---
canonical: 'https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/instagram-post-screenshot/golang'
title: 'Instagram post screenshot | Example - Go (net/http)'
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/golang)

## 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 Go request (net/http)

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

```go
package main

import (
    "bytes"
    "encoding/json"
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"
    "os"
    "time"
)

func main() {
    request := map[string]any{
        "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": `
               .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;
               }
               `,
        "ms_delay": 1750,
        "render_when_ready": false,
        "selector": ".instagram-media-rendered",
    }

    body, err := json.Marshal(request)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    httpRequest, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "https://hcti.io/v1/image", bytes.NewReader(body))
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    httpRequest.SetBasicAuth(os.Getenv("HCTI_API_ID"), os.Getenv("HCTI_API_KEY"))
    httpRequest.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

    client := &http.Client{Timeout: 30 * time.Second}
    response, err := client.Do(httpRequest)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer response.Body.Close()
    responseBody, err := io.ReadAll(response.Body)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    if response.StatusCode >= http.StatusBadRequest {
        panic(fmt.Sprintf("HCTI request failed (%d): %s", response.StatusCode, responseBody))
    }

    var result struct {
        URL string `json:"url"`
    }
    if err := json.Unmarshal(responseBody, &result); err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    fmt.Println(result.URL)
}

```

## 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) — shown above
- **cURL**
  - [cURL](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/instagram-post-screenshot/curl.md)

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## Get started

- [View the full interactive page](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/instagram-post-screenshot/golang)
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- [Read the HTML/CSS to Image API documentation](https://docs.htmlcsstoimage.com/getting-started/using-the-api/)
- [View implementation examples by language](https://docs.htmlcsstoimage.com/example-code/)
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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.