---
title: "Scrape Creators API / Reels"
description: "ScrapeCreators tool scrapecreators-instagram-user-reels on looot: input fields, $0.00188 per call, output shape, and code to run it with curl, JavaScript or Python."
sidebar:
  hidden: true
---

{/* Generated by scripts/generate-api-reference.mjs from data/api-reference.json. Do not edit. */}

Returns a paginated list of a user's public Instagram reels (short-form videos). Each reel includes its shortcode, play count, like count, comment count, video versions with download URLs, thumbnail image, owner info, and the published time in `items[].media.created_at` as an ISO 8601 UTC date. With `trim=true`, use `items[].created_at`. The original Unix timestamp remains available as `taken_at`. Note that reel captions are not returned by this endpoint. Play counts are Instagram-only views and exclude cross-posted Facebook views. Supports cursor-based pagination via max_id; providing a user_id instead of a handle yields faster responses. Send one of: user_id, handle.

- **Tool id:** `scrapecreators-instagram-user-reels`
- **Provider:** [ScrapeCreators](/providers/scrapecreators)
- **Job:** [List an Instagram account's reels](/reference/jobs/instagram-user-reels) (`instagram.user.reels`)
- **Price:** $0.00188 per call. A call that fails at the provider costs $0.

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | string | no |   |
| `max_id` | string | no |   |
| `trim` | boolean | no | Example: "false" |
| `user_id` | string | no |   |

## Output

Shape of the run's `result`, the expected shape, not yet checked against real answers:

```txt
{ items: unknown[], status, success, paging_info: { more_available }, credits_charged, credits_remaining }
```

## Run it

Every call needs your API token in `LOOOT_TOKEN`; [Sign in](/get-started/sign-in#use-the-token-in-scripts-and-agents) shows how to get one. Each run also needs a new idempotency key, so a retry never pays twice. With `wait: 30` the answer comes back inline when the run ends within 30 seconds. Otherwise you get the running run back: poll `GET /v1/runs/<runId>`.

Example input with placeholder values:

<CodeGroup>

```bash curl
curl -X POST "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOOOT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{"endpointId":"scrapecreators-instagram-user-reels","input":{"trim":"false","handle":"<handle>","user_id":"<user_id>"},"wait":30}'
```

```js JavaScript
const response = await fetch("https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.LOOOT_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    endpointId: "scrapecreators-instagram-user-reels",
    input: {
      trim: "false",
      handle: "<handle>",
      user_id: "<user_id>",
    },
    wait: 30,
  }),
});
const run = await response.json();
console.log(run.status, run.result);
```

```python Python
import os
import uuid

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['LOOOT_TOKEN']}",
        "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),
    },
    json={
        "endpointId": "scrapecreators-instagram-user-reels",
        "input": {
            "trim": "false",
            "handle": "<handle>",
            "user_id": "<user_id>",
        },
        "wait": 30,
    },
    timeout=90,
)
run = response.json()
print(run["status"], run.get("result"))
```

</CodeGroup>

To let looot pick among every provider of this job instead, send `job:instagram.user.reels` as `endpointId`; see [the job page](/reference/jobs/instagram-user-reels).