Instagram Search API
Search Instagram for users, hashtags, or places by keyword and get matching results with names, counts, and links.
$3.60/1k req, pay per request, no subscription.
{"id": "3312087456","handle": "roastlab.co","name": "Roast Lab Coffee","url": "https://www.instagram.com/roastlab.co/","image": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/roastlab_co_150x150.jpg","bio": "Small-batch roastery in Denver. Subscriptions ship weekly.","verified": false,"followers": 48200,... 2 more fields}
Pricing and providers
Instagram Search API pricing: one API, 2 interchangeable providers
The cheapest provider serves first. If it fails, the next one takes over in the same call.
capped at $0.0418 per request1 result$0.0020910 results$0.020920 results$0.0418 capYou are charged for what comes back. Lower the limit to pay less - and no single request can cost more than the cap, however much comes back.
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Get Instagram search in one request
This sample shows 13 of 14 fields. See every field
{
"found": true,
"data": {
"items": [
{
"id": "3312087456",
"handle": "roastlab.co",
"name": "Roast Lab Coffee",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/roastlab.co/",
"image": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/roastlab_co_150x150.jpg",
"bio": "Small-batch roastery in Denver. Subscriptions ship weekly.",
"verified": false,
"followers": 48200,
"following": 612,
"postsCount": 934
},
{
"id": "3487621094",
"handle": "driftwood.roasters",
"name": "Driftwood Roasters",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/driftwood.roasters/",
"image": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/driftwood_roasters_150x150.jpg",
"bio": "Direct trade beans, Portland OR",
"verified": true,
"followers": 112000,
"following": 340,
"postsCount": 1522
},
{
"id": "3105598237",
"handle": "cascadia.coffee.co",
"name": "Cascadia Coffee Co",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/cascadia.coffee.co/",
"image": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/cascadia_coffee_150x150.jpg",
"bio": "",
"verified": false,
"followers": 9840,
"following": 201,
"postsCount": 287
}
]
}
}Full parameter and response reference - every field, type, and example for this endpoint.
Reference
One request, one response shape.
Every field you send and every field you get back, each with a real example.
Last verified 2026-10-31 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
Request body
JSON, posted to this endpoint.
- querystring
coffee roastery
Keyword to search Instagram for; one or more words without special punctuation (e.g. coffee roastery).
- limitinteger
20
Maximum number of results to return (1-20, default 20).
- 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 `postsCount`, 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 profile that genuinely lacks it. Naming a combination that no single source returns together is refused as invalid input, with no charge.
- typeenum
user
What to search for: user profiles, hashtags, or places (e.g. hashtag).
Response
JSON, one example value per field.
Matching Instagram profile records for the query. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- biostring
Small-batch roastery in Denver. Subscriptions ship weekly.
The account's bio text. Empty when the account has none.
- followersinteger
48200
The account's follower count. May be 0 when the lane does not return it in search results.
- followinginteger
612
The number of accounts the account follows. May be 0 when the lane does not return it in search results.
- handlestring
roastlab.co
The account's username, without the @ prefix. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- idstring
3312087456
The account's numeric Instagram user ID, as a string. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- imagestring
https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/roastlab_co_150x150.jpg
URL of the account's profile picture, kept whole because its query carries the CDN signature. Empty when the upstream omits it.
- namestring
Roast Lab Coffee
The account's display name. Empty when the account has none.
- postsCountintegercan require
934
The account's post count. Null when the serving source does not report it.
- urlstring
https://www.instagram.com/roastlab.co/
Canonical URL of the account's profile, with tracking query params stripped. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- verifiedboolean
false
Whether the account is verified.
- foundboolean
true
Whether any matching profiles were returned for the query.
- 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.
FAQ
About the Instagram Search API
The AnyAPI Instagram Search API returns Instagram search data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/instagram.search. Search Instagram for users, hashtags, or places by keyword and get matching results with names, counts, and links. AnyAPI routes each request across 2 sources and falls back automatically when one fails. It costs from $3.60 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 99.6% of Instagram search calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 6.6 seconds across 2,526 measured calls.
