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Extract a post shortcode from an Instagram URL

Extract the post shortcode from a full Instagram post URL (e.g. `instagram.com/p/<shortcode>`). A lookup helper — useful for normalizing user-supplied links before fetching a post.

Pricing — $ · min $0.001

Billed per record at 1 credit ($0.001) each, with a 1-credit ($0.001) minimum per call.

GET
/instagram/resolve/shortcode

Authorization

bearerAuth
AuthorizationBearer <token>

UnifAPI API key. Provider credentials are managed by UnifAPI.

In: header

Query Parameters

url*string

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X GET "https://example.com/instagram/resolve/shortcode?url=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com"
{  "request_id": "string",  "data": {    "url": "string",    "shortcode": "string"  },  "billing": {    "credits_charged": 0,    "records_charged": 0,    "balance_remaining": 0,    "truncated_due_to_balance": true  }}
{  "error": {    "type": "validation_error",    "message": "string",    "request_id": "string",    "issues": [      null    ],    "billing": {      "credits_required": 0,      "credits_charged": 0,      "records_charged": 0,      "balance_remaining": 0,      "truncated_due_to_balance": true    }  }}
{  "error": {    "type": "validation_error",    "message": "string",    "request_id": "string",    "issues": [      null    ],    "billing": {      "credits_required": 0,      "credits_charged": 0,      "records_charged": 0,      "balance_remaining": 0,      "truncated_due_to_balance": true    }  }}
{  "error": {    "type": "validation_error",    "message": "string",    "request_id": "string",    "issues": [      null    ],    "billing": {      "credits_required": 0,      "credits_charged": 0,      "records_charged": 0,      "balance_remaining": 0,      "truncated_due_to_balance": true    }  }}
{  "error": {    "type": "validation_error",    "message": "string",    "request_id": "string",    "issues": [      null    ],    "billing": {      "credits_required": 0,      "credits_charged": 0,      "records_charged": 0,      "balance_remaining": 0,      "truncated_due_to_balance": true    }  }}
{  "error": {    "type": "validation_error",    "message": "string",    "request_id": "string",    "issues": [      null    ],    "billing": {      "credits_required": 0,      "credits_charged": 0,      "records_charged": 0,      "balance_remaining": 0,      "truncated_due_to_balance": true    }  }}
{  "error": {    "type": "validation_error",    "message": "string",    "request_id": "string",    "issues": [      null    ],    "billing": {      "credits_required": 0,      "credits_charged": 0,      "records_charged": 0,      "balance_remaining": 0,      "truncated_due_to_balance": true    }  }}
{  "error": {    "type": "validation_error",    "message": "string",    "request_id": "string",    "issues": [      null    ],    "billing": {      "credits_required": 0,      "credits_charged": 0,      "records_charged": 0,      "balance_remaining": 0,      "truncated_due_to_balance": true    }  }}
{  "error": {    "type": "validation_error",    "message": "string",    "request_id": "string",    "issues": [      null    ],    "billing": {      "credits_required": 0,      "credits_charged": 0,      "records_charged": 0,      "balance_remaining": 0,      "truncated_due_to_balance": true    }  }}