Convert an Instagram post into an image
Learn how to use the API to generate an image from an Instagram post.
How it works
To generate a screenshot of an Instagram post, you can make use of the Instagram embed API.
You can generate this code yourself by viewing an Instagram post in a web browser. Clicking the top right hamburger menu, and then “Embed”.
Example code
Copy this example, and swap out the href to create an image of any post you’d like.
![Create a screenshot of an instagram post](https://res.cloudinary.com/hcti/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,w_800/https://docs.htmlcsstoimage.com/assets/images/instagram.png)
HTML
<blockquote style = 'width:600px;' class='instagram-media' data-instgrm-version='14'>
<!-- replace this href with the link to the post -->
<a href='https://www.instagram.com/p/CWA2UbCs6x_/' ></a>
</blockquote>
<script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>
Important: set these parameters when creating the image.
- selector:
.instagram-media-rendered
- ms_delay:
1750
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