At this time I launched an initial release of an API for scraping Instagram data through the Rapid API, it was the fastest model I could get to make the API available.
My intention is to provide a broader service with service to other platforms always with scraping service, since today this accomplishment has become more complex every day.
I hope to be able to update here with weekly news on the way.
Anyone who wants to know more about the Instagram Scraper API
Following up on this thread 5 years later: the space has gotten interesting again. The old scraper API model struggled because of rate limits and IP management overhead. The newer pattern worth watching is pay-per-request with no onboarding - agents or pipelines call it programmatically and pay automatically. No signup, no keys. Changes what a scraping API business looks like at the economics level. Curious if you are still building in this space.