# Instagram Reels Search (Orthogonal)

> Instagram Reels Search (Orthogonal) is a paid API for AI agents from x402.orthogonal.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Search Instagram Reels by keyword with paginated results, billing only the first page of each logical search

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402.orthogonal.com/scrapecreators/v2/instagram/reels/search
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-reels-search-orthogonal-c3bca534
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_DJ9_hpkHcCJ0QdAq5eARx

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 instagram-reels-search-orthogonal-c3bca534
```

Example prompt: Search Instagram Reels for 'sustainable fashion' and show me the first page of results — then get me page 2 as well without being billed again.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to search Instagram Reels by keyword and want to paginate through results cost-efficiently — subsequent pages of the same search are free. Ideal for content research, influencer discovery, brand monitoring, or trend analysis on Instagram video content. Prefer over generic web scrapers when you specifically need structured Instagram Reels search results.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or empty query parameter returns an error
- Invalid page number returns no results or an error
- Changing filter parameters while passing parentRequestId starts a new billable request
- Network or scraping timeouts if Instagram is slow to respond
- Instagram rate limiting or blocking may return empty or partial results
- Invalid parentRequestId causes the pagination discount to not apply

## How this service works

Search Reels Pagination billing: call the first page normally and save billing.requestId from the Orthogonal /v1/run response. For later page, offset, or cursor calls on the same logical search, pass parentRequestId with unchanged non-pagination parameters. Valid continuation calls still get their own request IDs and quoted price, but are charged 0. Changing filters starts a new billable request.

## Output

A paginated list of Instagram Reels matching the search keyword, including reel metadata such as video titles, creator info, view counts, and links. First-page calls are billed at $0.02 USDC; subsequent pagination calls using parentRequestId on the same logical search are billed at $0.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "page": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "The page number to return. For later pages of the same logical search, keep non-pagination parameters unchanged and pass top-level parentRequestId from the first Orthogonal /v1/run response."
      },
      "query": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The keyword to search for"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/instagram-reels-search-orthogonal-c3bca534/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402.orthogonal.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402.orthogonal.com/llms.txt)