# HikerAPI, free, GET /a2/user: Instagram profile API

> Get user object

HikerAPI's Instagram profile API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 5 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Followers, Following, Posts.
We rank 217 plans by price. [Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 profiles: $0.15.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrappa/10-pack-starter-get-api-v2-instagram-user/llms.txt), [ScrapeCreators](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapecreators/497-pack/llms.txt) and [lobstr.io](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/lobstr-io/500-monthly/llms.txt) are the best Instagram profile API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/free-get-a2-user
- [Best Instagram profile API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://hikerapi.com/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.hikerapi.com/a2/user`
- API key: with the plan, on https://hikerapi.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.hikerapi.com/docs#/User%20Profile/user_a2_user_get
- Sold by: HikerAPI (https://hikerapi.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 45%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓
- Posts: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 profiles: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 100 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get user object

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use the Site and the Services only for lawful purposes. You may not transmit, post, store, distribute, display or present any information, software, data, file or material in violation of any applicable law or regulation. [...] You may not use the Site or the Services to: Post content or information that is obscene, hateful, threatening, defamatory, includes child pornography, or creates a risk to anyone’s privacy or safety. Promote, do or further any unlawful, misleading, discriminatory or malicious activity. Solicit personal information from anyone under 18 years of age. Transmit unsolicited commercial messages (Spam), junk mail, pyramid schemes, chain letters or similar materials or information. Upload or transmit viruses, worms or other malicious code. Violate or infringe anyone’s intellectual property rights, including copyrights, trademarks, patents and trade secrets. For instance, You may not use the Site or the Services to provide pirated or counterfeit works, information to circumvent copyright protection devices or links to such works or information or impermissibly use someone else’s copyrighted work or trademarks. Violate or infringe anyone’s privacy or publicity rights, such as impersonating another person or entity or posting images of someone without their permission. Forge or otherwise manipulate headers, tags or identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any message or transmittal that You send or receive on or through the Site or the Services. Falsely express or imply that HikerAPI sponsors, endorses or is otherwise affiliated with You or Your content. Violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation including export, intellectual property and privacy laws. Interfere with, circumvent, disable or attempt to interfere with, circumvent or disable the Site or the Services, the proper working of the Site or the Services, security features of the Site or the Services, or the equipment connected to the Site or the Services. Impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Site or HikerAPI systems or networks. Restrict or inhibit any other person from using the Site or the Services (including without limitation by hacking or defacing any portion of the Site). Create a database by downloading and storing the Content or any part thereof. Violate this Agreement or encourage or assist anyone else to violate this Agreement.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 requests
- Enough for: 100 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: username
- Method: GET
- Path: /a2/user

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, bio, name, followers, following, profile picture, profile picture HD, posts count, recent posts

## HikerAPI's plans (5)

- [HikerAPI, free, GET /a2/user](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/free-get-a2-user/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [HikerAPI, top-up from $20, Start, GET /a2/user](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/top-up-from-20-start-get-a2-user/llms.txt): $20.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [HikerAPI, top-up from $100, Standard, GET /a2/user](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/top-up-from-100-standard-get-a2-user/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [HikerAPI, top-up from $300, Business, GET /a2/user](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/top-up-from-300-business-get-a2-user/llms.txt): $0.69 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [HikerAPI, top-up from $599, Ultra, GET /a2/user](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/top-up-from-599-ultra-get-a2-user/llms.txt): $0.60 per 1,000, 45% complete, live

## HikerAPI's calls for this API (11)

- `GET /v1/user/by/url`: [HikerAPI, free, GET /v1/user/by/url](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/free-get-v1-user-by-url/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/user/by/username`: [HikerAPI, free, GET /v1/user/by/username](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/free-get-v1-user-by-username/llms.txt)
- `GET /v2/user/by/username`: [HikerAPI, free, GET /v2/user/by/username](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/free-get-v2-user-by-username/llms.txt)
- `GET /gql/user/web_profile_info`: [HikerAPI, free, GET /gql/user/web_profile_info](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/free-get-gql-user-web-profile-info/llms.txt)
- `GET /v2/userstream/by/id`: [HikerAPI, free, GET /v2/userstream/by/id](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/free-get-v2-userstream-by-id/llms.txt)
- `GET /v2/userstream/by/username`: [HikerAPI, free, GET /v2/userstream/by/username](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/free-get-v2-userstream-by-username/llms.txt)
- `GET /a2/user`: [HikerAPI, free, GET /a2/user](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/free-get-a2-user/llms.txt)
- `GET /gql/user/about`: [HikerAPI, free, GET /gql/user/about](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/free-get-gql-user-about/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/user/about`: [HikerAPI, free, GET /v1/user/about](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/free-get-v1-user-about/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/user/by/id`: [HikerAPI, free, GET /v1/user/by/id](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/free-get-v1-user-by-id/llms.txt)
- `GET /v2/user/by/id`: [HikerAPI, free, GET /v2/user/by/id](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/free-get-v2-user-by-id/llms.txt)

## HikerAPI's APIs (2)

- [HikerAPI: Instagram post API pricing, 5 plans, GET /g2/user/medias](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/hikerapi/free-get-g2-user-medias/llms.txt)
- [HikerAPI: Instagram post API pricing, 5 plans, GET /g2/user/posts](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/hikerapi/free-get-g2-user-posts/llms.txt)
- [HikerAPI: Instagram profile API pricing, 5 plans, GET /a2/user](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hikerapi/free-get-a2-user/llms.txt)

## HikerAPI: Instagram profile API alternatives

- [lobstr.io, $1,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/lobstr-io/1000-monthly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [FetchLayer, $500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/fetchlayer/500-monthly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [HasData, $2,490 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/hasdata/2490-yearly/llms.txt): $0.692 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [ScrapeCreators, $497 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapecreators/497-pack/llms.txt): $0.994 per 1,000, 73% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

- https://api.hikerapi.com/openapi.json
- https://hikerapi.com
- https://hikerapi.com/faq
- https://hikerapi.com/help/terms-of-service
- https://hikerapi.com/pricing
- https://hikerapi.com/pricing.md