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Reels Search

Instagram

Search Google-indexed public Instagram reels by keyword and date.

Capability
Instagram content research
Current price
$0.0027/call
Availability
Ready to run
Last accepted verification

What this API does

Return a bounded, deduplicated page of public Instagram reels with string IDs, canonical URLs, authors, captions, timestamps, engagement and media summaries. Results are best-effort Google-indexed coverage, not an Instagram-native complete index.

Agents select this operation with tool ID instagram.reels-search, then inspect its current executable contract before a run.

Public input and output shape

Input

date_postedstring · optional

Value supplied for date posted.

enum: last-hour, last-day, last-week, last-month, last-year

limitinteger · optional

Value supplied for limit.

minimum: 1 · maximum: 25

pageinteger · optional

Value supplied for page.

minimum: 1 · maximum: 11

querystring · required

Search terms used to find relevant records.

minLength: 1 · maxLength: 200

Output

captured_atstring

Returned captured at value.

duplicate_itemsnumber

Returned duplicate items value.

itemsarray

Returned items value.

next_cursornull

Returned next cursor value.

omitted_itemsnumber

Returned omitted items value.

Example request and output

This reviewed worked example is shared with inspect. Inspect also returns the current executable schema and price estimate before a paid run.

Request

{
  "tool_id": "instagram.reels-search",
  "input": {
    "page": 1,
    "limit": 5,
    "query": "independent coffee",
    "date_posted": "last-month"
  }
}

Output

{
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "3723045213787686915",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOq6eV6iIgD/",
      "text": "A public reel caption",
      "media": {
        "type": "video",
        "duration_seconds": 75.7
      },
      "author": {
        "username": "creator"
      },
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 3487,
        "comments": 90
      },
      "published_at": "2025-09-16T16:56:45.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "captured_at": "2026-08-20T00:00:00.000Z",
  "next_cursor": null,
  "omitted_items": 0,
  "duplicate_items": 0
}
Teaching errors and limitations
  • invalid_input: The route input was invalid or outside its public-read bounds.example: {"query":"independent coffee","date_posted":"last-month","page":1,"limit":5}
Updated
21 August 2026

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