---
canonical: 'https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/instagram-post-screenshot/curl'
title: 'Instagram post screenshot | Example - cURL (cURL)'
description: 'Screenshot an Instagram post'
---

# Instagram post screenshot

Screenshot an Instagram post

With this example you can set up automation for generating screenshots of Instagram posts.

Swap out the link in the HTML with a public Instagram post and it will generate an image of the post.

Take notice of the parameters that are set: `ms_delay` is set to **1750** and `selector` is set to **.instagram-media-rendered**. This gives the image enough time to render and crops it properly for you.

This is a working HTML/CSS to Image API example that produces an image.
The rendered output, source, and non-content request parameters below show the parts needed to reproduce or adapt it.

## Rendered image and interactive editor

- [Open the rendered image](<https://hcti.io/v1/image/2e2c477c-a35d-459c-8998-f723ac78f4b3>)
- [Open the interactive example](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/instagram-post-screenshot/curl)

## HTML

```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>
```

## CSS

```css
.tweet-text {
  background-color: #fff2ac;
  background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #ffe359 0%, #fff2ac 100%);
  font-weight: bolder;
  font-size: 32px;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  padding: 4px;
}
```

## Request parameters

These are the additional non-content parameters used by the example. Combine them with the HTML and CSS above when constructing an API request.

```json
{
  "ms_delay": 1750,
  "render_when_ready": false,
  "selector": ".instagram-media-rendered"
}
```

## Complete cURL request (cURL)

This is the complete cURL request for this example using cURL. It includes the HTML, CSS, authentication setup, API options, and response handling needed to reproduce the output.

```bash
curl --fail-with-body --request POST 'https://hcti.io/v1/image' \
  --user "$HCTI_API_ID:$HCTI_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode '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>' \
  --data-urlencode 'css=.tweet-text {
  background-color: #fff2ac;
  background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #ffe359 0%, #fff2ac 100%);
  font-weight: bolder;
  font-size: 32px;
  font-family: '\''Roboto'\'', sans-serif;
  padding: 4px;
}' \
  --data-urlencode 'ms_delay=1750' \
  --data-urlencode 'render_when_ready=false' \
  --data-urlencode 'selector=.instagram-media-rendered'

```

## Other languages and request formats

Open one of these Markdown pages to view the same example as a complete request in another language or client format.

- **TypeScript**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/instagram-post-screenshot/typescript-client.md)
  - [fetch](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/instagram-post-screenshot/typescript.md)
- **C#**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/instagram-post-screenshot/csharp-client.md)
  - [HttpClient](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/instagram-post-screenshot/csharp.md)
- **Python**
  - [requests](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/instagram-post-screenshot/python.md)
- **PHP**
  - [cURL](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/instagram-post-screenshot/php.md)
- **Ruby**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/instagram-post-screenshot/ruby-client.md)
  - [Net::HTTP](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/instagram-post-screenshot/ruby.md)
- **Go**
  - [net/http](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/instagram-post-screenshot/golang.md)
- **cURL**
  - [cURL](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/instagram-post-screenshot/curl.md) — shown above

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Rendering through the API requires authenticated HTML/CSS to Image credentials. Keep API keys in trusted server-side configuration. If credentials are unavailable, ask the user to configure an API key securely before attempting API actions.