Instagram Location Search API

Returns the Instagram locations a web search finds for your words, like a venue's name, a kind of place or a city, with their links. Each has its name, and its category and post count when the search index shows them. Add fill=true to get each location's current Instagram record (category, coordinates, address, exact post count) in the same response.

GET /v1/instagram/search_places

Read the API reference

1 credit per page, +1 per result filled in, up to 51 credits, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 pages
16 typed fields null when unknown
50 locations per page, the search engine's ranking (most relevant first)
query is all it needs, e.g. rooftop bar brooklyn

Send one request. Get up to 50 locations back.

Copy the request in your language, or hand it to your agent. Sign up for an API key and your first 100 credits are free.

$ npm install socialtap

query = rooftop bar brooklyn

Open in playground

GET /v1/instagram/search_placesTry in

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  query: "rooftop bar brooklyn",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_places?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, page, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_places",
    params={"query": "rooftop bar brooklyn"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, page, meta = body["data"], body["page"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_places")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('query' => 'rooftop bar brooklyn')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]

<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'query' => 'rooftop bar brooklyn',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_places?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
    throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("query", "rooftop bar brooklyn")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_places?"+q.Encode(), nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	var body struct {
		Data  json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
		Page  json.RawMessage `json:"page"`
		Meta  map[string]any  `json:"meta"`
		Error *struct {
			Code    string `json:"code"`
			Message string `json:"message"`
		} `json:"error"`
	}
	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if body.Error != nil {
		log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}

curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_places' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=rooftop bar brooklyn' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": [
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "place.metrics.post_count"
      ],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/303286820149120/hookah-bar-rooftop/",
      "place": {
        "address": null,
        "category": null,
        "city": null,
        "country_code": null,
        "id": null,
        "latitude": null,
        "longitude": null,
        "metrics": {
          "image_count": null,
          "post_count": 618,
          "review_count": null
        },
        "name": "Hookah Bar & Rooftop",
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/303286820149120/"
      },
      "platform": "instagram",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 0,
      "post": null,
      "profile": null,
      "snippet": "618 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos taken at ‘Hookah Bar & Rooftop’",
      "sound": null,
      "title": "Hookah Bar & Rooftop on Instagram • Photos and Videos",
      "type": "place",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/303286820149120/"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/1736401643338479/tipsy-stories-rooftop-bar/",
      "place": {
        "address": null,
        "category": null,
        "city": null,
        "country_code": null,
        "id": null,
        "latitude": null,
        "longitude": null,
        "metrics": {
          "image_count": null,
          "post_count": null,
          "review_count": null
        },
        "name": null,
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/1736401643338479/"
      },
      "platform": "instagram",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 1,
      "post": null,
      "profile": null,
      "snippet": "We cannot provide a description for this page right now",
      "sound": null,
      "title": "Instagram",
      "type": "place",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/1736401643338479/"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/1891704361093768/14-stories-rooftop-bar/",
      "place": {
        "address": null,
        "category": null,
        "city": null,
        "country_code": null,
        "id": null,
        "latitude": null,
        "longitude": null,
        "metrics": {
          "image_count": null,
          "post_count": null,
          "review_count": null
        },
        "name": "14 Stories Rooftop Bar",
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/1891704361093768/"
      },
      "platform": "instagram",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 2,
      "post": null,
      "profile": null,
      "snippet": "We cannot provide a description for this page right now",
      "sound": null,
      "title": "14 Stories Rooftop Bar",
      "type": "place",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/1891704361093768/"
    }
  ],
  "page": {
    "has_more": true,
    "next_cursor": "c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR",
    "next_cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z",
    "end_reason": null
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "instagram",
    "source": "web_search",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 1277,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": null,
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY

const res = await client.instagram.searchPlaces.list({ query: "rooftop bar brooklyn" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String query = "query=" + encode("rooftop bar brooklyn");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_places?" + query))
            .header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
            .GET()
            .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        // An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
        if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }

    static String encode(String value) {
        return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }
}

using System.Text.Json;

using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));

var query = string.Join("&",
    "query=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("rooftop bar brooklyn"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_places?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
    throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));

// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
        .get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_places")
        .query(&[("query", "rooftop bar brooklyn")])
        .header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
        .send()?;
    let ok = res.status().is_success();
    let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
    if !ok {
        return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
    }
    println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
    Ok(())
}

200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_placesLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 6 platforms.

The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.

Null means unknown
A field Instagram doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
Words to find Instagram locations by, as a web search reads them: a venue's name, a kind of place and a city, a neighborhood (blue bottle coffee, rooftop bar brooklyn, "central park").
Write one parser
Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and 3 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Platform the item is on.
typestring: The kind of item the result names, as the resource that describes it: profile (an account), post, hashtag, sound, place or community. The item's summary is the field of that name, and a filled result's record is details.<type>. A search that finds several kinds (a platform's top search) mixes them in one list. New values may be added as more kinds are searchable; treat unknown values as other.
positioninteger: Zero-based rank of the result in the list, across pages: the search engine's order, counting only the results kept.
urlstring: The item's canonical link on the platform (the account's page for a profile, the post's for a post).
matched_urlstring: The page the index listed: the item's own page, or one of its pages that names it (a video of an account, for a profile found through it).
titlestring: The page's title as the index shows it: often the item's name, but not the item's own field. Null when the index shows none.
snippetstring: The index's excerpt of the page: often the item's description and counts as the page stated them when it was indexed, days or weeks ago. Null when the index shows none.
profileobject: The account the result names (type profile): what its link and the index's text say of it, completed from details when the result is filled. Null for every other type.

What teams build with the Instagram Location Search API.

Find a venue's location ID for its posts
List the tagged locations in a city
Find the cafés, gyms or hotels people tag
Map a brand's stores to Instagram locations

Good to know before you build.

Instagram's own location search needs a login, so results come from a public web search engine's index of location pages, in its ranking. A location the index hasn't crawled isn't found.
Without fill, id, address and coordinates are null, and name, category and post count are the index's copy when it shows them. Most results have no post count, and one that has it can be far from current (listed in approximate_fields).
With fill=true, each result's details.place is the location's live record from the Instagram Location API, and its summary is updated from it.
A result the place lookup can't fetch (the index keeps locations Instagram no longer serves) stays unfilled at no extra cost, and meta.warnings says so.
The index goes only so deep, so a search usually ends after a few pages (page.end_reason end).
Case doesn't matter. site: operators are removed, and intitle:, inurl:, intext: and their allin forms count as the plain words they hold.

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Source	Price per successful page	Per 1,000 pages
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