# Post and Reel Transcripts

Transcribe speech in public Instagram posts and reels.

by Instagram Ready to run $0.0027 per request · $0.27 per 100 requests

## Example

### You ask your agent

“Get the transcript of this Instagram reel: instagram.com/reel/DHsD6HGqJhp”

### You get

**Format:** text

**Transcript:** Let's fry up the perfect Banh Xeo. Beautiful. Everybody. The perfect Banh Xeo. \[…\]

**What your agent sends and gets back (JSON)**

Your agent works out the exact inputs, such as IDs, dates and settings, from what you ask.

### Request

```
{
  "tool_id": "instagram.media-transcript",
  "input": {
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHsD6HGqJhp/"
  }
}
```

### Response

```
{
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHsD6HGqJhp",
  "cached_at": null,
  "transcripts": [
    {
      "id": "3597267389859272809",
      "format": "text",
      "source": "ai",
      "language": null,
      "shortcode": "DHsD6HGqJhp",
      "transcript": "Let's fry up the perfect Banh Xeo. Beautiful. Everybody. The perfect Banh Xeo. […]",
      "duration_seconds": null
    }
  ],
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-20T15:06:33.153Z",
  "duration_seconds": 59.178,
  "requested_language": null,
  "unavailable_transcripts": 0
}
```

## Use it with your agent

Copy the prompt and paste it into your agent, then tell it what you need.

Read https://scrollport.com/start. Use my existing Scrollport connection, or help me connect if needed. Help me use Post and Reel Transcripts (tool ID: instagram.media-transcript). Ask me for the details you need, then show me the result.

Provider access is included. If your agent isn't connected to Scrollport yet, it will help you set that up.

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## Questions

**Is Post and Reel Transcripts by Instagram free?**

Scrollport has no free tier: it costs $0.0027 per request ($0.27 per 100 requests), paid per use from a prepaid wallet with no subscription. Connecting your first agent adds $1 of trial credit, so you can try it before adding funds.

**Do I need an API key from Instagram?**

No. Your agent runs it through your Scrollport connection (MCP, the Scrollport CLI or the HTTP API), and Scrollport handles access to Instagram, so you don't sign up with Instagram or manage an API key.

## Details

**About this tool**

Return AI transcripts for a public Instagram post or reel, preserving video identities in carousels and reporting entries without speech. Each video supports up to 120 seconds. No usable transcript fails without a customer charge. Optional cache age permits a dated cached result; a cache hit is not guaranteed and completed requests cost the quoted price. Long AI is unavailable. AI can mishear words; check important quotations against the video. The worked example displays a short excerpt marked \[…\]; runs return the full available text.

**All inputs and outputs**

### Input

`cache_max_age` string · optional

Optional maximum age of an acceptable cached transcript; omission requests fresh data.

enum: 1d, 3d, 7d, 14d, 30d

`url` string · required

Full public https://www.instagram.com/reel/SHORTCODE/ or /p/SHORTCODE/ URL.

format: uri · maxLength: 1024

### Output

`cached_at` null

`duration_seconds` number

Length of the media in seconds.

`requested_language` null

`retrieved_at` string

When the data was retrieved.

`transcripts` array

`unavailable_transcripts` number

`url` string

URL of the record.

**Errors and limits**

- `invalid_input`: The route input was invalid or outside its public-read bounds.example: {"url":"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHsD6HGqJhp/"}
- `upstream_error`: No usable transcript could be delivered. The wallet was not charged.Use a public video with audible speech up to two minutes. Private posts, silent videos and longer AI transcription are unsupported.

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Canonical page: https://scrollport.com/tools/providers/instagram/media-transcript