Nine separate API families cover profile/posts/reels/stories/followers/comments/hashtags/locations/search/graphql
No official SDK — you write the HTTP client yourself
Sign up at hikerapi.com to get an API key — 100 free requests included at registration.
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About this API
HikerAPI is a REST + GraphQL service specialized in Instagram data. Nine API families cover User Profiles, Posts and Reels, Stories and Highlights, Followers and Following, Comments and Likers, Hashtags, Locations, Search, plus a general-purpose GraphQL endpoint. Unlike multi-platform aggregators, HikerAPI is Instagram-only. Pricing is pay-per-request; 100 free requests come with sign-up, and paid usage runs on a token-bucket model (specific token pricing is shown after login). The backend replicates Instagram private mobile-API endpoints, covering data types like Stories that many scrapers omit — at the cost of correspondingly higher ToS risk. No official SDK; developers call the REST endpoints directly via axios / requests / etc.
What you can build
- 1Instagram mobile-API endpoint coverage (profile, stories, reels all included)
- 2Influencer monitoring and follower growth tracking
- 3Stories and Highlights public-data scraping
- 4Hashtag and location-tagged content collection
Strengths & limitations
Strengths
- Nine separate API families cover profile/posts/reels/stories/followers/comments/hashtags/locations/search/graphql
- GraphQL endpoint supports complex queries in one round-trip
- Pay-per-request — no subscription lock-in, scales with usage
Limitations
- No official SDK — you write the HTTP client yourself
- Pricing detail page renders client-side; public docs reveal limited tier pricing detail
- Private mobile-API replication carries ToS risk that the user must evaluate
Official quickstart
Read the official quickstart at hikerapi.com.
Getting started
Sign up at hikerapi.com to get an API key — 100 free requests included at registration.
FAQ
How does HikerAPI differ from Apify Instagram Scraper?+
HikerAPI is Instagram-only and covers stories among other private-API data types; Apify is a multi-actor platform where IG is one product. HikerAPI ships no SDK; Apify has Node and Python SDKs.
Does HikerAPI offer a free trial?+
Sign-up includes 100 free requests — enough to verify whether the endpoints cover your use case.
Why can HikerAPI access stories?+
It replicates the structure of Instagram private mobile-API endpoints, giving wider coverage than solutions built on the public Graph API. The trade-off is higher ToS exposure, which the user must evaluate before production use.
Technical details
- Auth type
- api_key
- Pricing
- freemium
- Rate limit
- Pay-per-request pricing model
- Free tier quota
- 100 free requests on sign-up
- Protocols
- REST, GraphQL
- Response time
- 970 ms
- Last health check
- 7/4/2026, 6:04:01 AM