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API Description

Instagram Search API — Search Instagram content by keyword and return matching results.

Authenticate with your Pangolinfo API Key to receive structured JSON data.

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Request URL

POST https://scrapeapi.pangolinfo.com/api/v1/social/instagram-search

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Request Headers

ParametersParameter valueTypeDescription
Content-Typeapplication/jsonstringData format
AuthorizationBearer xxxstringAuthorization Token

Collection takes up to approximately 75 seconds. Set your client timeout to 90 seconds.

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Request Parameters

ParameterRequiredTypeDescription
targetYesstringTarget URL, supported ID or search keyword for this operation.
optionsNoobjectOptional collection settings, described below.

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options Parameters

ParameterRequiredTypeDescription
maxPagesNointegerPages to collect. Default: 1; values above 5 are capped at 5. Must be a positive integer.
Default: 1
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 5
cursorNostring | nullContinuation cursor from the previous response. Pass the value unchanged.

Only the request parameters listed on this page are used; other fields are ignored. Pass pagination cursors back unchanged, without encoding, decoding or conversion.

One page by default, capped at five per request. Page counts must be positive integers; higher values are capped at five.

Searches public Reels only; authenticated search pages are unsupported.

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Response Fields

FieldTypeDescription
codeintegerStatus code; 0 indicates success.
messagestringResponse message; ok on success.
pointCostnumberPoints charged for this request.
dataobjectCollected data, with fields described below.
metaobjectRequest identifier and duration in milliseconds.
billingobjectCharged units, unit price and billing rule version.

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data Fields

FieldTypeDescription
querystringQuery
relatedKeywordsstring[]Related keywords
itemsobject[]Result items.
paginationobjectContinuation cursor and whether more results are available.

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data.items[] Fields

FieldTypeDescription
idstringRecord identifier.
shortcodestring | nullShortcode
typenamestring | nullTypename
captionstring | nullCaption
playCountnumber | nullPlay count
publishedAtobject | nullPublication time.
displayUristring | nullDisplay uri
userobjectUser details.
videoVersionsobject[]Video versions
urlstring | nullContent URL.

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data.items[].publishedAt Fields

FieldTypeDescription
textstring | nullText value.
valuenumber | nullParsed value.

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data.items[].user Fields

FieldTypeDescription
pkstring | number | nullPk
idstring | nullRecord identifier.
usernamestring | nullUsername
fullNamestring | nullFull name
isVerifiedbooleanIs verified
isPrivatebooleanIs private
profilePicUrlstring | nullProfile pic url

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data.items[].videoVersions[] Fields

FieldTypeDescription
typenumber | nullResult type.
widthnumber | nullWidth
heightnumber | nullHeight
urlstringContent URL.

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data.pagination Fields

FieldTypeDescription
cursorstring | nullContinuation cursor from the previous response. Pass the value unchanged.
hasMorebooleanWhether more results are available.

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Request Example

curl --request POST \
  --url https://scrapeapi.pangolinfo.com/api/v1/social/instagram-search \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_PANGOLINFO_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "target": "landscape"
}'

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Response Example

This excerpt shows the first item of each list. Long text and URLs are shortened; pointCost is the charge for the complete response. The playground contains the full schema.

{
  "code": 0,
  "message": "ok",
  "pointCost": 4.0,
  "data": {
    "query": "landscape",
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "3860769882443121455",
        "shortcode": "DWUNcC6jIMv",
        "typename": "XIGPolarisVideoMedia",
        "caption": "Welcome to the street that everyone forgot. 🏡✨\n⠀\nMost people saw crumbling walls and abandoned facades, but I saw a story worth saving. I’ve spent months res...",
        "playCount": null,
        "publishedAt": {
          "text": "2026-03-25T17:27:36.526Z",
          "value": 1774459656526
        },
        "displayUri": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/656856502_18029422424636389_8421175381176501592_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_s640x640_tt6&_nc_cat=105&ccb=7-5&_nc_s...",
        "user": {
          "pk": "49136228388",
          "username": "volos.bushcraft",
          "fullName": null,
          "isVerified": false,
          "isPrivate": false,
          "profilePicUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/642222268_18023317358636389_3739283683078552504_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&_nc_cat=103&ig_cache_key=GLyI...",
          "id": "17841449091662028"
        },
        "videoVersions": [
          {
            "type": null,
            "width": null,
            "height": null,
            "url": "https://instagram.fdac7-1.fna.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m86/AQN2nFwXNYapdl5eAzMHhsPu6gnnGPhcR0dcUP_wS_AGLvyQ8xCKkqZhfQUS-LQlCcREy5ngdJoUS3tYSpWoNKrU78hRKzPvcXbj69..."
          }
        ],
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWUNcC6jIMv/"
      }
    ],
    "relatedKeywords": [
      "fjord landscapes of norway"
    ],
    "pagination": {
      "cursor": null,
      "hasMore": true
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "pg-audit-r1-instagram-search-1793954249762353700",
    "durationMs": 7445
  },
  "billing": {
    "unitPrice": 0.8,
    "ruleVersion": "social-primary-v2",
    "billedCount": 5,
    "pointCost": 4.0
  }
}

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Points Usage

0.8 points per primary result.

Empty results and failed requests are not charged. Duplicate IDs are counted once within a response. Separate calls and pages are billed separately. See Social Media Reviews API billing.

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