# Instagram Audio Search API. Songs and original audio matching your search. Songs and original audio by name or artist. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes. [Get API key](https://socialtap.dev/signup/?next=%2Fplayground%2F%3Fendpoint%3Dinstagram.search_sounds) ## Instagram Audio Search API at a glance 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` [Read the API reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/instagram/search_sounds/index.md) - **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](https://socialtap.dev/playground/?endpoint=instagram.search_sounds) cURL: ```shell curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_sounds' \ --data-urlencode 'query=bad bunny' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` TypeScript SDK: ```typescript import { SocialTap } from "socialtap"; const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY const res = await client.instagram.searchSounds.list({ query: "bad bunny" }); console.log(res.data); console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id); ``` Node.js (fetch): ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ query: "bad bunny", }); const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_sounds?${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); ``` Python (requests): ```python 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"]) ``` Go (net/http): ```go 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"]) } ``` 200 OK: ```json { "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": [] } } ``` Long arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete. ## One schema on 6 platforms. The [response reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/instagram/search_sounds/index.md#response) lists every field, its type and when it is `null`. [See the full schema](https://socialtap.dev/resources/web_result/index.md). - ### 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. - **`platform`string**: Platform the item is on. - **`type`string**: 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.\. 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. - **`position`integer**: Zero-based rank of the result in the list, across pages: the search engine's order, counting only the results kept. - **`url`string**: The item's canonical link on the platform (the account's page for a profile, the post's for a post). - **`matched_url`string**: 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). - **`title`string**: 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. - **`snippet`string**: 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. - **`profile`object**: 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. Live data from 33 platforms. [TikTok](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/index.md) · [Instagram](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/index.md) · [Facebook](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook/index.md) · [YouTube](https://socialtap.dev/apis/youtube/index.md) · [Reddit](https://socialtap.dev/apis/reddit/index.md) · [Threads](https://socialtap.dev/apis/threads/index.md) · [Spotify](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/index.md) · [Amazon](https://socialtap.dev/apis/amazon/index.md) · [Apple Music](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/index.md) · [Pinterest](https://socialtap.dev/apis/pinterest/index.md) · [Rumble](https://socialtap.dev/apis/rumble/index.md) · [X](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/index.md) · [Bluesky](https://socialtap.dev/apis/bluesky/index.md) · [Twitch](https://socialtap.dev/apis/twitch/index.md) · [LinkedIn](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/index.md) · [Telegram](https://socialtap.dev/apis/telegram/index.md) · [TikTok Shop](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktokshop/index.md) · [Kwai](https://socialtap.dev/apis/kwai/index.md) · [Snapchat](https://socialtap.dev/apis/snapchat/index.md) · [SoundCloud](https://socialtap.dev/apis/soundcloud/index.md) · [Truth Social](https://socialtap.dev/apis/truthsocial/index.md) · [Kick](https://socialtap.dev/apis/kick/index.md) · [Komi](https://socialtap.dev/apis/komi/index.md) · [Lnk.Bio](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkbio/index.md) · [Linkme](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkme/index.md) · [Linktree](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linktree/index.md) · [Pillar](https://socialtap.dev/apis/pillar/index.md) · [TikTok Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok-ad-library/index.md) · [Facebook Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-ad-library/index.md) · [Facebook Events](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-events/index.md) · [Facebook Marketplace](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-marketplace/index.md) · [Google Ads Transparency Center](https://socialtap.dev/apis/google-ads-transparency/index.md) · [LinkedIn Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin-ad-library/index.md) ## 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. ## From 1 credit per page. Failed requests are free. Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform. [Plans and packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md) · [How this endpoint is priced](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/instagram/search_sounds/index.md#pricing) · [How credits work](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) | Source | Price per successful page | Per 1,000 pages | | --- | --- | --- | | Any source | 1 credit + 1 per result filled in
up to 51 credits (50 results filled in) | $0.75–$1.97 + $0.75–$1.97 per result filled in | - Cache hits are free. - Credits from packs and top-ups never expire. - A monthly plan's credits are spent first, and what is left of them ends at each renewal. - Prices exclude tax: sales tax is added at checkout where it applies. - Outside the US, plans and packs are sold to businesses: checkout asks for your VAT, GST or other business tax ID. ## Questions about the Instagram Audio Search API. More in the [API reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/instagram/search_sounds/index.md). **How much does the Instagram Audio Search API cost?** A page of up to 50 songs and original audio costs 1 credit + 1 per result filled in, up to 51 credits (50 results filled in). Every successful page is charged, empty pages included. SocialTap credits cost $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000, depending on the plan or pack. **How do I get the next page?** Repeat the same request with cursor set to page.next_cursor from the previous response, keeping the other parameters. When page.has_more is false there are no more pages. Cursors expire after 24 hours. Other platforms ## Web results on 5 more platforms. - [TikTok Sound Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/search_sounds/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/search_sounds`) - [Facebook Post Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook/search_posts/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/facebook/search_posts`) - [X (Twitter) Post Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/search_posts/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/x/search_posts`) - [LinkedIn Post Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/search_posts/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/linkedin/search_posts`) - [Telegram Channel Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/telegram/search_channels/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/telegram/search_channels`) More Instagram ## Instagram API. 28 endpoints, one key. - [Instagram Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/instagram/post`) - [Instagram Story API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/story/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/instagram/story`) - [Instagram Posts API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/posts`) - [Instagram Reels API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/reels/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/reels`) - [Instagram Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/search_posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/search_posts`) - [Instagram Audio Reels API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/sound_posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/sound_posts`) - [Instagram Hashtag Posts API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/hashtag_posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/hashtag_posts`) - [Instagram Location Posts API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/place_posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/place_posts`) - [Instagram Trending Reels API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/trending_posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/trending_posts`) - [Instagram Highlight Stories API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/playlist_stories/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/playlist_stories`) - [Instagram Profile API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/profile/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/instagram/profile`) - [Instagram Similar Accounts API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/similar_profiles/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/similar_profiles`) - [Instagram Comment API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/comment/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/instagram/comment`) - [Instagram Comments API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/comments/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/comments`) - [Instagram Reels Transcript API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/transcript/index.md) (From 1 credit · `GET /v1/instagram/transcript`) - [Instagram Hashtag API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/hashtag/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/instagram/hashtag`) - [Instagram Hashtag Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/search_hashtags/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/search_hashtags`) - [Instagram User Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/search_profiles/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/search_profiles`) - [Instagram Location Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/search_places/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/search_places`) - [Instagram Highlights API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/highlights/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/highlights`) - [Instagram Engagement API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/engagement/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/instagram/engagement`) - [Instagram Search Suggestions API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/search_suggestions/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/search_suggestions`) - [Instagram Location API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/place/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/instagram/place`) - [Instagram Audio API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/sound/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/instagram/sound`) - [Instagram Topic API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/topic/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/instagram/topic`) - [Instagram Embed API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/embed/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/instagram/embed`) - [Instagram Username Availability API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/username/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/instagram/username`) ## Try it with your own search. Type it in the playground, or copy the request into your code. 100free credits - No credit card - Failed requests are free - Works on all 218 endpoints [Start for free](https://socialtap.dev/signup/) [Read the docs](https://socialtap.dev/docs/index.md) --- [HTML version](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/search_sounds/) · [Docs index for AI agents](https://socialtap.dev/llms.txt) · [All docs in one file](https://socialtap.dev/llms-full.txt)