{
  "date": "2026-10-31",
  "method": "Actual execution of the same local URL-preflight module used by this page. Three accepted link shapes and seven rejected shapes. No media retrieval or ASR was run for these constructed cases; acceptance is not proof a post exists or is public.",
  "results": [
    {
      "name": "Reel with tracking parameters",
      "input": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXZz_ZDDT0h/?igsh=sample#section",
      "expected": "FORMAT_OK",
      "note": "The Reel path remains; the query and fragment are omitted. This check alone does not retrieve media.",
      "actual": {
        "ok": true,
        "code": "FORMAT_OK",
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXZz_ZDDT0h/",
        "message": "Link format accepted. Public access, video type and spoken audio are checked only after you generate. Tracking parameters and fragments are omitted."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Video-post link shape",
      "input": "https://instagram.com/p/Example12345/",
      "expected": "FORMAT_OK",
      "note": "The path is accepted as a post candidate. A syntactically valid post can still be a photo, private, deleted, or inaccessible.",
      "actual": {
        "ok": true,
        "code": "FORMAT_OK",
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/Example12345/",
        "message": "Link format accepted. Public access, video type and spoken audio are checked only after you generate. Tracking parameters and fragments are omitted."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Mobile Reels link shape",
      "input": "https://m.instagram.com/reels/Example12345/",
      "expected": "FORMAT_OK",
      "note": "The hostname becomes www.instagram.com; the supported Reels path and identifier remain. This constructed identifier is not claimed to exist.",
      "actual": {
        "ok": true,
        "code": "FORMAT_OK",
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/Example12345/",
        "message": "Link format accepted. Public access, video type and spoken audio are checked only after you generate. Tracking parameters and fragments are omitted."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Empty field",
      "input": "",
      "expected": "EMPTY",
      "note": "The generator asks for a full individual-video link. It does not begin a transcription attempt.",
      "actual": {
        "ok": false,
        "code": "EMPTY",
        "message": "Paste one full public Instagram Reel or video-post link."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Profile instead of a post",
      "input": "https://www.instagram.com/sample_profile/",
      "expected": "PROFILE",
      "note": "A profile is not one video. The message asks the visitor to open a specific Reel or post before trying again.",
      "actual": {
        "ok": false,
        "code": "PROFILE",
        "message": "This is a profile link. Open the individual Reel or video post and copy its link."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Story link",
      "input": "https://www.instagram.com/stories/sample_profile/1234567890/",
      "expected": "STORY",
      "note": "Stories are outside this generator’s supported scope. The page names that restriction before a media request begins.",
      "actual": {
        "ok": false,
        "code": "STORY",
        "message": "Stories are not supported here. Copy a public Reel or single-video post link instead."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Look-alike external hostname",
      "input": "https://instagram.com.example.org/reel/Example12345/",
      "expected": "HOST",
      "note": "The hostname is not Instagram. Matching a word inside another hostname is not enough to accept a link.",
      "actual": {
        "ok": false,
        "code": "HOST",
        "message": "Use a direct instagram.com link, not another website or a redirect service."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "HTTP instead of HTTPS",
      "input": "http://www.instagram.com/reel/Example12345/",
      "expected": "HTTPS_REQUIRED",
      "note": "The visitor is asked for the HTTPS link. The page does not quietly follow an insecure or redirected version.",
      "actual": {
        "ok": false,
        "code": "HTTPS_REQUIRED",
        "message": "Use an HTTPS Instagram link. No request was started."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Missing post identifier",
      "input": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/",
      "expected": "MISSING_ID",
      "note": "The Reel path has no identifier. The visitor gets a specific request to copy the entire link.",
      "actual": {
        "ok": false,
        "code": "MISSING_ID",
        "message": "The post identifier is missing. Copy the complete link to the individual video."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Extra embed path",
      "input": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/Example12345/embed/",
      "expected": "PATH",
      "note": "The embed suffix is not an accepted input shape here. The visitor is directed to the regular video link rather than receiving a generic failure.",
      "actual": {
        "ok": false,
        "code": "PATH",
        "message": "This link shape is not supported. Use a direct /reel/ID/ or /p/ID/ video link."
      }
    }
  ]
}