Instagram Downloader

Download Instagram photos, videos, reels, IGTV and carousel posts in bulk. Paste one or more Instagram links and get a ready-to-use download link for every piece of media, plus the direct CDN media URL, a poster thumbnail, the media type and how many items the post contains — one tidy row per URL, ready to export as JSON, CSV or Excel.

This is the cheap, no-nonsense way to save Instagram media at scale for content creators, editors, marketers, researchers, social-media managers and anyone building an automated media pipeline.

Why use this Instagram downloader

• 🖼️ Photos, videos, reels, IGTV & carousels — one tool for every kind of public Instagram post.
• 🔗 Ready download links + direct media URLs — each result gives you a reliable download link and the direct media URL, so you can grab the file however you like.
• 🎠 Full carousels — multi-image and multi-video carousel posts come back with every slide, not just the first.
• 🖼️ Poster thumbnail — every post includes a thumbnail image URL for quick previews and galleries.
• 🏷️ Clean structure — media type (image / video / carousel), media count, shortcode and a canonical post URL on every row.
• 📦 Bulk in one run — drop in a whole list of URLs and get one clean record per post.
• 💸 Cheapest per-item pricing — pay only for the posts you actually process, with volume discounts as you scale.
• 🧩 Built for automation — feed URLs from a spreadsheet, Make or n8n and get structured records with direct download links back.
• 📤 Export anywhere — JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull straight from the dataset into your own tools.

What you get

Each Instagram URL is one dataset record like this:

{
  "source": "instagram",
  "inputUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/BsOGulcndj-/",
  "shortcode": "BsOGulcndj-",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/BsOGulcndj-/",
  "mediaType": "image",
  "downloadUrls": [
    "https://.../download-link-for-the-media"
  ],
  "directUrls": [
    "https://.../direct-media-file.jpg"
  ],
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://.../thumbnail.jpg",
  "mediaCount": 1,
  "status": "ready"
}

For a reel or video post, mediaType is video and the links point to an MP4. For a carousel, mediaType is carousel and downloadUrls / directUrls contain one entry per slide, with mediaCount telling you how many.

Input

Give the downloader a list of Instagram URLs. That's it.

{
  "postUrls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/p/BsOGulcndj-/",
    "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPFAEX3jLzJ/"
  ],
  "maxItems": 0
}

Input options

Supported link formats

All of these work, with or without www and with or without a query string:

• https://www.instagram.com/p/{shortcode}/ — photo and carousel posts
• https://www.instagram.com/reel/{shortcode}/ and /reels/{shortcode}/ — reels
• https://www.instagram.com/tv/{shortcode}/ — IGTV
• https://instagr.am/p/{shortcode}/ — short domain

Output

Every run writes a dataset with one row per URL. Use the Overview table in the app, or export to JSON, CSV or Excel from the Storage tab. Key fields:

Every URL always produces exactly one record — even when a post can't be resolved — so your output stays aligned with your input list.

Common use cases

• 📥 Back up your own content — archive your photos, reels and carousels in full resolution.
• 🎬 Content repurposing — pull reels and videos to re-edit or reshare across platforms.
• 📊 Research & analysis — collect media at scale for datasets, moderation or trend studies.
• 🗂️ Media libraries — build a searchable library of posts with thumbnails and direct links.
• 🤖 Automated pipelines — wire it into Make, n8n or your own scripts and download in bulk.

Tips

• Provide clean public post URLs. Private, deleted or story-only URLs may return status: "failed".
• Download links are time-limited — fetch the files soon after the run.
• For very large lists, set maxItems to cap a run, or split your URLs across runs.

FAQ

Which posts can I download? Public photos, videos, reels, IGTV and carousels. Private or removed posts can't be retrieved and come back as status: "failed".

Do carousels return every image? Yes — downloadUrls and directUrls contain one entry per slide, and mediaCount tells you how many.

Do I need a proxy? No. The downloader runs fine on a direct connection. A proxy option is available if you specifically want one.

What formats can I export? JSON, CSV or Excel — or read the dataset directly through the API.

How much does it cost? You pay a small, flat price per URL processed, with automatic volume discounts as you scale — one of the cheapest ways to download Instagram media in bulk.

You pay only for what the run returns. Set a maximum cost per run and it stops cleanly at that limit.