Search Instagram accounts by keyword API
Searches Instagram accounts by a text query. One item in `users` is one matching account; this call returned 49 (`num_results`). `has_more` is false, so there is no next page.
1 live route on Instagram, from $0.00099 per call. Every route below answered our last live test on 2026-10-06; the gateway re-tests them daily.
Price per call, by route
The upstream price you are metered at, cheapest first. A route without a published price says so.
| Provider | Endpoint | Price |
|---|---|---|
Search UserGET ig/search | $0.00099$0.99 / 1k calls |
What it returns
From a real call to the route: FlashAPI.
Searches Instagram accounts by a text query. One item in `users` is one matching account; this call returned 49 (`num_results`). `has_more` is false, so there is no next page.
users[].idUser id, usable in other user endpointsusers[].usernameInstagram usernameusers[].full_nameDisplay name (shows a placeholder message in this sample)users[].is_verifiedWhether the account is verifiedusers[].is_privateWhether the account is privateusers[].profile_pic_urlProfile picture URLusers[].latest_reel_mediaUnix timestamp of latest story, 0 if nonenum_resultsTotal number of users returnedrank_tokenSearch ranking tokenCall it
HTTP with your key in x-api-key, or the call_endpoint tool of our MCP server.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nocors | string · query | optional | default false |
| user | string · query | required | e.g. instagram |
HTTP
curl "https://fetchapi.co/api/gw/flashapi/ig/search?user=instagram&nocors=false" \ -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"
MCP
call_endpoint("flashapi.search_user", {"user": "instagram", "nocors": "false"})Real example answer (trimmed) · 2026-10-03
{
"users": [
{
"id": "25025320",
"pk": 25025320,
"pk_id": "25025320",
"fbid_v2": 17841400039600392,
"username": "instagram",
"full_name": "Access delayed. Only the owner of the page can access this information",
"is_private": false,
"is_verified": true,
"strong_id__": "25025320",
"unseen_count": 0,
"account_badges": [],
"profile_pic_id": "3725434617063385984_25025320",
"is_ring_creator": false,
"profile_pic_url": "https://instagram.fkiv8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-19/550891366_18667771684001321_1383210656577177067_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e0_s150x150_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI…",
"…": "10 more fields"
},
{
"id": "8663171404",
"pk": 8663171404,
"pk_id": "8663171404",
"fbid_v2": 17841408742122896,
"username": "creators",
"full_name": "Access delayed. Only the owner of the page can access this information",
"is_private": false,
"is_verified": true,
"strong_id__": "8663171404",
"unseen_count": 0,
"account_badges": [],
"profile_pic_id": "3725429680226000092_8663171404",
"is_ring_creator": false,
"profile_pic_url": "https://instagram.fkiv8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-19/550419541_18241698418291405_6700969072948444449_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e0_s150x150_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI…",
"…": "11 more fields"
},
"… 2 more"
],
"status": "ok",
"has_more": false,
"rank_token": "1791053995877|9f8618bad83a033201520c7b1cbef7845ff831b4cc4589aa97d073f5de72e783",
"num_results": 49,
"clear_client_cache": false
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