Search

Keyword search. Use `limit` to say how many results you want.

POST /api/public/v1/scrape/instagram/search

Returns hashtag_feed

Parameters#

query string required

Any search keyword.

Example: mars rover

limit integer optional

How many results you want. The run is sized from it, and you are billed for exactly that many.

Results#

GET /runs/:id/results answers with this once the run has finished — one result per row.

Every row also carries raw_json — the platform's own object for that row, exactly as it arrived, with nothing removed. It is left out of the example for length.

curl -X POST https://socialholmes.com/api/public/v1/scrape/instagram/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALHOLMES_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"parameters": {"query": "mars rover"}, "limit": 25}'

import os
import requests

run = requests.post(
    "https://socialholmes.com/api/public/v1/scrape/instagram/search",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SOCIALHOLMES_KEY']}"},
    json={"parameters": {"query": "mars rover"}, "limit": 25},
).json()

print(run["id"], run["status"])

const response = await fetch("https://socialholmes.com/api/public/v1/scrape/instagram/search", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SOCIALHOLMES_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ parameters: { query: "mars rover" }, limit: 25 }),
})

const run = await response.json()
console.log(run.id, run.status)

require "net/http"
require "json"

response = Net::HTTP.post(
  URI("https://socialholmes.com/api/public/v1/scrape/instagram/search"),
  { parameters: { query: "mars rover" }, limit: 25 }.to_json,
  "Authorization" => "Bearer #{ENV.fetch('SOCIALHOLMES_KEY')}",
  "Content-Type" => "application/json"
)

run = JSON.parse(response.body)
puts run["id"], run["status"]

<?php

$ch = curl_init("https://socialholmes.com/api/public/v1/scrape/instagram/search");

curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("SOCIALHOLMES_KEY"),
        "Content-Type: application/json",
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode(["parameters" => ["query" => "mars rover"], "limit" => 25]),
]);

$run = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

echo $run["id"], " ", $run["status"];

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{
		"parameters": map[string]string{"query": "mars rover"},
		"limit":      25,
	})

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://socialholmes.com/api/public/v1/scrape/instagram/search", bytes.NewReader(body))
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("SOCIALHOLMES_KEY"))
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	defer res.Body.Close()

	var run map[string]any
	json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&run)

	fmt.Println(run["id"], run["status"])
}

202 Accepted

{
  "id": "8f14e45f-ceea-467a-9c2e-1b0f5a4c7d21",
  "status": "queued",
  "platform": "instagram",
  "endpoint": "search",
  "target": "mars rover",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/search/keyword/?q=mars+rover",
  "result_count": 0,
  "created_at": "2026-08-28T16:20:00Z"
}

example

{
  "run": {
    "id": "8f14e45f-ceea-467a-9c2e-1b0f5a4c7d21",
    "status": "succeeded",
    "platform": "instagram",
    "endpoint": "search",
    "target": "mars rover",
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/search/keyword/?q=mars+rover",
    "result_count": 2,
    "requested": 25,
    "estimated_cost": 125,
    "captures": 1,
    "created_at": "2026-08-22T09:11:03Z",
    "started_at": "2026-08-22T09:12:03Z",
    "finished_at": "2026-08-22T09:14:03Z"
  },
  "unit": "post",
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "3487291045512345678",
      "shortcode": "C8xY_abcDEF",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/C8xY_abcDEF/",
      "type": "video",
      "caption": "Artemis II rolls out to Launch Complex 39B. 🚀",
      "taken_at": "2026-08-22T08:54:03Z",
      "like_count": 204881,
      "comment_count": 3920,
      "share_count": 1204,
      "is_paid_partnership": false,
      "width": 1440,
      "height": 1800,
      "media_urls": [
        "https://instagram.example/v/t50/C8xY_720.mp4"
      ],
      "author": {
        "id": "528817151",
        "username": "nasa",
        "full_name": "NASA",
        "is_verified": true
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "3486110938401234567",
      "shortcode": "C8wQ_ghiJKL",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/C8wQ_ghiJKL/",
      "type": "carousel",
      "caption": "Five views of the Moon from lunar orbit.",
      "taken_at": "2026-08-21T08:53:21Z",
      "like_count": 512044,
      "comment_count": 6118,
      "carousel_count": 3,
      "is_paid_partnership": false,
      "width": 1080,
      "height": 1080,
      "media_urls": [
        "https://instagram.example/v/t51/C8wQ_a_1080.jpg",
        "https://instagram.example/v/t51/C8wQ_b_1080.jpg",
        "https://instagram.example/v/t51/C8wQ_c_1080.jpg"
      ],
      "author": {
        "id": "528817151",
        "username": "nasa",
        "full_name": "NASA",
        "is_verified": true
      }
    }
  ],
  "page": {
    "limit": 2,
    "offset": 0,
    "returned": 2,
    "total": 2
  }
}

Try it