Hikerapi client for Node.js

Fastest Instagram API. No login required.

Installation

npm install hikerapi

Usage

Create a token at https://hikerapi.com/tokens and copy "Access key"

const { Client } = require('hikerapi');

const cl = new Client({ token: '<ACCESS_KEY>' });

async function main() {
  // Get user info
  const user = await cl.userByUsernameV2('instagram');
  console.log(user);

  // Get user medias
  const medias = await cl.userMediasChunkV1(user.response.pk);
  console.log(medias);

  // Search users
  const users = await cl.searchUsersV1('nasa');
  console.log(users);
}

main().catch((err) => {
  console.error(err);
  process.exit(1);
});

Or set the environment variable:

export HIKERAPI_TOKEN=<ACCESS_KEY>

const { Client } = require('hikerapi');
const cl = new Client(); // reads from HIKERAPI_TOKEN

API

106 endpoints available: user info, medias, stories, highlights, followers, following, comments, likers, search, hashtags, locations, reels, and more.

Full API docs: https://hikerapi.com/docs

Run tests

npm test
HIKERAPI_TOKEN=<token> npm run test:live
HIKERAPI_TOKEN=<token> npm run test:all

npm test always runs offline unit tests and runs live smoke tests when HIKERAPI_TOKEN is set.

Requirements

Node.js 18+ (uses native fetch)

License

MIT