Apify·Instagram

Search Instagram

/apify/instagram-search-scraperasync$0.00345 / result

Scrape Instagram search results: places, businesses, locations, users, popular reels, and hashtags. Add a keyword and extract search results like contact details, categories, metrics, recent posts, hashtag popularity. Export scraped data, schedule via API, integrate with other tools or AI workflows. Runs as an Apify actor (20–120 s); results are dataset rows.

Charged per returned row plus the flat fee.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
search	string	yes	Provide a keyword which will be used to extract Instagram search results. A keyword can be one or more words. To scrape multiple search terms at once, submit them as a comma-separated list. (default "restaurant, restaurant prague")
searchType	string (place, user, hashtag, popular)	—	Choose the type of Instagram page to search for (places, profiles, or hashtags), or `Search popular reels` to scrape trending reels for the keyword. (default "place")
searchLimit	integer	—	Set the maximum number of search results (hashtags, users, or places) you want to scrape. If you set it to 5, you'll get 5 results for each search term you've included.
enhanceUserSearchWithFacebookPage	boolean	—	For each user from the top 10, the scraper will extract their Facebook page that sometimes contains their business email. Keep in mind that you're forbidden to collect personal data in certain jurisdictions. See this article for more details.
liveSearch	boolean	—	Enable this option if you want to get data from a live Instagram search. Please note that the dataset will be slightly different than the one produced by standard search.

Run it

curl -s https://www.sooma.dev/v1/run \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOOMA_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"provider":"apify","endpoint":"/apify/instagram-search-scraper","input":{"search":"restaurant"}}'

Or ask your agent: it will call inspect for this schema and run it over MCP.