Instagram Profile mentions
Find posts by other accounts that mention or tag a profile
Endpoint
One endpoint for every offer below. Omit provider and the router picks with automatic failover — the response's served_by tells you which one ran.
https://api.socialrouter.io/v1/extract/instagram/profile.mentionsOffers
Every offer below returns the same normalized output, in failover order — the first one serves unless you pin another with the provider field.
apify/apifyvia Apifydefault routeUp to 50 URLs per request
$0.0037per record
Parameters
JSON body of the request. Unknown fields and unknown options are rejected with the valid list, so a wrong guess costs nothing.
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
urlsRequired | string[] | One URL per record to process. Accepted shapes:https://www.instagram.com/<username> — The account being mentioned. Records are posts by other accounts.Example: https://www.instagram.com/instagramA single url string is accepted too. |
providerOptional | string | Pin one offer, e.g. apify/apify. Omit it and the router picks with failover. |
limitOptional | integer | Max records to return per URL. |
optionsOptional | object | Service-specific options, listed below. |
options.onlyPostsNewerThanOptional | YYYY-MM-DD | Only return posts published on or after this UTC date. A relative value works too — "1 day", "2 months", "3 years". |
Going further
Auth, error semantics, and every other endpoint live in the API reference — including the machine-readable OpenAPI spec at /v1/openapi.json.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Instagram profile mentions cost?
Prices start at $0.0037 per record, depending on the offer that serves the request. You are only charged for records actually returned.
Which offers serve instagram/profile.mentions?
apify/apify — 1 offer is available behind the same endpoint. Pin one with the optional "provider" field, or omit it and the router picks with automatic failover. The response's "served_by" field names the offer that ran.
What input does it need?
The "urls" field of the JSON body, as an array of strings: https://www.instagram.com/<username> — The account being mentioned. Records are posts by other accounts.. For example: https://www.instagram.com/instagram
Is the output format the same for every offer?
Yes. Every offer returns the normalized record schema documented on this page; some add extra platform-specific fields on top, but the documented fields are always present.
How many URLs can I send per request?
Up to 50 URLs in a single request, depending on the offer.
What happens if an offer fails?
SocialRouter automatically fails over to the next offer serving the same service, so a single upstream outage doesn't break your integration.
What options does it take?
onlyPostsNewerThan (string): Only return posts published on or after this UTC date. A relative value works too — "1 day", "2 months", "3 years".