# AnyAPI Instagram Search Profiles

> AnyAPI Instagram Search Profiles is a paid API for AI agents from api.getanyapi.com, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14, last successful call 2026-07-17).

Searches Instagram for profiles matching a given query and returns matching account data

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/instagram.search_profiles
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Last successful call: 2026-07-17
- Success rate: 100% of calls made through Zero
- Rating: 4.3 / 5 from 1 review
- Activations on Zero: 1
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/anyapi-instagram-search-profiles-2ff8b8c7
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_8QSObxWjF4tCV6_2BreMj

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-profiles-2ff8b8c7 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search Instagram for profiles matching 'sustainable fashion' and give me a list of accounts including their usernames, follower counts, and bios.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to discover multiple Instagram profiles matching a keyword or topic, rather than fetching a single known profile. Prefer this over instagram.profile when you don't already know the exact username and need to search. Best for influencer discovery, competitive research, or finding brand accounts in a category.

## Known failure modes

- No profiles found for obscure or misspelled queries — returns empty results array
- Instagram rate limiting or blocking — may return error or partial results
- Query too broad — returns many irrelevant profiles
- Payment failure — request not processed if USDC balance insufficient
- Instagram changes structure — scraped fields may be missing or malformed

## How this service works

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## Output

Returns a JSON array of Instagram profiles matching the search query, typically including username, display name, follower count, bio/description, profile picture URL, and verification status for each result.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/anyapi-instagram-search-profiles-2ff8b8c7/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.getanyapi.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.getanyapi.com/llms.txt)