Instagram Monitoring API: posts
1322 is one of the only third-party services offering real-time Instagram monitoring over a WebSocket API. It tracks new posts, stories, reels and carousel posts for the accounts on your tracked list, delivering events as they are detected, with the context badges Instagram exposes (Collab, Paid partnership, Pinned, Location). Unlike X (Twitter), Instagram has no public streaming API: 1322's monitoring layer runs independently of Meta's official API, so no Instagram developer credentials are needed. Delivery is over WebSocket and REST, with Discord bot, Telegram, and signed webhook options.
What 1322 monitors
- •New posts, reels, and carousel (multi-image) posts
- •Stories
- •Context badges: Collab, Paid partnership, Pinned, and Location when present
- •Captions with mentions and hashtags extracted
How it works
Real-time delivery: WebSocket stream, REST API, Discord bot embeds, Telegram bot/cards, and signed customer webhooks. Base URL https://1322.io. Filtered to the accounts on your tracked list; manage that list via REST, Discord, or the dashboard.
Example post event (trimmed)
{
"platform": "instagram",
"eventType": "post",
"handle": "example",
"content": "new drop",
"media": [{ "kind": "image", "url": "https://…" }],
"hashtags": ["drop"],
"timestamp": "2026-06-07T12:00:00Z"
}Rendered in your feed
new drop, link in bio
FAQ
What does it track?
New posts, stories, reels and carousels for the Instagram accounts on your tracked list.
How fast?
Real-time, events stream as they're detected.
Do I get stories?
Yes, story events are included.
Carousels / multi-image?
Yes, carousel posts arrive with all media items.
How do I manage tracked accounts?
Via the REST API, Discord bot, or dashboard.
How is it delivered?
WebSocket stream, REST API, Discord bot embeds, Telegram bot/cards, and signed customer webhooks.
Is there backfill?
No, it's a real-time stream, not a historical archive.