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Instagram’s native search for users, hashtags, and places. Use it for quick account or entity lookup. It returns a single page and does not return posts, for a topic’s curated posts, use Popular Search.

Authorizations

X-API-Key
string
header
required

API key for authentication. Format: sk_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Get your API key from the Dashboard.

Query Parameters

query
string
required

The username, hashtag, place, or keyword to search for

Example:

"nike"

Response

Successful response

Key Response Fields:

  • data.users: Matched accounts, keyed by index (0, 1, 2, ...)
  • data.users[0].username: Account username
  • data.users[0].full_name: Account display name
  • data.users[0].id: Numeric user ID
  • data.users[0].is_verified: Whether the account is verified
  • data.users[0].profile_pic_url: Profile picture URL
  • data.hashtags: Matched hashtags, keyed by index
  • data.hashtags[0].name: Hashtag name (without #)
  • data.hashtags[0].media_count: Number of posts using the hashtag
  • data.places: Matched places, keyed by index (name, title, facebook_places_id)
  • data.keywords: Suggested keyword entities (when present)
  • data.rank_token: Token identifying this search ranking