Instagram Search Suggestions API. Accounts and hashtags matching your search.
Accounts and hashtags matching a query. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.
Instagram Search Suggestions API at a glance
Returns what Instagram's search box offers logged out for a query: the account with that exact username, then matching hashtags. The account has its user ID, display name, picture and verified badge, and each hashtag its exact post count and tag ID, in Instagram's order. Send words, a username or a hashtag, in any language.
GET /v1/instagram/search_suggestions
- 1 credit per page, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 pages
- 9 typed fields null when unknown
- 56 accounts and hashtags per page, the exact account first, then Instagram's tag search ranking
queryis all it needs, e.g.nasa
Send one request. Get up to 56 accounts and hashtags back.
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$ npm install socialtapquery = nasaconst params = new URLSearchParams({
query: "nasa",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_suggestions?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${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_suggestions",
params={"query": "nasa"},
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_suggestions")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('query' => 'nasa')
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' => 'nasa',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_suggestions?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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", "nasa")
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_suggestions?"+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 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_suggestions?query=nasa' \
-H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"{
"data": [
{
"approximate_fields": [],
"hashtag": null,
"platform": "instagram",
"platform_specific": {
"instagram": {
"tag_id": null
}
},
"position": 0,
"profile": {
"avatar_url": "https://scontent-sea5-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/29090066_159271188110124_1152068159029641216_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ig_cache_key=GBLhuwEsG5c225AAAAAAAADj9-wPbkULAAAB1501500j-ccb7-5&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&efg=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCRUBBE…",
"display_name": "NASA",
"id": "528817151",
"is_verified": true,
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/",
"username": "nasa"
},
"text": "nasa",
"type": "profile",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/"
},
{
"approximate_fields": [],
"hashtag": {
"id": "nasa",
"metrics": {
"post_count": 10161802
},
"name": "nasa",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/nasa/"
},
"platform": "instagram",
"platform_specific": {
"instagram": {
"tag_id": "17843701351037088"
}
},
"position": 1,
"profile": null,
"text": "#nasa",
"type": "hashtag",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/nasa/"
},
{
"approximate_fields": [],
"hashtag": {
"id": "naša",
"metrics": {
"post_count": 30513
},
"name": "naša",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/na%C5%A1a/"
},
"platform": "instagram",
"platform_specific": {
"instagram": {
"tag_id": "17841557482094993"
}
},
"position": 2,
"profile": null,
"text": "#naša",
"type": "hashtag",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/na%C5%A1a/"
}
],
"page": {
"has_more": false,
"next_cursor": null,
"next_cursor_expires_at": null,
"end_reason": "platform_limit"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
"platform": "instagram",
"source": "api",
"is_cached": false,
"credits_charged": 1,
"latency_ms": 391,
"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.searchSuggestions.list({ query: "nasa" });
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("nasa");
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_suggestions?" + 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("nasa"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/search_suggestions?" + 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_suggestions")
.query(&[("query", "nasa")])
.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_suggestionsLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs One schema on 3 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
What to search for, as typed into Instagram's search box: a name, a username or a word, in any language and any case (nasa, taylor swift, 料理).
Write one parser
Instagram, TikTok and Google Ads Transparency Center answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.
platformstring- Platform whose search box offers the suggestion.
textstring- The suggestion as the platform shows it, whitespace-trimmed: the completed search for a query suggestion, the account's name for a profile one, the domain for a website one.
typestring- query = a completed search to run; profile = an account (or community) the platform proposes, described in profile; hashtag = a hashtag, described in hashtag; website = a website the platform proposes: text is its domain (nike.com), as the platform's searches by website take it. New values may be added.
positioninteger- Zero-based rank of the suggestion in the list, counting every type: the platform's order (each endpoint's notes say how a list combining several of the platform's searches is ordered).
urlstring- Where the suggestion leads on the platform: the search results page for a query, the account's page for a profile, the hashtag's page for a hashtag, the platform's page for the website for a website.
profileobject- The account a profile suggestion names; null for every other type.
hashtagobject- The hashtag a hashtag suggestion names, keyed as the platform's hashtag endpoints key it; null for every other type.
approximate_fieldsstring[]- JSON paths of values rounded or capped by the platform (hashtag.metrics.post_count at Instagram's ceiling). [] when all exact.
Live data from 33 platforms.
What teams build with the Instagram Search Suggestions API.
Check whether a brand has an Instagram account
Find a topic's hashtags with post counts
Resolve a username to its user ID
Build keyword lists for Instagram campaigns
Good to know before you build.
- Logged out, the account is only an exact username match, with spaces removed (taylor swift finds @taylorswift). Accounts that only resemble the query, and places, need a login.
- A leading # searches hashtags only, and a leading @ looks up the account only. Case doesn't matter.
- An age-restricted account, or one named like an Instagram page (@explore), isn't offered because Instagram doesn't show it logged out.
- Instagram serves one list of suggestions, so page.end_reason is platform_limit. The Instagram Hashtag Search API pages further through hashtags.
- A query Instagram withholds results for (a sensitive term) returns an empty page.
- A hashtag's post_count at Instagram's ceiling (#love) is a lower bound, listed in approximate_fields. avatar_url is a CDN link that can expire.
1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.
Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform.
| Source | Price per successful page | Per 1,000 pages |
|---|---|---|
Platform API api | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 |
- 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 Search Suggestions API.
More in the API reference.
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