Creating

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Reading

GET /{ig-user-id}

Get fields and edges on an Instagram Business or Creator Account.

Requirements

TypeDescription

Access Tokens

User.

Business Roles

If you are requesting the shopping_product_tag_eligibility field for product tagging, the app user must have an admin role on the Business Manager that owns the IG User's Instagram Shop.

Instagram Shop

If you are requesting the shopping_product_tag_eligibility field for product tagging, the IG User must have an approved Instagram Shop with a product catalog containing products.

Permissions

instagram_basic
pages_read_engagement
pages_show_list


If the app user was granted a role on the Page via the Business Manager, you also need one of the following:


ads_management
business_management


If you are requesting the shopping_product_tag_eligibility field for product tagging, you will also need:


catalog_management
instagram_shopping_tag_products

Request Syntax

GET https://graph.facebook.com/{api-version}/{ig-user-id}
  ?fields={fields}
  &access_token={access-token}

Path Parameters

PlaceholderValue

{api-version}

API version.

{ig-user-id}

Required. IG User ID.

Query String Parameters

KeyPlaceholderValue

access_token

{access-token}

Required. App user's User access token.

fields

{fields}

Comma-separated list of IG User fields you want returned for each IG User in the result set.

Fields

Public fields can be returned by an edge using field expansion.

Field NameDescription

biography
Public

Profile bio text.

id
Public

App-scoped User ID.

ig_id

Instagram User ID. Used with Legacy Instagram API, now deprecated. Use id instead.

followers_count
Public

Total number of Instagram users following the user.

follows_count

Total number of Instagram users the user follows.

media_count
Public

Total number of IG Media published on the user.

name

Profile name.

profile_picture_url

Profile picture URL.

shopping_product_tag_eligibility

Returns true if the app user has set up an Instagram Shop and is therefore eligible for product tagging, otherwise returns false.

username
Public

Profile username.

website
Public

Single profile website URL.

Edges

EdgeDescription

business_discovery

Get data about other Instagram Business or Instagram Creator IG Users.

content_publishing_limit

Represents an IG User's current content publishing usage.

insights

Represents social interaction metrics on an IG User.

live_media

Represents a collection of live video IG Media on an IG User.

media

Represents a collection of IG Media on an IG User.

media_publish

Publish an IG Container on an Instagram Business IG User.

mentions

Create an IG Comment on an IG Comment or captioned IG Media that an IG User has been @mentioned in by another Instagram user.

mentioned_comment

Get data on an IG Comment in which an IG User has been @mentioned by another Instagram user.

mentioned_media

Get data on an IG Media in which an IG User has been @mentioned in a caption by another Instagram user.

recently_searched_hashtags

Get IG Hashtags that an IG User has searched for within the last 7 days.

stories

Represents a collection of story IG Media objects on an IG User.

tags

Represents a collection of IG Media in which an IG User has been tagged by another Instagram user.

Response

A JSON-formatted object containing default and requested fields and edges.

{
  "{field}":"{value}",
  ...
}

cURL Example

Request

curl -X GET \
  'https://graph.facebook.com/v19.0/17841405822304914?fields=biography%2Cid%2Cusername%2Cwebsite&access_token=EAACwX...'

Response

{
  "biography": "Dino data crunching app",
  "id": "17841405822304914",
  "username": "metricsaurus",
  "website": "http://www.metricsaurus.com/"
}

Updating

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Deleting

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