POST/v1/instagram/user-about

Instagram User About API

Get extended Instagram user info — account category, contact details, and business info from $0.01/call.

Fetch extended about information for an Instagram user including account category, contact information, and business details.

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POST/v1/instagram/user-aboutig-user-about$0.01/call

Response

Example response — hit "Send Request" to see a live result

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "username": "instagram",
    "category": "Internet company",
    "contact_phone_number": "",
    "business_email": ""
  }
}

Features

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Account category

Returns the account's self-declared category (for example "Internet company"), letting you classify accounts by industry or business type at a glance.

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Contact information

Surfaces contact fields such as contact_phone_number when the account has made them public, useful for verified outreach.

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Business details

Exposes business-oriented fields like business_email so you can identify and reach professional or brand accounts.

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Extended bio data

Adds the about-level metadata that the standard profile call omits, giving you a richer picture of how an account presents itself.

Use cases

Business Intelligence

Get business category and contact details for outreach.

Account Classification

Classify accounts by their business category and type.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls.

const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/instagram/user-about', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "username": "instagram"
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Get the extended business details behind an Instagram account

The YepAPI Instagram User About API returns the about-level metadata a profile lookup leaves out — account category, public contact phone, and business email — from a single username. A POST to /v1/instagram/user-about gives outreach and classification tools the professional context they need beyond raw follower counts.

It complements the YepAPI User Profile API: profile for reach and verification, About for category and contact. Resolve usernames with the Search API first, then enrich. As with every YepAPI endpoint, one key also covers TikTok, YouTube, SEO, and AI, so building a lead-enrichment pipeline stays a single integration.

What is an Instagram User About API?

An Instagram User About API returns the extended business-facing details an account exposes about itself — its declared category, any public contact phone number, and its business email — as structured JSON. Where the standard profile call answers "how big is this account," the About call answers "what kind of account is this and how do I reach it." You send {"username": "instagram"} and receive category and contact fields you can use to classify the account or route it into an outreach workflow, without manually opening the profile and reading its contact button.

Build your own Instagram account-classification tool

Feed the About endpoint into a lead-enrichment or account-classification system: bucket creators by category, pull public business emails for partnership outreach, or tag accounts as business versus personal. Because the fields are structured, you can route accounts automatically — for instance, sending every "Internet company" with a published business_email into a CRM. Pair it with the User Profile API to combine reach metrics with this business context in one record.

Instagram User About API pricing — $0.01 per call

Each About lookup is a flat $0.01 with no minimums. Enriching a thousand accounts with category and contact data costs $10, and the spend draws from the same balance as your profile and search calls. You pay per call only, so enrichment scales linearly with no plan changes.

Contact and category data, made queryable

Instagram's official Graph API exposes business contact fields only for accounts you manage or that explicitly authorize your app. The YepAPI User About API returns the public-facing category and contact information any business account chooses to display, so you can build outreach and classification tooling against accounts outside your own portfolio — a use the official API does not support.

Try the Instagram User About API free

Sign up for $5 in free credit with no card required. That covers 500 About lookups — enough to validate your account-classification or outreach enrichment before paying.

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Frequently asked questions

Fetch extended about information for an Instagram user including account category, contact information, and business details.

Each API call costs $0.01. No monthly minimums or subscriptions — you only pay for what you use.

Sign up for a free API key, then send a POST request to /v1/instagram/user-about. Check the code example above for a ready-to-use snippet in JavaScript, cURL, or Python.

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