Instagram Topic API. Send a topic or hashtag, or its link.
Generated summary, related searches and reel count. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.
Instagram Topic API at a glance
Returns an Instagram topic, the public page Instagram publishes for a search keyword, from its link, a hashtag link or its words. You get its title, Instagram's generated summary with the web pages it cites, the related searches Instagram suggests and how many reels it counts.
GET /v1/instagram/topic
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- 8 typed fields null when unknown
urlis all it needs, e.g.https://www.instagram.com/popular/harry-potter/- 100 credits free when you sign up, no card, so you can build before you spend
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$ npm install socialtapurl = https://www.instagram.com/popular/harry-potter/const params = new URLSearchParams({
url: "https://www.instagram.com/popular/harry-potter/",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/topic?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);import os
import requests
res = requests.get(
"https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/topic",
params={"url": "https://www.instagram.com/popular/harry-potter/"},
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, meta = body["data"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])require "json"
require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/topic")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://www.instagram.com/popular/harry-potter/')
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([
'url' => 'https://www.instagram.com/popular/harry-potter/',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/topic?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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("url", "https://www.instagram.com/popular/harry-potter/")
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/topic?"+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"`
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/topic' \
--data-urlencode 'url=https://www.instagram.com/popular/harry-potter/' \
-H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"{
"data": {
"approximate_fields": [
"platform_specific.instagram.post_count"
],
"description": "Harry Potter (harrypotter), the official franchise account, recently announced the HBO Original Series premiere of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone for December 25 on HBO Max. The page shared a first-look poster of Dominic McLaughlin as Harry, with Hogwarts reflected in h…",
"id": "harry-potter",
"name": "Harry Potter",
"platform": "instagram",
"platform_specific": {
"instagram": {
"is_category": false,
"post_count": 189000000,
"source_urls": [
"https://www.businesstoday.in/amp/trending/entertainment/story/harry-potter-returns-to-screens-this-christmas-hbo-unveils-first-look-at-new-series-564654-2026-10-30",
"https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/meet-the-new-harry-potter-cast-harry-parents-and-charlie-weasley-are-officially-set-for-hbo-christmas-premiere-1503655977.html",
"https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2026/10/30/harry-potter-hbo-series-jiohotstar-india-release.html"
]
}
},
"related_searches": [
"copo harry potter cacau show",
"harry potter hbo behind the scenes",
"jamie campbell bower harry potter"
],
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/popular/harry-potter/"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
"platform": "instagram",
"source": "page",
"is_cached": false,
"credits_charged": 1,
"latency_ms": 1263,
"fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
"input": {
"kind": "topic",
"id": "harry-potter",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/popular/harry-potter/"
},
"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.topic.get({ url: "https://www.instagram.com/popular/harry-potter/" });
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 = "url=" + encode("https://www.instagram.com/popular/harry-potter/");
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/topic?" + 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("&",
"url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://www.instagram.com/popular/harry-potter/"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/instagram/topic?" + 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/topic")
.query(&[("url", "https://www.instagram.com/popular/harry-potter/")])
.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/topicLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs One schema on 2 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
An Instagram topic page link (instagram.com/popular/harry-potter/), a hashtag link (instagram.com/explore/tags/cooking/, which opens its topic page for signed-out visitors), a keyword search link (instagram.com/explore/search/keyword/?q=harry%20potter), or the topic's words (harry potter).
Write one parser
Instagram and Pinterest answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.
platformstring- Platform ID (instagram, tiktok, …).
idstring- Platform-native topic ID; on platforms whose topic pages are keyed by their words (Instagram), the words lowercased and joined by hyphens (harry-potter).
namestring- The topic's title as its page shows it (Harry Potter); null when the source does not show it.
urlstring- Canonical topic page URL.
descriptionstring- The platform's summary of the topic, as plain text with paragraph breaks (on Instagram, superscript markers ¹, ² cite platform_specific.instagram.source_urls by position). Null when the page has none.
related_searchesstring[]- Related searches the platform suggests for the topic, in its order; each is a topic of its own (pass it as url). [] when none.
approximate_fieldsstring[]- JSON paths of values rounded by the platform or parsed from display text ("189M reels": platform_specific.instagram.post_count). [] when all exact.
unknown_fieldsstring[]- JSON paths of lists whose [] means unknown rather than none (a source that cannot see them); null already means unknown for every other field. [] when every list is known.
Live data from 33 platforms.
What teams build with the Instagram Topic API.
See which sources a topic's summary cites
Expand a keyword into related searches
Size a topic by its reel count
Find topics to monitor for trends
Good to know before you build.
- A topic's reels are Instagram's search results for its words: send the topic to the Instagram Search API.
- Case, a leading # or @ and hyphens are ignored, so Harry Potter and harry-potter are one topic and harrypotter another.
- Instagram publishes a page for many keywords but not all. A keyword without one is answered from Instagram's search when that has a summary, related searches or reels (name and reel count then null), and returns not_found when it has none.
- The reel count is rounded as Instagram shows it and listed in approximate_fields. Rarer topics and categories show none.
- Broad topics are Instagram categories (platform_specific.instagram.is_category), pages made of narrower topics, without a reel count.
1 credit per request. Failed requests are free.
Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform.
| Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests |
|---|---|---|
| Any source | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 |
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Questions about the Instagram Topic API.
More in the API reference.
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