# Reels Search

Instagram

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

## Use this tool with your AI agent

1. Copy the prompt
2. Paste it into your agent
3. Tell it what you need

Read https://scrollport.com/start. Use my existing Scrollport connection, or help me connect if needed. Help me use Reels Search (tool ID: instagram.reels-search). Ask me for the details you need, then show me the result.

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**Job:** [Get Instagram posts and reels](https://scrollport.com/tools/instagram-api)

**Current price:** $0.0027/request

**Availability:** Ready to run

## Tool details

**About this tool**

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.

**Inputs and outputs**

### Input

`date_posted` string · optional

Value supplied for date posted.

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

`limit` integer · optional

Value supplied for limit.

minimum: 1 · maximum: 25

`page` integer · optional

Value supplied for page.

minimum: 1 · maximum: 11

`query` string · required

Search terms used to find relevant records.

minLength: 1 · maxLength: 200

### Output

`captured_at` string

Returned captured at value.

`duplicate_items` number

Returned duplicate items value.

`items` array

Returned items value.

`next_cursor` null

Returned next cursor value.

`omitted_items` number

Returned omitted items value.

**Example request and output**

Inspect returns this reviewed example, its estimated cost and the current input schema. Run calculates the estimate for your actual input.

### 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
}
```

**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}

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