Instagram data API · Search

Instagram Account Search API. Pay per record.

Search Instagram accounts by name or keyword, the way Instagram's own search does. Each hit comes back with its username, full name and follower count.

Price: $0.00045 / account
Billed: Per record
Free to start: $0.10
Endpoint: POST /v1/instagram

Updated 21 October 2026

What people build with the Instagram Account Search API

Find the right handle

Turn a brand or a topic into real usernames before you look anything else up.

Build a creator list

Search a niche keyword and get the accounts to vet, with their size.

Ground an agent

Let your agent find the handle from a search instead of guessing it from a name.

Quote it, then run it

1. free quote: the exact price, nothing charged

curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/instagram \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"search","query":"coffee roasters","limit":10,"estimateOnly":true}'

2. the same call, run

curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/instagram \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"search","query":"coffee roasters","limit":10}'

Inputs

Everything you can send in one search call. Required inputs first.

Input	Type	What it does
query *	string	≤300 chars
limit	integer	1-25

What comes back

The fields of every row, always present. Nothing is guessed: a value that could not be measured is null, and the answer's coverage says why.

Show all 10 rows

Field	Type
username	string
fullName	string
igUserId	string
isVerified	boolean
isPrivate	boolean
avatarUrl	string
profileUrl	string
followers	integer
profile	object
details	object

details is always the last field: everything else the source sent for that row, under our own field names. Its keys depend on the source that answered, so read them defensively; it is {} when there is nothing more.

A sample answer

Made-up names and values in the real field names, so you can see the shape before you spend anything.

username	fullName	followers	details
mira.moves	Mira \| Pilates	182400	{}
corewithkai	Kai Tan	96300	{}
studio.flow	Studio Flow	41250	{}

Pricing

Pay as you go, in US dollars, per record. No subscription, nothing expires, $5 first top-up, and every new agent starts with $0.10 free.

Request	Records	At the list price
One account	1	$0.00045
10 accounts	10	$0.0045
A full page	25	$0.011

These are per-record list prices. Some calls also carry a minimum, such as a page of search results, so a small request can cost more than the table shows. The quote ("estimateOnly": true) is free, gives the most your exact request can cost, and the charge then settles to what came back. Records that do not come back are refunded.

Try it without writing code

Open the Instagram Account Search API in the playgroundThe playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type.

Why this one, and not a scraper you run yourself

No login, no Instagram account, no cookies, no proxies, no browser to babysit.
When the site changes its pages, your request stays the same: keeping the reads working is our job, not yours.
A fetch that fails costs nothing: it is named in the answer with a reason, and the quote says the most a call can cost before it runs.

Use it from your tools

Questions people ask.

What does it return?

One row per account: username, full name, follower count, and whether the account is already known to us.

What do I pass in?

A query (a name or keyword, up to 300 characters) and a limit from 1 to 25.

How much does it cost?

$0.00045 per account at the list price. A small call can carry a minimum, so quote first with "estimateOnly": true, which is free and is the most the call can cost. You pay for what comes back.

Try it in a minute. $0.10 free.

The playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type.

Try this endpoint in the playground

Quickstart · Every price · All platforms

Why people pick API for Agents

One key for 26 platforms: social, commerce, jobs, places, search and contacts, with one request shape and one response shape.
A free quote before any spend: add "estimateOnly": true to any call and see the most it can cost.
Pay per record in US dollars. No subscription, nothing expires, top-ups from $5.
$0.10 free to try, no card. An AI agent can sign itself up in one request; a person claims it later.
Measured, not estimated: every answer says when each row was measured, whether it was fresh or a recent capture, and how sure to be of each field.
Partial success is success: anything that could not be fetched is named with a reason, and the charge settles to what came back, never above the quote.
Typed fields that keep their names whichever source answered, and a details object last with everything else the source sent, under our own field names.
Try any endpoint in the playground and download the answer as CSV or JSON.

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