Search Instagram Posts

Runs a filtered search over indexed Instagram posts and returns matches with their creator and engagement counters, paginated. Search requests carry a higher quota cost than single lookups.

POST/api/v1/search/instagram/media

Quota usage: Each successful request to this endpoint deducts 100 quota units from your plan.

Request Parameters

Required Parameters

This endpoint has no required parameters.

Optional Parameters

Name	In	Type	Description
`page`	body	integer	page number example: 0
`page_size`	body	integer	page size example: 0
`query`	body	object	Search term example: string
`categorys`	body	object	Category
`locations`	body	object	Country
`follower_count_min`	body	object	Minimum follower count example: 0
`follower_count_max`	body	object	Maximum follower count example: 0
`create_at_start`	body	object	Publish time from example: string
`create_at_end`	body	object	Publish time to example: string
`avg_engagement_rate_min`	body	object	Minimum average engagement rate example: 0
`avg_engagement_rate_max`	body	object	Maximum average engagement rate example: 0
`avg_comment_count_min`	body	object	Minimum average comments example: 0
`avg_comment_count_max`	body	object	Maximum average comments example: 0
`avg_like_count_min`	body	object	Minimum average likes example: 0
`avg_like_count_max`	body	object	Maximum average likes example: 0
`avg_play_count_min`	body	object	Minimum average plays example: 0
`avg_play_count_max`	body	object	Maximum average plays example: 0
`gender`	body	object	Gender (0 = unknown, 1 = male, 2 = female) example: 0
`recent_month_publish_count_min`	body	object	Minimum posts in the last month example: 0
`recent_month_publish_count_max`	body	object	Maximum posts in the last month example: 0
`media_type`	body	object	Post type (1 = single image, 2 = video, 8 = carousel) example: 0

Response Fields

Name	Type	Description
`success`	boolean	Success
`code`	integer	Code
`message`	string	Message
`data`	object	-
`data.items`	array<object>	Items
`data.total`	integer	Total
`data.page`	integer	Page
`data.page_size`	integer	Page Size
`data.total_pages`	integer	Total Pages

Try It

Request URL

https://openapi.scdata.cc/api/v1/search/instagram/media

Authorization

Select an API key from Dashboard

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JSON Body

cURL Example

bash

curl -X POST "https://openapi.scdata.cc/api/v1/search/instagram/media" \
  -H "Authorization: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"page":0,"page_size":0,"query":"string","categorys":[0],"locations":["string"],"follower_count_min":0,"follower_count_max":0,"create_at_start":"string","create_at_end":"string","avg_engagement_rate_min":0,"avg_engagement_rate_max":0,"avg_comment_count_min":0,"avg_comment_count_max":0,"avg_like_count_min":0,"avg_like_count_max":0,"avg_play_count_min":0,"avg_play_count_max":0,"gender":0,"recent_month_publish_count_min":0,"recent_month_publish_count_max":0,"media_type":0}'

Response Example (200 application/json)

json

{
  "success": true,
  "code": 200,
  "message": "Request successful",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "author_user_id": "string",
        "author_username": "string",
        "author_avatar": "string",
        "author_follower_count": 0,
        "media_id": "string",
        "create_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22.123Z",
        "description": "string",
        "media_url": "string",
        "cover_url": "string",
        "language": "string",
        "region": "string",
        "media_type": 0,
        "like_count": 0,
        "comment_count": 0,
        "play_count": 0,
        "engagement_count": 0,
        "engagement_rate": "string",
        "author": {
          "user_id": "string",
          "username": "string",
          "full_name": "string",
          "avatar": "string",
          "country": "string",
          "gender": "string",
          "follower_count": 0,
          "avg_engagement_rate": "string",
          "avg_video_engagement_rate": "string",
          "avg_like_count": "string",
          "media_count": 0,
          "evaluation_min": "string",
          "evaluation_max": "string"
        }
      }
    ],
    "total": 0,
    "page": 0,
    "page_size": 0,
    "total_pages": 0
  }
}

Use Cases

Topic research — See what content already exists around a product keyword and how it performs.
Creator discovery via content — Identify creators by the posts they publish rather than by their profile description.