiwieHB2X2Fzc2V0X2lkIjoxNzcxNTY1Njg3MTU0MjE1LCJhc3NldF9hZ2VfZGF5cyI6MTMsInZpX3VzZWNhc2VfaWQiOjEwODI3LCJkdXJhdGlvbl9zIjoxNCwiYml0cmF0ZSI6ODQxODcsInVybGdlbl9zb3VyY2UiOiJ3d3cifQ%3D%3D&ccb=17-1&_nc_gid=1dbJ6M6MmLLlo-Jn7XlUIw&_nc_zt=28&oh=00_AfvPFX3-VjMr5JtDwrX7wQkOILLeANNhb4zBuw9SU0DR3w&oe=6984DC3D",
    "createTime": 1769001195,
    "likeCount": 171650,
    "commentCount": 781,
    "userPk": "48143082417",
    "userName": "theavamariee",
    "userFullName": "Ava Marie",
    "avatarUri": "https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/572902973_18067009538602418_5617968281035790488_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby4xMDgwLmMyIn0&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=1&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QHrB35R1hAV3-uIB5VTub-6RuiKV9psrvKni0oh6LvCvBnLGT24jt8xn1dfOPE5zM0&_nc_ohc=X48rTGGGJl8Q7kNvwFwYnWY&_nc_gid=1dbJ6M6MmLLlo-Jn7XlUIw&edm=APs17CUBAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_AfvSE_cEd3Z5ja79s40JOWwAE3JIGmyySyCKLkoRBpTeJg&oe=6988A991&_nc_sid=10d13b",
    "text": "Excuse me, miss. What? Your shirt's backwards.",
    "segments": [
      {
        "start": 0.3,
        "end": 1.16,
        "text": " Excuse me, miss."
      },
      {
        "start": 1.32,
        "end": 1.62,
        "text": " What?"
      },
      {
        "start": 2.04,
        "end": 2.96,
        "text": " Your shirt's backwards."
      }
    ],
    "errMsg": "",
    "timestamp": "2026-02-04T06:38:58.379Z"
  }

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⭐ Why This API Is Different

🚀 Focused on transcripts, not noise

• 🧠 AI-first design
  Clean transcripts + timestamps, perfect for LLMs and agents.

• 🎯 Transcript over transformation
  No summaries, no rewrites — just reliable raw text.

• 💸 Extremely cost-efficient
  One of the lowest-cost Instagram transcript solutions available.

• 📦 Automation-safe
  Stable fields, predictable structure, batch-friendly responses.

• 🌍 Built for real-world usage
  Designed by a team experienced in large-scale social content extraction.

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📝 Notes

• Only public Instagram videos are supported
• A valid sessionid improves stability and success rate
• Transcript accuracy depends on audio clarity and language
• Please ensure compliance with Instagram’s terms and local regulations

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🆘 Support

Questions, feedback, or feature requests?

📧 Email: support@apismith.online