> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.influship.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get Instagram Post Transcripts

> Transcribe a bounded list of Instagram video posts by shortcode and return one item per requested shortcode with per-item success or error details. Successful items include the raw post-page data used for transcription.

**Note:** Batch transcription is capped at 10 shortcodes per request. API-key and OAuth calls are charged only for successful items; x402 and MPP use the advertised request price.

**Availability:** When live data is temporarily unavailable this endpoint returns `503` with `error.code: service_unavailable` in the standard error envelope. Honor `Retry-After` when present and retry with bounded backoff; you are not charged for `503` responses.

**Pricing**: 5 credits per transcript ($0.05)



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/openapi.documented.yml post /v1/raw/instagram/transcripts
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Influship API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >
    Public API for creator search, profile lookup, and campaign-fit analysis.


    ## Authentication


    Send your API key in the `X-API-Key` header on every authenticated request.


    ```bash

    curl -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key"
    https://api.influship.com/v1/creators/autocomplete?q=fitness

    ```


    ## Billing and Rate Limits


    The API uses credit-based billing and credit-based rate limits.


    - every endpoint has a credit cost

    - successful responses include `X-Credits-Charged` and `X-Credits-Features`

    - rate limits are enforced with per-minute and per-hour credit budgets

    - rate limit state is returned in the `RateLimit-*` headers


    ## Agentic Payments


    Use `https://api.influship.com/openapi.json` to discover endpoints that
    accept x402 v2 or MPP payments without an API key. It includes `402` payment
    challenges and `x-payment-info` metadata for the available payment methods.


    ## Pagination


    List endpoints use cursor pagination.


    - send `limit` to control page size

    - use `next_cursor` from the response to fetch the next page

    - stop when `has_more` is `false`


    Search has one special rule:


    - `POST /v1/search` creates a persisted search session

    - `GET /v1/search/{id}` paginates that session for free

    - free pagination is capped by the original search `limit`


    ## Errors


    Errors use a consistent shape:


    ```json

    {
      "error": {
        "code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
        "message": "Rate limit exceeded (per minute)"
      }
    }

    ```


    See each operation for exact request and response schemas.
  contact:
    name: Influship Support
    email: support@influship.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://influship.com/terms
servers:
  - url: https://api.influship.com
    description: Production
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Shortlists
    description: Private creator shortlists saved to your API account or OAuth user.
  - name: Health
    description: API health and status endpoints
  - name: Creators
    description: >-
      Retrieve creator profiles and discover new creators through search,
      autocomplete, and lookalike matching. Creators are cross-platform entities
      that may have profiles on multiple social networks.
  - name: Profiles
    description: >-
      Access individual social media profiles with detailed metrics, growth
      data, and activity information. Profiles are platform-specific accounts
      linked to creators.
  - name: Creator Emails
    description: >-
      Look up known creator email addresses by creator ID or social username.
      Empty or unresolved results are not billable.
  - name: Posts
    description: >-
      Retrieve and analyze social media posts with engagement metrics, media
      content, and performance data.
  - name: Search
    description: >-
      AI-powered semantic search to find creators using natural language
      queries. Understands intent and context to match creators based on content
      themes, audience, and style.
  - name: Live Scraping
    description: >-
      Research Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube profiles, content, metrics, and
      transcripts with live platform endpoints.
paths:
  /v1/raw/instagram/transcripts:
    post:
      tags:
        - Live Scraping
      summary: Get Instagram Post Transcripts
      description: >-
        Transcribe a bounded list of Instagram video posts by shortcode and
        return one item per requested shortcode with per-item success or error
        details. Successful items include the raw post-page data used for
        transcription.


        **Note:** Batch transcription is capped at 10 shortcodes per request.
        API-key and OAuth calls are charged only for successful items; x402 and
        MPP use the advertised request price.


        **Availability:** When live data is temporarily unavailable this
        endpoint returns `503` with `error.code: service_unavailable` in the
        standard error envelope. Honor `Retry-After` when present and retry with
        bounded backoff; you are not charged for `503` responses.


