# Benchmark a viral post's metrics

**Use case:** 

A viral post is a free lesson in what your market responds to. Pull its full details - caption, media type, likes, comments and posting time - to see the format, hook and timing behind the spike, then apply the pattern to your own content.

## Input

```json
{
  "postUrls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/p/viral-post-code/"
  ]
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "code": {
    "label": "Code",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "caption": {
    "label": "Caption",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "like_count": {
    "label": "Likes",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "comment_count": {
    "label": "Comments",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "media_type": {
    "label": "Media type"
  },
  "is_video": {
    "label": "Is video"
  },
  "product_type": {
    "label": "Product type"
  },
  "taken_at": {
    "label": "Taken at"
  },
  "thumbnail_url": {
    "label": "Thumbnail",
    "format": "image"
  },
  "mediaId": {
    "label": "Media id"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Instagram Post & Reel Details Scraper · No Login](https://apify.com/data-slayer/instagram-post-details.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/data-slayer/instagram-post-details.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/data-slayer/instagram-post-details.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).