Instagram Search Reels
Discover public Instagram reels through web search pagination, then crawl each discovered URL into normalized reel detail in one response.
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Send your Crawlkit API key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.
Authorization: Bearer ck_your_api_keyRequest Parameters
Send these JSON body fields in your request payload.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
query | string | Search query text. |
cursor | null | Pagination cursor. |
options.region | string | Region code. |
options.maxResults | number | Maximum result count. |
options.timeRange | string | Recency filter. |
Example Request
Use direct HTTP requests against the public API base URL.
Example request
1const response = await fetch('https://api.crawlkit.sh/v1/crawl/instagram/search-reels', {2 method: 'POST',3 headers: {4 'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',5 'Content-Type': 'application/json'6 },7 body: JSON.stringify({8 query: 'street food istanbul',9 cursor: null,10 options: {11 region: 'tr-tr',12 maxResults: 10,13 timeRange: 'm',14 }15 })16});17 18const { data } = await response.json();19console.log(data.results[0]?.reel?.shortcode, data.pagination?.nextCursor);Response
Success (200 OK): Returns service-specific structured payload.
Success response (200 OK)
1{2 "success": true,3 "data": {4 "query": "street food istanbul",5 "results": [6 {7 "position": 1,8 "title": "Street Food Istanbul • Instagram reel",9 "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DABCD12345/",10 "snippet": "A popular reel featuring street food in Istanbul.",11 "shortcode": "DABCD12345",12 "username": null,13 "reel": {14 "id": "3654019287123456789",15 "shortcode": "DABCD12345",16 "taken_at": 1743235200,17 "media_type": "video",18 "product_type": "clips",19 "width": 1080,20 "height": 1920,21 "like_count": 1240,22 "comment_count": 85,23 "caption": "Best street food in Istanbul",24 "has_audio": true,25 "display_url": "https://instagram.example.com/reel-display.jpg",26 "video_url": "https://instagram.example.com/reel-video.mp4",27 "thumbnail_url": "https://instagram.example.com/reel-thumb.jpg",28 "owner": {29 "id": "25025320",30 "username": "streetfoodistanbul",31 "full_name": "Street Food Istanbul",32 "profile_pic_url": "https://instagram.example.com/profile.jpg",33 "is_verified": false34 },35 "audio_info": {36 "title": "Original Audio",37 "artist_username": "streetfoodistanbul",38 "is_original": true39 },40 "carousel_media": null41 }42 }43 ],44 "pagination": {45 "nextCursor": "eyJuZXh0UGFyYW1zIjp7InM...",46 "hasMore": true47 },48 "timing": { "total": 1430 },49 "creditsUsed": 1,50 "creditsRemaining": 9951 }52}