        **Pricing**: 5 credits per transcript ($0.05)
      operationId: getLiveInstagramTranscripts
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/LiveInstagramTranscriptBatchBody'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LiveInstagramTranscriptBatchResponse'
        '400':
          description: Validation error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error400'
        '401':
          description: Authentication error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error401'
        '402':
          description: >-
            Account billing requires attention, or available credits cannot
            cover this request.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiCreditError402'
        '403':
          description: Permission error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error403'
        '429':
          description: >-
            Rate limit exceeded response. Check Retry-After header for backoff
            timing. Also returned (without RateLimit-* headers) when an IP is
            temporarily blocked after repeated failed authentication attempts.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error429'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error500'
        '502':
          description: >-
            The upstream source answered, but with data this endpoint cannot
            process — for example a response schema the source has retired.
            Unlike 503 this is deterministic: the same request will keep failing
            until a fix ships, so it never carries Retry-After and retrying only
            burns credits. These are alerted on automatically.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error502'
        '503':
          description: >-
            Service temporarily unavailable. Check Retry-After when present and
            retry with bounded backoff.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error503'
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: JavaScript
          source: |-
            import Influship from 'influship';

            const client = new Influship({
              apiKey: process.env['INFLUSHIP_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
            });

            const response = await client.raw.instagram.getTranscripts({
              shortcodes: ['C0ABC123xyz', 'D1DEF456uvw'],
            });

