Instagram Reels Search
Search Instagram Reels by keyword and get matching reels (caption, likes, comments, creator, and duration). Instagram does not return view or play counts in reels search results. Results are relevance-ranked, not chronological. Paging tops out around 110 reels per query (11 pages of 10).
- Price
- $0.00121 / call
- Success (7 days)
- 16.7%
- Median latency
- 5.9 s
- Runs (30 days)
- 28
Details
- Tier
- bridged
- Safe to retry
- No
- Data
- Scraped from public web pages
- Source terms
- —
Inputs
| Input | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | Yes | Search keyword (e.g. "crossfit"). |
datePosted | string | No | Recency hint, not a hard filter. Reel discovery runs on top of Google search, so this window narrows Google's index by when it discovered or last crawled the reel, which is not the same as when the reel was published to Instagram. Returned reels can have a createdUtc outside the requested... |
page | integer | No | 1-based results page. |
Call it
curl https://api.orcarouter.ai/v1/tools/anyapi.instagram-search-reels/run \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $ORCAROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"input":{"page":1,"query":"query"}}'curl "https://api.orcarouter.ai/v1/tools/functions?ids=anyapi.instagram-search-reels&format=openai" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $ORCAROUTER_API_KEY"{
"mcpServers": {
"orcarouter": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.orcarouter.ai/v1/tools/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer <ORCAROUTER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Questions
How much does Instagram Reels Search cost?
Instagram Reels Search costs $0.00121 per call: 1,000 calls cost $1.21.
What does a $10 budget buy with Instagram Reels Search?
About 8264 calls at $0.00121 per call.
How fast is Instagram Reels Search?
Its median response time over recent runs is 5878 ms.
How reliable is Instagram Reels Search?
16.7% of its runs succeeded over the last 7 days.
What inputs does Instagram Reels Search need?
Required inputs: query.
How do I call Instagram Reels Search?
Send POST /v1/tools/{id}/run with your OrcaRouter API key and a JSON body {"input": {…}}, where {id} is the tool id POST /v1/tools/discover returns for it.
Alternatives
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Search Instagram reels by keywordSearches for Instagram reels matching a keyword or phrase via Google Search, bypassing Instagram's login-gated search. | $0.00207 / credit | — | — | — | bridged |
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| Instagram places by GPS coordinatesInstagram: search by coordinates (v2) | $0.0022 / call | — | — | — | bridged |
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| Search Instagram reels by keywordInstagram: search reels (v2) | $0.0022 / call | — | — | — | bridged |
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| Search Instagram across all content by keywordInstagram: general search (v3) | $0.0088 / call | — | — | — | bridged |
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