# AnyAPI Instagram Search

> AnyAPI Instagram Search is a paid API for AI agents from api.getanyapi.com, paid per call via x402, $0.00325/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Search Instagram for accounts, hashtags, or content by query string and return matching results

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/instagram.search
- Price: $0.00325/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/anyapi-instagram-search-29163774
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_l7CLjmKhorcL9CL_ewbcH

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability anyapi-instagram-search-29163774 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search Instagram for accounts and content related to 'sustainable fashion' and give me the top results including usernames and follower counts.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to discover Instagram accounts, hashtags, or content by keyword without managing Instagram credentials or dealing with rate limits yourself. Ideal for one-off searches billed per request with no subscription overhead, especially useful for influencer discovery, brand monitoring, or competitive research on Instagram.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or empty search query returns error
- Instagram rate limiting or blocking causes failed scrape
- No results found for obscure query
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC balance) prevents request execution
- Endpoint unavailable due to Instagram anti-scraping changes

## How this service works

1,200+ scraping and data APIs behind one key. Pay per request in real dollars. No subscriptions, nothing monthly, nothing to cancel.

## Output

Returns a JSON payload containing Instagram search results matching the query, likely including user profiles, hashtags, and/or posts with associated metadata such as usernames, display names, follower counts, and profile links.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/anyapi-instagram-search-29163774/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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