> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://tryklint.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> ## Agent Instructions
> Fetch /llms.txt for the complete page index before exploring further. Every docs page is available as markdown by appending .md to its URL. Coding agents should start at /for-agents/coding-agents.md.

# Get an account

> Read one account: current profile facts, counters, and publishing interpretation.

Returns the same fixed account representation as [Search accounts](/docs/api-reference/instagram/search-accounts): profile facts, public counters, and bounded publishing interpretation.

| Parameter | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id`      | Klint account ID (`ig_account_…`, e.g. from a result's `author.id`) **or** the account handle, with or without a leading `@`. A handle resolves to its current holder in what Klint tracks and is not durable. Key on `id`. See [Extract](/docs/instagram/extract). <span />{/* OPEN: conditional requests are frozen with the OpenAPI contract. */} |

```bash theme={null}
curl "https://api.tryklint.ai/v1/instagram/accounts/ig_account_01j2k9m4q7" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KLINT_API_KEY"
```

<Accordion title="200 response">
  ```json theme={null}
  {
    "id": "ig_account_01j2k9m4q7",
    "handle": "mayamoveswell",
    "display_name": "Maya | Family Wellness",
    "web_url": "https://www.instagram.com/mayamoveswell/",
    "avatar_url": "https://media.tryklint.ai/accounts/ig_account_01j2k9m4q7/avatar",
    "biography": "Sporty stay-at-home mom sharing practical kids gut-health and family-wellness tips. Spokane, WA.",
    "bio_links": [
      {
        "url": "https://mayamoveswell.example/resources",
        "title": "Free family wellness guides"
      }
    ],
    "account_type": "creator",
    "category_label": "Health/beauty",
    "declared_locations": [
      {
        "country_code": "US",
        "region_code": "US-WA",
        "locality": "Spokane"
      }
    ],
    "is_verified": false,
    "is_private": false,
    "followers_count": 24300,
    "following_count": 684,
    "posts_count": 418,
    "publishing_summary": "Shares practical family-wellness education through at-home fitness routines, simple meal preparation, and recurring explanations of children's gut health.",
    "publishing_languages": ["en"],
    "niches": ["family_wellness", "gut_health", "home_fitness"],
    "observed_at": "2026-07-15T15:40:00Z"
  }
  ```
</Accordion>

## Behavior worth knowing

* Use this operation to dereference an embedded seven-field author summary. This is the intended way to get biography, counters, niches, and freshness.
* A confirmed-private account may still return its current public profile facts with `is_private: true`. Every post-derived publishing field is then `null`.
* A fully unobservable, deactivated, or deleted account returns a problem object rather than a frozen snapshot.

Field semantics and the two-truths model: [reading the results](/docs/instagram/search/accounts-search#reading-the-results). Errors: [full catalog](/docs/api-reference/errors).