            console.log(response.data);
components:
  schemas:
    LiveInstagramTranscriptBatchBody:
      type: object
      properties:
        shortcodes:
          minItems: 1
          maxItems: 10
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            minLength: 1
          description: Instagram video post shortcodes from /p/, /reel/, or /tv/ URLs
          example:
            - C0ABC123xyz
            - D1DEF456uvw
        language:
          description: Optional language code for transcription. Omit to auto-detect.
          example: en
          type: string
      required:
        - shortcodes
    LiveInstagramTranscriptBatchResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/InstagramTranscriptBatchResponse'
      required:
        - data
      additionalProperties: false
    Error400:
      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      description: Validation error response
      examples:
        - error:
            code: validation_error
            message: 'Invalid value for parameter ''limit'': must be between 1 and 100'
            param: limit
            request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
    Error401:
      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      description: Authentication error response
      examples:
        - error:
            code: unauthorized
            message: API key missing or invalid
            request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
    ApiCreditError402:
      anyOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error402'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorInsufficientCredits'
      description: >-
        Account billing requires attention, or available credits cannot cover
        this request.
    Error403:
      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      description: Permission error response
      examples:
        - error:
            code: forbidden
            message: Your plan does not include access to this endpoint
            request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
    Error429:
      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      description: >-
        Rate limit exceeded response. Check Retry-After header for backoff
        timing. Also returned (without RateLimit-* headers) when an IP is
        temporarily blocked after repeated failed authentication attempts.
      examples:
        - error:
            code: rate_limit_exceeded
            message: Rate limit exceeded (per minute)
            request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
        - error:
            code: rate_limit_exceeded
            message: Rate limit exceeded (per hour)
            request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001
        - error:
            code: rate_limit_exceeded
            message: Too many failed authentication attempts. Please try again later.
            request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440002
    Error500:
      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      description: Internal server error response
      examples:
        - error:
            code: internal_error
            message: An unexpected error occurred. Please try again later.
            request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
    Error502:
      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      description: >-
        The upstream source answered, but with data this endpoint cannot process
        — for example a response schema the source has retired. Unlike 503 this
        is deterministic: the same request will keep failing until a fix ships,
        so it never carries Retry-After and retrying only burns credits. These
        are alerted on automatically.
      examples:
        - error:
            code: upstream_contract_broken
            message: >-
              The upstream source returned data this endpoint cannot process.
              This is not retryable; it has been reported.
            request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
            details:
              upstream_error: upstream_contract_broken
              retryable: false
    Error503:
      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      description: >-
        Service temporarily unavailable. Check Retry-After when present and
        retry with bounded backoff.
      examples:
        - error:
            code: service_unavailable
            message: >-
              Live Instagram data is temporarily unavailable. Please retry
              shortly.
            request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
            details:
              retry_after_seconds: 60
              upstream_error: upstream_rate_limited
    InstagramTranscriptBatchResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        requested:
          type: number
        succeeded:
          type: number
        failed:
          type: number
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/InstagramTranscriptBatchItem'
        scraped_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          pattern: >-
            ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$
      required:
        - requested
        - succeeded
        - failed
        - items
        - scraped_at
      additionalProperties: false
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorCode'
              description: Machine-readable error code
            message:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable error message
              example: Request validation failed
            status_code:
              description: >-
                HTTP status code repeated for clients that consume the error
                body
              example: 402
              type: integer
              minimum: -9007199254740991
              maximum: 9007199254740991
            param:
              description: Parameter that caused the error (if applicable)
              example: query
              type: string
            request_id:
              description: >-
                Optional request ID for debugging. Read the X-Request-Id
                response header when absent.
              example: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
              type: string
            details:
              description: Structured error context (e.g., field-level validation issues)
              type: object
              propertyNames:
                type: string
              additionalProperties: {}
          required:
            - code
            - message
          additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - error
      additionalProperties: false
    Error402:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              const: payment_required
            message:
              type: string
            status_code:
              type: number
              const: 402
            reason_code:
              type: string
              enum:
                - BILLING_SUSPENDED
                - PAYMENT_FAILED
                - PAYMENT_ACTION_REQUIRED
                - DISPUTE_OPENED
                - NO_PAYMENT_METHOD
                - SUBSCRIPTION_REQUIRED
                - NO_BUNDLE_CONFIGURED
                - BUNDLE_EXHAUSTED
            next_step:
              type: string
              enum:
                - update_payment_method
                - complete_authentication
                - contact_support
                - add_payment_method
                - reconnect_connection
                - upgrade_plan
            request_id:
              type: string
            details:
              type: object
              propertyNames:
                type: string
              additionalProperties: {}
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - status_code
            - reason_code
            - next_step
          additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - error
      additionalProperties: false
      description: >-
        Payment required response. Returned when account billing or a
        subscription bundle requires attention.
      examples:
        - error:
            code: payment_required
            message: Payment authentication is required.
            status_code: 402
            reason_code: PAYMENT_ACTION_REQUIRED
            next_step: complete_authentication
            request_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
    ErrorInsufficientCredits:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              const: insufficient_credits
            message:
              type: string
            status_code:
              type: number
              const: 402
            request_id:
              type: string
            details:
              type: object
              propertyNames:
                type: string
              additionalProperties: {}
          required:
            - code
            - message
          additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - error
      additionalProperties: false
      description: >-
        Remaining credits cannot cover this request. Add a payment method to
        continue. Do not retry automatically.
      examples:
        - error:
            code: insufficient_credits
            message: >-
              Not enough credits remaining for this search. Add a payment method
              to continue.
