Instagram Search

2 credits

Search Instagram by hashtag.

POST/api/v1/tools/instagram/search

Parameters

hashtagstringrequired

Instagram hashtag to search (without the # symbol).

maxResultsnumber

Maximum number of results to return. Must be a positive integer. Defaults to 100. Upper bound is determined by your plan.

Response Schema

dataobject

Instagram search result

postsobject[]

Matching posts.

countnumber

Number of posts returned

metaobject

Request metadata

toolstring

Tool name (instagram-search)

creditsUsednumber

Credits consumed (2)

requestIdstring

Unique request ID

Request

curl -X POST https://scraper.run/api/v1/tools/instagram/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sc_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "hashtag": "webdevelopment"
  }'

Response Example

{
  "data": {
    "posts": [
      {
        "id": "DUab_xYzKpR",
        "author": "dev_sarah",
        "text": "Just deployed my first full-stack app with Next.js and Prisma. So satisfying to see it live. #webdevelopment #nextjs",
        "createdAt": "2026-04-08T14:00:00.000Z",
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DUab_xYzKpR/",
        "likes": 892
      }
    ],
    "count": 1
  },
  "meta": {
    "tool": "instagram-search",
    "creditsUsed": 2,
    "requestId": "req_abc123"
  }
}