apify.instagram-search

Search Instagram: pay per use, no API key

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Search public Instagram profiles, hashtags, or places using Apify's Instagram Scraper actor. Price is per result (quoted from `limit`, max 1000).

Price and execution

Price: $0.0023
Pricing model: Fixed price per successful call
Execution class: fast

Limits

No additional limits are published for this tool.

Parameters

Fields apify.instagram-search accepts as JSON input.

limitintegerOptional
Maximum number of records to return (1 to 1000, default 10). Quoted price scales with this limit.
querystringRequired
Instagram username, hashtag, or place text to search for.
search_type"profile" | "hashtag" | "place"Optional
Kind of Instagram entity to search for.

Raw input JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 1000,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Maximum number of records to return (1 to 1000, default 10). Quoted price scales with this limit."
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Instagram username, hashtag, or place text to search for."
    },
    "search_type": {
      "enum": [
        "profile",
        "hashtag",
        "place"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "profile",
      "description": "Kind of Instagram entity to search for."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Returns

Fields a successful apify.instagram-search call returns.

countintegerRequired
resultsarray of objectRequired
- idstring | nullOptional
- urlstring | nullOptional
- privateboolean | nullOptional
- fullNamestring | nullOptional
- usernamestring | nullOptional
- verifiedboolean | nullOptional
- biographystring | nullOptional
- postsCountnumber | nullOptional
- followsCountnumber | nullOptional
- profilePicUrlstring | nullOptional
- followersCountnumber | nullOptional
- isBusinessAccountboolean | nullOptional
retrieved_atstring (date-time)Required
provider_request_idstring | nullRequired

Raw output JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "results",
    "count",
    "provider_request_id",
    "retrieved_at"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "url": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "format": "uri"
          },
          "private": {
            "type": [
              "boolean",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "fullName": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "username": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "verified": {
            "type": [
              "boolean",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "biography": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "postsCount": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "minimum": 0
          },
          "followsCount": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "minimum": 0
          },
          "profilePicUrl": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "followersCount": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "minimum": 0
          },
          "isBusinessAccount": {
            "type": [
              "boolean",
              "null"
            ]
          }
        },
        "description": "Raw Apify Instagram Scraper profile fields. `apify.instagram-search` shape varies with `search_type`: hashtag/place searches return Instagram post fields instead of profile fields.",
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "maxItems": 1000
    },
    "retrieved_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "provider_request_id": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Run this tool

Copy this instruction to your agent to set up Cralo and call this tool with the example input.

Set up Cralo by following https://cralo.ai/SKILL.md, then call the apify.instagram-search tool with this input: {"query":"instagram","search_type":"profile","limit":1}

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Safety notes

Side Effect: read_only
Public Sources Only: Yes
Authenticated Content: No

How this compares to using Apify directly

You do not need a separate Apify account or subscription for this call. Cralo uses one prepaid balance across all tools and shows the per-call price before you run the command.

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