Instagram Audio Search API

Returns the Instagram audio pages, songs and creators' original audio, that a web search finds for your words, with their links and titles. Each has its artist or creator, whether it's original audio, and its reel count when the search index shows it. Add fill=true to get each audio's current record (exact reel count, length, cover art, audio file, Spotify link) in the same response.

GET /v1/instagram/search_sounds

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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 songs and original audio per page, the search engine's ranking (most relevant first)
query is all it needs, e.g. bad bunny

Send one request. Get up to 50 songs and original audio 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 = bad bunny

Open in playground

GET /v1/instagram/search_soundsTry in

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  query: "bad bunny",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_sounds?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${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_sounds",
    params={"query": "bad bunny"},
    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_sounds")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('query' => 'bad bunny')
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' => 'bad bunny',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_sounds?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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", "bad bunny")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_sounds?"+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_sounds' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=bad bunny' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": [
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "sound.metrics.post_count"
      ],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/808853994575405/monaco/",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "instagram",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 0,
      "post": null,
      "profile": null,
      "snippet": "5M reels - Listen to Bad Bunny on Instagram and watch reels using MONACO audio",
      "sound": {
        "author_name": "Bad Bunny",
        "cover_url": null,
        "id": null,
        "is_original": null,
        "metrics": {
          "post_count": 5000000
        },
        "title": "MONACO",
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/808853994575405/"
      },
      "title": "Bad Bunny | MONACO on Instagram",
      "type": "sound",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/808853994575405/"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "sound.metrics.post_count"
      ],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/580872141396073/dtmf/",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "instagram",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 1,
      "post": null,
      "profile": null,
      "snippet": "1M reels - Listen to Bad Bunny on Instagram and watch reels using DtMF audio",
      "sound": {
        "author_name": "Bad Bunny",
        "cover_url": null,
        "id": null,
        "is_original": null,
        "metrics": {
          "post_count": 1000000
        },
        "title": "DtMF",
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/580872141396073/"
      },
      "title": "Bad Bunny | DtMF on Instagram",
      "type": "sound",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/580872141396073/"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [
        "sound.metrics.post_count"
      ],
      "community": null,
      "details": null,
      "hashtag": null,
      "matched_url": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/870702934995012/la-mudanza/",
      "place": null,
      "platform": "instagram",
      "platform_specific": {},
      "position": 2,
      "post": null,
      "profile": null,
      "snippet": "901K reels - Listen to Bad Bunny on Instagram and watch reels using LA MuDANZA audio",
      "sound": {
        "author_name": "Bad Bunny",
        "cover_url": null,
        "id": null,
        "is_original": null,
        "metrics": {
          "post_count": 901000
        },
        "title": "LA MuDANZA",
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/870702934995012/"
      },
      "title": "Bad Bunny | LA MuDANZA on Instagram",
      "type": "sound",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/870702934995012/"
    }
  ],
  "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": 1142,
    "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.searchSounds.list({ query: "bad bunny" });
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("bad bunny");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_sounds?" + 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("bad bunny"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_sounds?" + 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_sounds")
        .query(&[("query", "bad bunny")])
        .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_soundsLong 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 audio by, as a web search reads them: a song, an artist, a creator, "original audio" and a theme (espresso sabrina carpenter, bad bunny, "original audio" lofi).
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 Audio Search API.

Find a song's audio ID for its reels
Find a creator's original audio
List an artist's audio pages on Instagram
Match a song to its exact reel count

Good to know before you build.

Instagram's own audio search needs a login, so results come from a public web search engine's index of audio pages, in its ranking. An audio the index hasn't crawled isn't found.
Without fill, a sound's id and cover_url are null, and its title, artist and reel count are the index's copy when it shows them. A reel count can be far from current (listed in approximate_fields).
With fill=true, each result's details.sound is the audio's live record from the Instagram Audio API, and its summary is updated from it.
A result the audio lookup can't fetch (the index keeps audio 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 one page or a few (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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Instagram Audio Search API. Songs and original audio matching your search.