regex101: all instagram regex

Non-Capturing Group(?:https?:\/\/)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

httpthe literal text http (case sensitive)

s?optionally matches the literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case sensitive)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Non-Capturing Group(?:www.)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

wwwthe literal text www (case sensitive)

.any character (except for line terminators)

instagramthe literal text instagram (case sensitive)

.any character (except for line terminators)

comthe literal text com (case sensitive)

\/?optionally matches the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group 1([a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-]+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group 2([p]+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[p]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

pthe literal p (112₁₀ / 160₈ / 70₁₆) (case sensitive)

Group 3([reel]+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[reel]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

rthe literal r (114₁₀ / 162₈ / 72₁₆) (case sensitive)

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case sensitive)

lthe literal l (108₁₀ / 154₈ / 6C₁₆) (case sensitive)

Group 4([tv]+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[tv]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

tthe literal t (116₁₀ / 164₈ / 74₁₆) (case sensitive)

vthe literal v (118₁₀ / 166₈ / 76₁₆) (case sensitive)

Group 5([stories]+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[stories]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

sthe literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case sensitive)

tthe literal t (116₁₀ / 164₈ / 74₁₆) (case sensitive)

othe literal o (111₁₀ / 157₈ / 6F₁₆) (case sensitive)

rthe literal r (114₁₀ / 162₈ / 72₁₆) (case sensitive)

ithe literal i (105₁₀ / 151₈ / 69₁₆) (case sensitive)

ethe literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case sensitive)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group 6([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_\.]+)

Character Class[a-zA-Z0-9\-\_\.]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

\/?optionally matches the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group 7([0-9]+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[0-9]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

Search reference

Regular Expression

(?:https?:\/\/)?(?:www.)?instagram.com\/?([a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-]+)?\/([p]+)?([reel]+)?([tv]+)?([stories]+)?\/([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_\.]+)\/?([0-9]+)?

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