Search Instagram profiles
Search Instagram profiles by keyword.
Use GET /v1/instagram/profiles/{handle} when you already know the username. Use this endpoint to discover profiles by keyword.
An empty profiles array means no matching public profiles were found for this query and page. Results are best-effort from publicly indexed Instagram pages and are not a complete native Instagram directory.
Headers
Get your API keyAPI key (`sfk_...`)
Search query text for Instagram profiles.
min 1 chars · max 512 chars
Opaque pagination cursor returned by a previous response.
min 1 chars
Endpoint-specific response payload.
Search query that was evaluated for this response.
Profiles returned for the search query.
Social platform for this profile.
one of: instagram
Instagram username without the leading @.
min 1 chars
Public display name shown for the profile, when available.
Profile biography text, when available.
Profile image URL for the profile, when available.
Whether Instagram marks the profile as verified.
Canonical public Instagram profile URL.
min 1 chars
Whether the account is private.
Instagram numeric user id as a string when available.
Whether the account is a business account.
Whether the account is a professional/creator account.
Category label when Instagram provides one.
Primary external link from the profile.
Structured bio links when available.
Link title shown on the profile.
Destination URL.
min 1 chars
Whether the match came from the profile page or from caption text.
one of: profile, caption
Public profile metrics returned with this search result.
Follower count when available.
≥ 0
Following count when available.
≥ 0
Public post count when available.
≥ 0
Number of profiles returned in this response.
≥ 0
Pagination information for the current response.
Cursor to pass in the next request when another page is available.
Whether another page of profiles is likely available.
Metadata describing the request and billing outcome.
Unique request identifier for tracing this API call.
min 1 chars
Credits charged for this request.
≥ 0
Public API version that served the response.
one of: v1
Code example
curl "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/instagram/search/profiles?query=fitness coach" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"Responses
Profile search results for the requested query.