Instagram API

Instagram Reels search API

Search Instagram Reels by keyword against Instagram's own reels search and get matching reels with view, like and comment counts, caption, creator and duration. Results are relevance-ranked, not chronological. We remove overlap with recent pages, but older reels may reappear during a long search. nextCursor is null when a page contains only reels seen in recent pages. For a web-search-index view of the same keyword, with a recency filter and numbered pages, use instagram.web_reels_search.

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What the API returnedreels[0]
{
"shortcode": "Cx4Wj2rNqKp",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx4Wj2rNqKp/",
"caption": "Our first collab is finally here 🤝 Two creators, one kitchen, zero rules",
"thumbnail": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/collab_reel_1_cover.jpg",
"views": 2140000,
"likes": 96500,
"comments": 1284,
"durationSeconds": 41.5,
... 22 more fields
}
Uptime
99.97%
30d · 153,959 calls
Requests
154,017
30d · weekly, last 12 wks
Response
5.2s
median · 30d

Pricing and providers

Instagram Reels search API pricing: one API, 3 interchangeable providers

The cheapest provider serves first. If it fails, the next one takes over in the same call.

You pay
$11.00
$1.10/1k req, only for what you use. No monthly plan.
Your first 90 requests are free with the $0.10 starting balance.

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Get Instagram reels search in one request

requireFieldsarray
Optional; omit it and routing is unchanged, with the cheapest source serving. Name the output fields this request must be able to return, for example `locationName`, and it is served only by a source that returns every one of them. Fields you do not name are still returned whenever the serving source has them. This can raise your price: when the cheapest source cannot return a named field, a dearer source serves, and you are quoted and charged its price. A named field can still be absent on a reel that genuinely lacks it. Naming a combination that no single source returns together is refused as invalid input, with no charge.
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{
  "found": true,
  "data": {
    "reels": [
      {
        "shortcode": "Cx4Wj2rNqKp",
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx4Wj2rNqKp/",
        "caption": "Our first collab is finally here 🤝 Two creators, one kitchen, zero rules",
        "thumbnail": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/collab_reel_1_cover.jpg",
        "views": 2140000,
        "likes": 96500,
        "comments": 1284,
        "durationSeconds": 41.5,
        "createdUtc": 1758201600,
        "username": "cookwithnoa",
        "verified": false,
        "paidPartnership": false
      },
      {
        "shortcode": "Cy1Fp9sMabX",
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy1Fp9sMabX/",
        "caption": "Collab drop with @packlight.jules: the carry-on we designed together is live, link in bio",
        "thumbnail": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/collab_reel_2_cover.jpg",
        "views": 890000,
        "likes": 41200,
        "comments": 632,
        "durationSeconds": 28,
        "createdUtc": 1757683200,
        "username": "farflungtravel",
        "verified": true,
        "paidPartnership": true,
        "id": "3015509827740198412",
        "videoUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t50.2886-16/collab_reel_2.mp4",
        "hasAudio": true,
        "productType": "clips",
        "userId": "4471902358",
        "displayName": "Far Flung Travel",
        "avatarUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/farflungtravel_150x150.jpg"
      },
      {
        "shortcode": "Cz7Km3vRstY",
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz7Km3vRstY/",
        "caption": "How I land brand collabs as a small creator (under 10k followers)",
        "thumbnail": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/collab_reel_3_cover.jpg",
        "views": 512000,
        "likes": 27800,
        "comments": 415,
        "durationSeconds": 55.3,
        "createdUtc": 1756819200,
        "username": "creatorjules",
        "verified": false,
        "paidPartnership": false
      }
    ],
    "nextCursor": "eyJvZmZzZXQiOjI0LCJxIjoiY29sbGFiIn0="
  }
}

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Reference

One request, one response shape.

Every field you send and every field you get back, each with a real example.

Last verified 2026-11-01 · uptime and latency measured over 30d

Request body

JSON, posted to this endpoint.

  • querystring

    collab

    Search keyword (e.g. "crossfit").

  • cursorstring

    Pagination cursor from a previous response's nextCursor.

  • requireFieldsarray

    Optional; omit it and routing is unchanged, with the cheapest source serving. Name the output fields this request must be able to return, for example `locationName`, and it is served only by a source that returns every one of them. Fields you do not name are still returned whenever the serving source has them. This can raise your price: when the cheapest source cannot return a named field, a dearer source serves, and you are quoted and charged its price. A named field can still be absent on a reel that genuinely lacks it. Naming a combination that no single source returns together is refused as invalid input, with no charge.

You send. A small JSON body. The values shown are examples to replace with your own.

Response

JSON, one example value per field.

datadata

Wrapper holding the reels array, or null when nothing was found.

  • nextCursorstring

    eyJvZmZzZXQiOjI0LCJxIjoiY29sbGFiIn0=

    Opaque cursor for the next page of reels, or null when this lane has no more. Pass it back as cursor to continue. Instagram relevance-ranks reels search, so a later page can repeat reels from an earlier one.

each reeldata.reels[]

Reels matching the search. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • audioIdstringcan require

    Instagram audio id of the post's sound, licensed track or original audio, the audioId instagram.audio_reels takes to list other reels using it. Absent when the post has no sound. Null when the serving source does not report it.

  • avatarUrlstring

    Profile picture URL of the author.

