Instagram API for AI Agents

Public Instagram search and data as structured JSON.

Search public Instagram content and pull profiles, media, comments, and hashtag media through one developer-friendly API — normalized JSON, one API key, usage-based pricing.

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Endpoints

Every Instagram endpoint returns structured JSON. Public Instagram profile, media, comments, and hashtag media. Login, posting, messaging, and private surfaces are not exposed.

POST/desearch/instagram/searchInstagram Search API
GET/desearch/instagram/media/{id}Retrieve Instagram Media by ID
GET/desearch/instagram/profile/{username}Retrieve Instagram Profile
GET/desearch/instagram/profile/{username}/postsRetrieve Instagram Profile Posts
GET/desearch/instagram/comments/{media_id}Retrieve Instagram Comments
GET/desearch/instagram/hashtag/{tag}Retrieve Instagram Hashtag Media

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Quick start

Create a key in the console, then call the Instagram Search endpoint. Python and JavaScript SDKs are in the docs.

curl -X POST 'https://api.desearch.ai/desearch/instagram/search' \
  -H 'Authorization: $DESEARCH_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{ "query": "your search" }'

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What developers build with the Instagram API

Feed AI agents live context

Give agents fresh public social signals before they reason, write, or act.

Monitor mentions & hashtags

Track brands, topics, and hashtags across posts and comments in real time.

Trend & sentiment analysis

Pull profiles, posts, and engagement to measure what is moving right now.

Enrich datasets

Normalize public posts, profiles, and comments as JSON for pipelines and dashboards.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about the Desearch Instagram API

The Desearch Instagram API gives developers programmatic access to public Instagram data — search, profiles, media, comments, and hashtag media — returned as clean structured JSON for AI agents and data workflows.

Create a free account at console.desearch.ai, copy your API key, and call the REST endpoints with the key in the Authorization header. Python and JavaScript SDKs and ready-to-paste snippets are in the docs.

Yes. The Desearch Instagram API returns public data only. Private, authenticated, messaging, and publishing surfaces are not exposed.

Pricing is usage-based — you pay only for the requests you make, with free starter credits when you sign up. See the pricing page for current rates.

Every response is structured JSON, normalized for AI pipelines and agent workflows, so you can parse and ingest it without scraping raw HTML.

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