Public endpoints

VxInstagram exposes a public API that allows you to get details on a post based on it's ID.

GET /api/getPostDetails?id=<postId>

Returns the details of a specified post Example request/response:

curl 'https://vxinstagram.com/api/getPostDetails?id=DFmjIeDOPSK'

This yields:

{
  "shortcode": "DFmjIeDOPSK",
  "permalink": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFmjIeDOPSK/?utm_source=ig_embed",
  "thumbnail_url": "<long url>",
  "is_video": true,
  "title": "angjelogjoni/tt",
  "views": 1200666,
  "likes": 286998,
  "comments": 340,
  "video": {
    "url": "<long url>",
    "height": 1136,
    "width": 640
  },
  "author": {
    "username": "kattykttn",
    "profile_url": "https://www.instagram.com/kattykttn/?utm_source=ig_embed"
  },
  "expires_at": 1741359353
}

Explanation of what each value is:

Value	Description
shortcode	ID of the post
permalink	Permanent URL to the post
thumbnail_url	URL to the post's thumbnail
is_video	Boolean that tells if the post is a video or not
title	Title of the post
views	Amount of views the post got
likes	Amount of likes the post got
comments	Amount of comments the post got
video.url	Direct CDN URL to the video
video.height	Height of the video mp4
video.width	Width of the video mp4
author.username	Username of the author
author.profile_url	URL to the author's profile
expires_at	Time at which the cached record will expire