---
title: "Group"
description: "Get an Instagram hashtag or location."
---

```http
GET | POST /v1/instagram/group
```

Send parameters as a query string with `GET`, or as a JSON body with `POST`. Both are equivalent.

## What to Pass

| Pass | Reads | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `hashtag` | The hashtag |  |
| `location` | The place |  |

Pass one source per call. Every identifier also takes the page URL.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `hashtag` | string |  | A hashtag: with or without #, or its page URL. |
| `include` | string list |  | Attach from the same page, at no extra cost: posts (the tag's top posts / the location's posts, ext.posts). |
| `location` | string |  | A location: numeric id or URL (…/explore/locations/<id>/). |

## Request

```bash tab="cURL"
curl "https://gateway.apinoa.com/v1/instagram/group?hashtag=travel" \
  -H "x-api-key: $APINOA_API_KEY"
```

```js tab="JavaScript"
const params = new URLSearchParams({ hashtag: "travel" });
const res = await fetch(`https://gateway.apinoa.com/v1/instagram/group?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.APINOA_API_KEY },
});
const { success, data, error } = await res.json();
```

```python tab="Python"
import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://gateway.apinoa.com/v1/instagram/group",
    params={"hashtag": "travel"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["APINOA_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
```

## Response

Returns [`Group`](/docs/api-reference/sns/response-schema#group) in `data`. A real response, shortened: arrays keep their first entries and long text is cut.

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "platform": "instagram",
    "kind": "hashtag",
    "id": "travel",
    "name": "travel",
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/travel/",
    "description": "Travel is the movement of people between different places for work, study, tourism, or personal reasons. It can be done…",
    "ext": {
      "relatedKeywords": [
        "transfer travel",
        "time travel real"
      ],
      "sourceUris": [
        "https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage",
        "https://www.gomeltourist.com/what-is-travel/"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Code | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | `INVALID_PARAMS` | A parameter is missing, unknown or out of range. The message names it. |
| 401 | `UNAUTHORIZED` | The `x-api-key` header is missing, or the key is revoked or unknown. |
| 402 | `INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE` | The balance does not cover this call. Top up in the dashboard. |
| 404 | `NOT_FOUND` | The account, post or group does not exist, or is private, deleted or age-restricted. |
| 429 | `MARKETPLACE_SATURATED` | Too many concurrent calls. Retry after the `Retry-After` seconds. |
| 502 | `UPSTREAM_ERROR` | The platform answered with something unusable. Retry with backoff. |

Every code is listed in [Errors](/docs/errors). Failed calls are not billed.

## Pricing

**Price** $0.001 per call. [List price](https://apinoa.com/en/pricing); the rate steps down above 1,000 calls a day.