Trending Reels

Immutable Catalog Entry

This descriptor comes from the active versioned Portal catalog.

READscrape-creators.scrape_creators_instagram_get_v1_instagram_reels_trending

• Contract tier: legacy
• Risk: read
• Catalog version: scrape-creators-2026.07.12.1
• Descriptor hash: 7c1e7502fa1afc701bf19dbcd388a164a98d2c256e50ce1ba687541f5d8d1c97

Use this when you need ScrapeCreators Instagram data from GET /v1/instagram/reels/trending for Trending Reels. Fetches trending reels from Instagram's public instagram.com/reels page. Instagram only gives a small batch at a time and the results can overlap, so call this endpoint over and over when you want more. Each call should return new-ish results, but expect some duplicates because that is how Instagram's reels page behaves too. Returns reels, an array of reel objects with shortcode, URL, caption, media URLs, engagement counts when Instagram exposes them, and user info. Returns the ScrapeCreators response in the standard MCP envelope with ok/data/error/meta. This is read-only. Requires the portal grant header and a ScrapeCreators BYOK API key.

Request Body

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "scrape-creators-scrape-creators-instagram-get-v1-instagram-reels-trending-example",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "scrape-creators.scrape_creators_instagram_get_v1_instagram_reels_trending",
    "arguments": {
      "body": "",
      "params": "",
      "compact": "",
      "max_items": "",
      "include_raw": false,
      "path_params": "",
      "cache_ttl_seconds": "",
      "confirm_high_cost": false
    }
  }
}

Arguments Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "body": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": true
        },
        {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {}
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "title": "Body",
      "default": null,
      "description": "JSON request body for provider endpoints that accept one."
    },
    "params": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": true
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "title": "Params",
      "default": null,
      "description": "Optional advanced query parameter object. Prefer the documented top-level parameters when available."
    },
    "compact": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "title": "Compact",
      "default": null,
      "description": "When true, trims large list payloads before returning them to the agent."
    },
    "max_items": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "title": "Max Items",
      "default": null,
      "description": "Maximum number of list items to return when compacting provider responses."
    },
    "include_raw": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "title": "Include Raw",
      "default": false,
      "description": "When true, returns both compact normalized data and the raw provider payload; this can be large."
    },
    "path_params": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": true
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "title": "Path Params",
      "default": null,
      "description": "Path template values for endpoints that expose path placeholders."
    },
    "cache_ttl_seconds": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "title": "Cache Ttl Seconds",
      "default": null,
      "description": "Optional cache lifetime for idempotent GET requests."
    },
    "confirm_high_cost": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "title": "Confirm High Cost",
      "default": false,
      "description": "Set true only when intentionally running a high-credit or write-intent request."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "ok",
    "data",
    "error",
    "meta"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "ok": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the local or provider operation completed successfully."
    },
    "data": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": true
        },
        {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {}
        },
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "number"
        },
        {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "Bounded operation result when ok is true."
    },
    "meta": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Safe request, pagination, cache, and timing metadata.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "error": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": true
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "Safe structured error when ok is false."
    }
  },
  "description": "Scrape Creators MCP normalized response envelope.",
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Code Examples

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://portal.madpanda3d.com/api/mcp' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer mad_live_***' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "scrape-creators-scrape-creators-instagram-get-v1-instagram-reels-trending-example",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "scrape-creators.scrape_creators_instagram_get_v1_instagram_reels_trending",
    "arguments": {
      "body": "",
      "params": "",
      "compact": "",
      "max_items": "",
      "include_raw": false,
      "path_params": "",
      "cache_ttl_seconds": "",
      "confirm_high_cost": false
    }
  }
}'

Node.js

const response = await fetch('https://portal.madpanda3d.com/api/mcp', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer mad_live_***',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "scrape-creators-scrape-creators-instagram-get-v1-instagram-reels-trending-example",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "scrape-creators.scrape_creators_instagram_get_v1_instagram_reels_trending",
    "arguments": {
      "body": "",
      "params": "",
      "compact": "",
      "max_items": "",
      "include_raw": false,
      "path_params": "",
      "cache_ttl_seconds": "",
      "confirm_high_cost": false
    }
  }
}),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

url = 'https://portal.madpanda3d.com/api/mcp'
headers = {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer mad_live_***',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
}
payload = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "scrape-creators-scrape-creators-instagram-get-v1-instagram-reels-trending-example",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "scrape-creators.scrape_creators_instagram_get_v1_instagram_reels_trending",
    "arguments": {
      "body": "",
      "params": "",
      "compact": "",
      "max_items": "",
      "include_raw": false,
      "path_params": "",
      "cache_ttl_seconds": "",
      "confirm_high_cost": false
    }
  }
}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload, timeout=60)
print(response.json())

Example Responses

200 Success

{
  "ok": true,
  "message": "Tool scrape-creators.scrape_creators_instagram_get_v1_instagram_reels_trending executed successfully.",
  "note": "Response shape varies by MCP tool. Inspect live responses for exact fields."
}

502 Upstream Error

{
  "ok": false,
  "classification": "upstream_http_error",
  "message": "Upstream MCP returned a non-success status."
}