> ## Documentation Index
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# Get User Profile

> Full public Instagram profile by username — bio, links, counts, verification and business metadata. Plus /related.

Fetch a single public Instagram profile by its `username` (handle). The same
path also exposes a `/related` similar-accounts list.

**Credits:** 5

## Authorization

<ParamField header="X-API-Key" type="string" required>
  Your ScrapeBadger API key.
</ParamField>

## Path Parameters

<ParamField path="username" type="string" required>
  Instagram handle without the `@`, e.g. `instagram`.
</ParamField>

## Related paths

* `GET /v1/instagram/users/{username}/related` — similar / suggested accounts.
  **5 credits.**

## Response

<ResponseField name="user" type="object">
  The full `User`. Key fields:

  <Expandable title="user">
    <ResponseField name="pk" type="string">Numeric account id.</ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="username" type="string" />

    <ResponseField name="full_name" type="string" />

    <ResponseField name="is_private" type="boolean" />

    <ResponseField name="is_verified" type="boolean" />

    <ResponseField name="profile_pic_url" type="string" />

    <ResponseField name="profile_pic_url_hd" type="string" />

    <ResponseField name="media_count" type="integer" />

    <ResponseField name="follower_count" type="integer" />

    <ResponseField name="following_count" type="integer" />

    <ResponseField name="biography" type="string" />

    <ResponseField name="bio_links" type="object[]">`title`, `url`.</ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="external_url" type="string" />

    <ResponseField name="account_type" type="integer" />

    <ResponseField name="is_business" type="boolean" />

    <ResponseField name="public_email" type="string" />

    <ResponseField name="category" type="string" />

    <ResponseField name="city_name" type="string" />
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

## Example

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl "https://scrapebadger.com/v1/instagram/users/instagram" \
    -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"
  ```

  ```javascript Node.js theme={null}
  const res = await fetch(
    "https://scrapebadger.com/v1/instagram/users/instagram",
    { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.SCRAPEBADGER_API_KEY } },
  );
  const { user } = await res.json();
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  res = requests.get(
      "https://scrapebadger.com/v1/instagram/users/instagram",
      headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
  )
  user = res.json()["user"]
  ```
</CodeGroup>

```json Response theme={null}
{
  "user": {
    "pk": "25025320",
    "username": "instagram",
    "full_name": "Instagram",
    "is_private": false,
    "is_verified": true,
    "profile_pic_url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/pfp.jpg",
    "profile_pic_url_hd": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/pfp_hd.jpg",
    "media_count": 8123,
    "follower_count": 682000000,
    "following_count": 245,
    "biography": "Discover what's next on Instagram.",
    "bio_links": [{ "title": "Help Center", "url": "https://help.instagram.com" }],
    "external_url": "https://about.instagram.com",
    "account_type": 3,
    "is_business": true,
    "public_email": null,
    "category": "Internet company",
    "city_name": "Menlo Park",
    "scraped_at": "2026-08-05T12:00:00Z"
  }
}
```