Search Instagram with one call.
Read Instagram, read a public profile's posts, without building or maintaining a scraper. Same response shape as every other platform here, so one parser handles all of them.
2-3 credits a call
50 free credits on signup, no card
failed calls: 0 credits
50 free credits on signup, no card
failed calls: 0 credits
1The call
curl -H "x-api-key: $SS_KEY" \ "https://api.socialsearchapi.com/v1/instagram/profile/posts?handle=instagram"
This call costs 2 credits. A new account starts with 50 free credits on any platform: create a key in the dashboard and this command runs as-is.
2Why not build this yourself
Meta shut down the Basic Display API in December 2024, and the Graph API only reads accounts that have explicitly authorised your app. Reading an arbitrary public profile has no supported first-party path any more, and public hashtag search no longer exists at all - profile and search-by-name are the entry points that remain.
3What comes backcaptured 2026-08-27
{
"success": true,
"platform": "instagram",
"data": {
"total": 12,
"items": [
{
"id": "3973065140916017975",
"platform": "instagram",
"type": "post",
"text": "game, set, algo 🎾 ahead of the @usopen, @benshelton talks vintage cars, pre-match playlists and his love for other...",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DcjKbIJyVs3/",
"author": "instagram",
"created_at": "2026-08-27T16:00:25Z",
"metrics": {
"comments": 2822,
"likes": 48903,
"views": 14534004
},
"extra": {
"media_type": 2
}
}
]
},
"credits_used": 3
}Items from Instagram carry: author, created_at, extra, id, metrics, platform, text, type, url.
4Characteristics
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| /v1/instagram/post | 2 credits a call |
| /v1/instagram/post/comments | 3 credits a call |
| /v1/instagram/profile | 2 credits a call |
| /v1/instagram/profile/posts | 2 credits a call |
| /v1/instagram/profile/search | 2 credits a call |
| Typical latency | 6,584 ms, measured 2026-08-27 |
| Coverage | Public profiles only. Hashtag search is unavailable - Instagram removed it. |
| Data | Publicly available content only, nothing behind a login. See the public data notice. |
| Reference | Every Instagram endpoint, its parameters and its price: API reference |
5If you got here from an error
6Other platforms
Get a key50 free credits · no card