            details:
              remaining: 10
              required: 75
              add_payment_method: true
    InstagramTranscriptBatchItem:
      oneOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/InstagramTranscriptBatchSuccessItem'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/InstagramTranscriptBatchErrorItem'
      type: object
      discriminator:
        propertyName: success
        mapping:
          'true': '#/components/schemas/InstagramTranscriptBatchSuccessItem'
          'false': '#/components/schemas/InstagramTranscriptBatchErrorItem'
    ErrorCode:
      type: string
      enum:
        - validation_error
        - invalid_parameter
        - missing_parameter
        - unauthorized
        - forbidden
        - payment_required
        - insufficient_credits
        - not_found
        - rate_limit_exceeded
        - quota_exceeded
        - internal_error
        - service_unavailable
        - upstream_contract_broken
        - database_error
        - seed_not_found
        - invalid_seeds
        - seed_resolution_failed
        - lookalike_failed
        - get_profiles_failed
        - post_analysis_failed
        - match_failed
        - scraping_failed
        - transcript_unavailable
        - transcript_not_available
        - transcription_limit_exceeded
        - transcription_unavailable
      description: Machine-readable error code for programmatic handling
      example: validation_error
    InstagramTranscriptBatchSuccessItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          const: true
        shortcode:
          type: string
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/InstagramTranscriptResponse'
      required:
        - success
        - shortcode
        - data
      additionalProperties: false
    InstagramTranscriptBatchErrorItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          const: false
        shortcode:
          type: string
        status:
          type: number
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RawScraperError'
      required:
        - success
        - shortcode
        - status
        - error
      additionalProperties: false
    InstagramTranscriptResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        shortcode:
          type: string
        post:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            shortcode:
              type: string
            owner_username:
              type: string
            display_url:
              type: string
              format: uri
            is_video:
              type: boolean
            post_type:
              type: string
              enum:
                - image
                - video
                - carousel
            like_count:
              type: number
            comment_count:
              type: number
            caption:
              type:
                - string
                - 'null'
            taken_at:
              type:
                - number
                - 'null'
            accessibility_caption:
              type:
                - string
                - 'null'
            video_url:
              type: string
              format: uri
            thumbnail_url:
              type: string
              format: uri
            view_count:
              type: number
            carousel_items:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  index:
                    type: number
                  display_url:
                    type: string
                    format: uri
                  is_video:
                    type: boolean
                  video_url:
                    type: string
                    format: uri
                  thumbnail_url:
                    type: string
                    format: uri
                required:
                  - index
                  - display_url
                  - is_video
                additionalProperties: false
            coauthor_usernames:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
            is_paid_partnership:
              type:
                - boolean
                - 'null'
            sponsor_usernames:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
            tagged_usernames:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
            product_mentions:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  product_id:
                    type:
                      - string
                      - 'null'
                  product_name:
                    type:
                      - string
                      - 'null'
                  merchant_username:
                    type:
                      - string
                      - 'null'
                additionalProperties: false
            display_resources:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  src:
                    type: string
                    format: uri
                  config_width:
                    type: number
                  config_height:
                    type: number
                required:
                  - src
                  - config_width
                  - config_height
                additionalProperties: false
            video_versions:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
                  type:
                    type: number
                  url:
                    type: string
                    format: uri
                  width:
                    type: number
                  height:
                    type: number
                required:
                  - url
                additionalProperties: false
            music_attribution:
              type:
                - object
                - 'null'
              properties:
                artist_name:
                  type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                song_name:
                  type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                audio_id:
                  type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                uses_original_audio:
                  type:
                    - boolean
                    - 'null'
                should_mute_audio:
                  type:
                    - boolean
                    - 'null'
              additionalProperties: false
            location:
              type:
                - object
                - 'null'
              properties:
                id:
                  type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                name:
                  type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                slug:
                  type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                has_public_page:
                  type:
                    - boolean
                    - 'null'
                lat:
                  type:
                    - number
                    - 'null'
                lng:
                  type:
                    - number
                    - 'null'
                address_json:
                  type:
                    - object
                    - 'null'
                  properties: {}
                  additionalProperties:
                    x-stainless-any: true
              additionalProperties: false
            is_pinned:
              type:
                - boolean
                - 'null'
            engagement_visibility:
              type:
                - object
                - 'null'
              properties:
                viewer_can_reshare:
                  type:
                    - boolean
                    - 'null'
                comments_disabled:
                  type:
                    - boolean
                    - 'null'
                like_and_view_counts_disabled:
                  type:
                    - boolean
                    - 'null'
              additionalProperties: false
          required:
            - id
            - shortcode
            - display_url
            - is_video
            - post_type
            - like_count
            - comment_count
            - caption
            - taken_at
          additionalProperties: false
        transcript:
          type: string
        full_text:
          type: string
        word_count:
          type: number
        language:
          type: string
        duration_seconds:
          type: number
        scraped_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          pattern: >-
            ^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$
      required:
        - shortcode
        - transcript
        - full_text
        - word_count
        - language
        - scraped_at
      additionalProperties: false
    RawScraperError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          enum:
            - not_found
            - private
            - rate_limited
            - blocked
            - invalid_input
            - timeout
            - upstream_unavailable
            - upstream_contract_broken
            - unknown
        message:
          type: string
        username:
          type: string
        retry_after:
          type: number
      required:
        - error
        - message
      additionalProperties: false
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key

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