Instagram Media API
Photos, videos, stories, reels, and carousels
Instagram Media API is one of 9 APIs that Instagram publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Media. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, an API reference, authentication docs, and a changelog.
This API exposes 6 operations across 4 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 21.0.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://graph.facebook.com/v21.0, https://graph.instagram.com/v21.0.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Instagram Media API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 7 scopes.
oauth2— OAuth 2.0 authentication via Instagram Login or Facebook Login.
Paths & Operations 6
Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Photos, videos, stories, reels, and carousels
Schemas 4
The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Media (14 properties), Paging (3 properties), MediaList (2 properties), SuccessResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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