# Ship Your Instagram Integration In Minutes, Not Months

Stop wrestling with Instagram Graph API. Zernio's Instagram API handles OAuth, rate limits, media hosting, and API changes - so you can focus on building your product.

No credit card required • 20 free posts/month

## Why Zernio vs. Instagram Graph API?

### Instagram Graph API Direct

- ✗ Complex OAuth 2.0 flow with Facebook Business verification
- ✗ Strict rate limits requiring careful management and backoff logic
- ✗ Media must be hosted on publicly accessible URLs before posting
- ✗ Frequent API changes require constant code updates and testing
- ✗ Separate integration needed for each social platform

### Zernio API

- ✓ Simple API key authentication - no OAuth complexity
- ✓ We handle rate limits automatically with smart queuing and retries
- ✓ Upload media directly to us - we host and optimize it for you
- ✓ Zero maintenance - we handle all API changes behind the scenes
- ✓ One integration for 15 social platforms with identical patterns

Save 4-6 weeks of development time. Ship your Instagram API integration today, not next month.

### Instagram Business Account Required

Instagram integration only works with Business accounts. Personal and Creator accounts cannot use automated posting APIs due to Instagram's restrictions.

You can convert to a Business account for free in your Instagram app settings.

## Content Types

📸 Photos  🎥 Videos  ⏱ Stories  🎠 Carousels  🎬 Reels

## How It Works

1. **Connect Your Account**  
   Link your Instagram Business account through our dashboard. One-click OAuth - we handle all the Meta permissions.

2. **Build Your Integration**  
   Use our simple REST API to schedule posts, stories, reels, or carousels. Same pattern works for all 15 platforms.

3. **We Handle the Rest**  
   Zernio publishes at your scheduled time, retries on failures, and notifies you via webhooks. You never touch Instagram's API directly.

## Features

### Ship Faster

Go from zero to posting in under 30 seconds. No Facebook app review, no Business Manager setup - just get your API key and start building.

### Official API, Zero Hassle

We use Instagram's official Business API under the hood. You get full compliance and reliability without the integration pain.

### We Handle the Hard Parts

Rate limits, token refresh, media processing, error handling - all managed for you. Focus on your product, not infrastructure.

## Code Example

Schedule an Instagram Post

```javascript
const response = await fetch('https://zernio.com/api/v1/posts', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    platforms: [{
      platform: 'instagram',
      accountId: 'your-instagram-account-id'
    }],
    content: 'Beautiful sunset at the beach! 🌅 #sunset #photography',
    mediaItems: [{
      type: 'image',
      url: 'https://your-image-url.jpg'
    }],
    scheduledFor: '2024-01-15T19:00:00Z'
  })
});

const result = await response.json();
console.log('Scheduled successfully:', result.id);
```

## Frequently Asked Questions

**Is the Instagram API free to use?**  
Instagram's Graph API is free but requires significant development investment: Facebook Business verification, OAuth flows, media hosting, and ongoing maintenance. Zernio starts at $19/mo (or free for 20 posts/month) and replaces all that build time with a single API call.

**Can I post Instagram Reels via API?**  
Yes. Upload short-form video and Zernio publishes it as a Reel with captions, hashtags, and mentions. No separate Reels endpoint to manage.

**How does Zernio handle Instagram's rate limits?**  
Zernio manages rate limits automatically with intelligent queuing and exponential backoff retries.

**Can I schedule Instagram Stories via API?**  
Yes. Set the content type to 'story' in your API call and Zernio handles format optimization and scheduling.

**Does Zernio support Instagram DMs and comments?**  
Yes. Zernio offers an Instagram Comment API and Messaging API as add-ons for reading, replying to, and moderating Instagram comments and DMs programmatically.

**Can I use Zernio's Instagram API with AI agents?**  
Yes. Zernio's MCP server gives AI agents like Claude, Cursor, and custom LLM workflows direct access to Instagram posting, scheduling, and analytics - no custom integration code needed.