  • captionstring

    Our first collab is finally here 🤝 Two creators, one kitchen, zero rules

    Reel caption text. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • commentsinteger

    1284

    Number of comments on the reel.

  • countsHiddenboolean

    Whether the author has hidden the like and view counts.

  • createdUtcnumber

    1758201600

    UTC epoch timestamp in seconds (Unix time). Multiply by 1000 for a JS Date in milliseconds.

  • displayNamestring

    Display name of the author.

  • durationSecondsnumber

    41.5

    Reel duration in seconds.

  • hasAudioboolean

    True when the reel carries an audio track.

  • hashtagsstring[]

    Hashtags carried in the caption, each including its leading #. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • idstring

    Reel media identifier.

  • likesinteger

    96500

    Number of likes on the reel.

  • locationIdstringcan require

    Instagram location id the post is tagged at. Absent when the post has no location. Null when the serving source does not report it.

  • locationLatnumbercan require

    Latitude of the tagged location, in decimal degrees. Null when the serving source does not report it.

  • locationLngnumbercan require

    Longitude of the tagged location, in decimal degrees. Null when the serving source does not report it.

  • locationNamestringcan require

    Name of the location the post is tagged at. Null when the serving source does not report it.

  • mentionsstring[]

    Accounts @mentioned in the caption, each including its leading @. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • paidPartnershipboolean

    false

    True when the reel is a paid partnership.

  • productTypestring

    Instagram product type of the media, for example clips.

  • resharesinteger

    Number of times the post has been reshared, when Instagram reports it. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • shortcodestring

    Cx4Wj2rNqKp

    Instagram media shortcode. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • soundAuthorstring

    Credited artist of a licensed track, or the username of the account whose original audio it is. Absent when the post has no sound. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • soundTitlestring

    Name of the sound on a reel or a post with music. "Original audio" means the creator's own audio rather than a licensed track. Absent when the post has no sound. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • thumbnailstring

    https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/collab_reel_1_cover.jpg

    URL of the reel thumbnail image. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • urlstring

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx4Wj2rNqKp/

    Canonical URL of the reel. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • userIdstring

    Instagram user id of the author.

  • usernamestring

    cookwithnoa

    Username of the account that posted the reel. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • verifiedboolean

    false

    True when the posting account is verified.

  • videoUrlstring

    Direct URL to the reel video.

  • viewsinteger

    2140000

    Play count of the reel.

top level
  • foundboolean

    true

    True when matching reels were found; false when the search returned nothing.

  • reason"not_found"

    Present only when `found` is false, and says why there is no result. `not_found`: the source states the target does not exist, or returned nothing for it. A `found: false` answer is a successful call, not an error, and `costUsd` is what it actually cost.

You get back. Named, typed fields in the same shape whichever source answers.

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FAQ

About the Instagram Reels search API

The AnyAPI Instagram Reels search API returns Instagram reels search data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/instagram.reels_search. Search Instagram Reels by keyword against Instagram's own reels search and get matching reels with view, like and comment counts, caption, creator and duration. Results are relevance-ranked, not chronological. We remove overlap with recent pages, but older reels may reappear during a long search. nextCursor is null when a page contains only reels seen in recent pages. For a web-search-index view of the same keyword, with a recency filter and numbered pages, use instagram.web_reels_search. AnyAPI routes each request across 3 sources and falls back automatically when one fails. It costs from $1.10 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of Instagram reels search calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 5.2 seconds across 153,959 measured calls.

It costs from $1.10 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. You fund one USD wallet and each call draws it down. Some failed wallet-funded requests incur processing charges that we pass through at cost, with no markup; the error response shows the amount charged.

Search Instagram Reels by keyword against Instagram's own reels search and get matching reels with view, like and comment counts, caption, creator and duration. Results are relevance-ranked, not chronological. We remove overlap with recent pages, but older reels may reappear during a long search. nextCursor is null when a page contains only reels seen in recent pages. For a web-search-index view of the same keyword, with a recency filter and numbered pages, use instagram.web_reels_search. The response is normalized JSON with the same envelope every AnyAPI endpoint returns, so parsing a second endpoint is a change of URL and nothing else.

Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of Instagram reels search calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 5.2 seconds across 153,959 measured calls. These are AnyAPI's own measurements of traffic through the gateway, recomputed continuously, not a published service-level target.

Yes. A new AnyAPI account starts with $0.10 of free balance and no card required, which covers 90 Instagram Reels search calls at $0.0011 each.

AnyAPI asks the next of its 3 sources in the same request, cheapest first, so one source going down does not fail your call.

Send a POST request to https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/instagram.reels_search with your AnyAPI key in an "Authorization: Bearer" header and the input as a JSON body. The same key and the same wallet work on every AnyAPI endpoint.

No. You add US dollars to one prepaid AnyAPI balance and each request draws it down. There is no monthly plan and no minimum, and the same balance pays for every AnyAPI endpoint.

Yes. Install @getanyapi/sdk from npm for TypeScript or getanyapi from pip for Python. Both call every AnyAPI endpoint with the same key, and any HTTP client works too.

Yes. An agent can connect to the AnyAPI MCP server at https://api.getanyapi.com/mcp, or create its own free-trial key with one unauthenticated POST to https://api.getanyapi.com/agent/signup and call this endpoint over HTTP.
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