Children

Updated: Aug 12, 2026

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Represents a collection of IG Media objects on an album IG Media.

The media_url field is omitted for video media that contains copyrighted or licensed audio, including audio added from the Instagram audio library, or that has been flagged for a copyright violation. This applies to all video media, including media the app user owns. It is also omitted for reels whose owner has turned off reel downloads, on requests that read another user’s media: business discovery, tags, mentions, hashtag search, and collaborative media. That condition is evaluated against the reel’s owner, so it can apply to a reel the app user co-authored. All other fields are returned as normal. See IG Media for details.

Requirements

	Instagram AP with Instagram Loging	Instagram API with Facebook Login
Access Tokens	Instagram User user access token	Facebook User access token
Host URL	`graph.instagram.com`	`graph.facebook.com`
Login Type	Business Login for Instagram	Facebook Login for Business
Permissions	`instagram_business_basic`	`instagram_basic` `pages_read_engagement` If the app user was granted a role via the Business Manager on the Page connected to the targeted IG User, you will also need one of: `ads_management` `ads_read`

Creating

This operation is not supported.

Reading

Getting Child Media Objects

GET /<IG_MEDIA_ID>/children

Returns a list of IG Media objects on an album IG Media object.

Limitations

Some fields, such as permalink, cannot be used on photos within albums (children).

Sample Request

GET graph.facebook.com
  /17896450804038745/children

Sample Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "17880997618081620"
    },
    {
      "id": "17871527143187462"
    }
  ]
}

Updating

This operation is not supported.

Deleting

This operation is not supported.