# Instagram Profile Embed Retrieve the official embeddable HTML page Instagram serves for a public profile, ready to drop into an iframe. A completed lookup costs one credit, including a definitive not-found result, because every lookup uses costly dedicated Instagram proxies. - **Documentation:** [https://staging.scrappa.co/docs/instagram-api/instagram_user_embed](https://staging.scrappa.co/docs/instagram-api/instagram_user_embed) - **API group:** Instagram API - **Endpoint:** `GET https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user/embed` ## Authentication Send your Scrappa API key in the `X-API-KEY` request header. Paid endpoints also support accountless x402 payments when called without an API key. ## Parameters | Parameter | Type | Required | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `username` | string | Yes | Instagram username (without @) | ## Example request ```bash #!/bin/bash curl -X GET \ -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \ "https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/user/embed?username=natgeo" ``` ## Example response ```json { "success": true, "found": true, "username": "natgeo", "embed_url": "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/embed/", "embed_html": "..." } ``` ## Errors | Status | Error | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | 403 | Login Required | Instagram explicitly requires login. Scrappa does not retry the login-gated resource. Profile lookups may recover from public profile data; unresolved login requirements are nonbillable and not retryable. | | 422 | Validation Error | The username parameter is missing or not a valid Instagram username. | | 503 | Instagram Upstream Unavailable | The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly. | ## More Scrappa resources - [API documentation](https://staging.scrappa.co/docs) - [Full LLM-readable API reference](https://staging.scrappa.co/llms-full.txt) - [OpenAPI specification](https://staging.scrappa.co/docs/api.json) - [Pricing](https://staging.scrappa.co/pricing)