Instagram API

Instagram Search profiles API

Search public Instagram profiles by a bio or caption keyword.

POST/v1/run/instagram.search_profiles
Uptime
100.00%
30d · 384 calls
Requests
384
30d · weekly, last 12 wks
Response
8.4s
median · 30d

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{
  "data": {
    "nextCursor": "example",
    "profiles": [
      {
        "avatarUrl": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
        "bio": "A short example description of this item.",
        "displayName": "Alex Rivera",
        "followers": 12500,
        "following": 12500,
        "handle": "alex_rivera",
        "id": "a1b2c3d4",
        "posts": 248,
        "private": false,
        "verified": true
      }
    ]
  },
  "found": true
}
Response interface
interface InstagramSearchProfilesResponse {
  data: {
    nextCursor: string | null;
    profiles: {
      avatarUrl: string;
      bio: string;
      displayName: string;
      followers: number;
      following: number;
      handle: string;
      id: string;
      posts: number;
      private: boolean;
      verified: boolean;
    }[];
  } | null;
  found: boolean;
}

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Reference

Request, response, and price

Last verified 2026-09-17 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
POST /v1/run/instagram.search_profiles
curl -X POST https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/instagram.search_profiles \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANYAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"coffee roaster"}'
FieldTypeExample value
Request body
querystring"coffee roaster"Bio or caption keyword/phrase to search for.
cursorstringPagination cursor returned by a previous response.
Response
dataobject
data.nextCursorstringOpaque cursor for the next page of profiles, or null when this lane has no more. Pass it back as cursor to continue.
data.profilesobject[]Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.profiles[].avatarUrlstringPopulated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.profiles[].biostringPopulated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.profiles[].displayNamestringPopulated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.profiles[].followersinteger
data.profiles[].followinginteger
data.profiles[].handlestringPopulated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.profiles[].idstringPopulated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.profiles[].postsinteger
data.profiles[].privateboolean
data.profiles[].verifiedboolean
foundboolean
Price
Price per requestUSD$0.0012
Price /1k reqUSD$1.20

FAQ

About the Instagram Search profiles API

The AnyAPI Instagram Search profiles API returns Instagram search profiles data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/instagram.search_profiles. Search public Instagram profiles by a bio or caption keyword. AnyAPI routes each request across 2 sources and falls back automatically when one fails. It costs from $1.20 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of Instagram search profiles calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 8.4 seconds across 384 measured calls.

It costs from $1.20 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. You fund one USD wallet, each call draws it down, and a failed request costs $0.

Search public Instagram profiles by a bio or caption keyword. 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 search profiles calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 8.4 seconds across 384 measured calls. These are AnyAPI's own measurements of traffic through the gateway, recomputed continuously, not a published service-level target.
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