Instagram Location API

Returns an Instagram location (a venue, landmark, neighborhood or city) with its address, coordinates and exact post count, from its link or ID. You also get its name, category, phone, price range, the business account linked to it, and the pictures of its top posts.

GET /v1/instagram/place

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21 typed fields null when unknown
url is all it needs, e.g. https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/767/the-standard-high-line/
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$ npm install socialtap

url = https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/767/the-standard-high-line/

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GET /v1/instagram/placeTry in

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  url: "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/767/the-standard-high-line/",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/place?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/place",
    params={"url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/767/the-standard-high-line/"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, meta = body["data"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/place")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/767/the-standard-high-line/')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]

<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'url' => 'https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/767/the-standard-high-line/',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/place?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
    throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("url", "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/767/the-standard-high-line/")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/place?"+q.Encode(), nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	var body struct {
		Data  json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
		Meta  map[string]any  `json:"meta"`
		Error *struct {
			Code    string `json:"code"`
			Message string `json:"message"`
		} `json:"error"`
	}
	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if body.Error != nil {
		log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}

curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/place' \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/767/the-standard-high-line/' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "account": {
      "avatar_url": "https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/417936216_918658966510990_5379268959704848506_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&_nc_cat=106&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&efg=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCRUBBED&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ss=7b6…",
      "display_name": null,
      "id": "47087041514",
      "is_verified": null,
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/thestandardhighline/",
      "username": "thestandardhighline"
    },
    "address": "848 Washington St",
    "approximate_fields": [],
    "category": "Hotel",
    "city": null,
    "country_code": null,
    "description": null,
    "id": "767",
    "images": [
      {
        "alt_text": null,
        "duration_ms": null,
        "expires_at": "2026-10-25T18:00:00Z",
        "height": 1316,
        "thumbnail_url": null,
        "type": "image",
        "url": "https://scontent-atl3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/626497919_18559351216038401_9086769333717288659_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ig_cache_key=MzgyNDQ5MDk0NTA5MzU3MTQwMw%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&efg=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCRUBBED&_nc_zt=…",
        "width": 1054
      },
      {
        "alt_text": null,
        "duration_ms": null,
        "expires_at": "2026-10-25T18:00:00Z",
        "height": 1857,
        "thumbnail_url": null,
        "type": "image",
        "url": "https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/642488693_18567012523003117_6640451626097873011_n.heic?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=100&ig_cache_key=Mzg0MjYzMTIxMDMyMTkxNzY5Mg%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&efg=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCRUBBED&_nc_zt…",
        "width": 1440
      },
      {
        "alt_text": null,
        "duration_ms": null,
        "expires_at": "2026-10-25T18:00:00Z",
        "height": 1920,
        "thumbnail_url": null,
        "type": "image",
        "url": "https://scontent-atl3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/670885119_18577030669049130_8283354781476415204_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=102&ig_cache_key=Mzg4MDMzMDQyNTkyNzg0NTc0Nw%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&efg=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCRUBBED&_nc_zt=…",
        "width": 1440
      }
    ],
    "latitude": 40.74061,
    "longitude": -74.00791,
    "metrics": {
      "image_count": null,
      "post_count": 195474,
      "review_count": null
    },
    "name": "The Standard, High Line",
    "phone": null,
    "platform": "instagram",
    "platform_specific": {
      "instagram": {
        "facebook_place_id": null
      }
    },
    "postal_code": "10014",
    "price_range": 3,
    "type": "venue",
    "unknown_fields": [],
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/767/the-standard-high-line/",
    "website_url": null
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "instagram",
    "source": "page",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 953,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "place",
      "id": "767",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/767/the-standard-high-line/"
    },
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY

const res = await client.instagram.place.get({ url: "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/767/the-standard-high-line/" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String query = "url=" + encode("https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/767/the-standard-high-line/");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/place?" + query))
            .header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
            .GET()
            .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        // An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
        if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }

    static String encode(String value) {
        return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }
}

using System.Text.Json;

using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));

var query = string.Join("&",
    "url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/767/the-standard-high-line/"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/place?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
    throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));

// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
        .get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/place")
        .query(&[("url", "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/767/the-standard-high-line/")])
        .header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
        .send()?;
    let ok = res.status().is_success();
    let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
    if !ok {
        return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
    }
    println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
    Ok(())
}

200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/placeLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 2 platforms.

The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.

Null means unknown
A field Instagram doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
An Instagram location link (instagram.com/explore/locations/212988663/new-york-new-york/, as a post's location tag opens it; any name or tab after the ID) or the location's numeric ID (the number in that link).
Write one parser
Instagram and Facebook Marketplace answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Platform ID (tiktok, instagram, …).
idstring: Platform-native place ID (TikTok POI ID, Instagram location ID, Facebook Page ID).
namestring: Place name as the platform shows it.
urlstring: Canonical place page URL.
typestring: Coarse kind: venue for one spot (a business, landmark or address), area for a region (a neighborhood, city, state or country); unknown when the platform does not say. New values may be added; treat unknown values as unknown.
categorystring: The platform's category label (Cafe, City, Pizza Fast Food), as shown; not normalized across platforms.
descriptionstring: The place's description or about text; null when none is shown.
addressstring: Address as the platform shows it: a street line on some platforms, the whole postal address or only the enclosing region on others; not normalized.

What teams build with the Instagram Location API.

Enrich a post's geotag with address and category
Find the Instagram account behind a venue
Track posts tagged at a venue over time

Good to know before you build.

post_count is Instagram's exact count of posts tagged at the location, null for the few locations it shows no count for.
images are the covers of the location's top posts, signed links that expire at expires_at.
description, website_url, country_code and platform_specific.instagram.facebook_place_id are null: Instagram doesn't show them logged out.
account is the business account linked to the location, without display name or badge. The Instagram Profile API returns those.

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