Search Instagram (all types) (with pagination)

TikHub tool tikhub-api-instagram-general-search-2 on looot: input fields, $0.008 per call, output shape, and code to run it with curl, JavaScript or Python.

Returns Instagram general search API (with pagination). Send query (Search keyword); optional rank_token, next_max_id, enable_metadata. Returns data.num_results: Number of results. next_max_id: Pagination ID, omit for first request, get from previous response data.next_max_id. When searching for hashtags, query must include the # prefix, e.g., use #fashion to search for the fashion hashtag.

• Tool id: tikhub-api-instagram-general-search-2
• Provider: TikHub
• Job: General search api instagram (api.instagram.general-search)
• Price: $0.008 per call. A call that fails at the provider costs $0.

Inputs

Output

Shape of the run’s result, the expected shape, not yet checked against real answers:

{ code, data: { list: { position }[], status, media_grid: { has_more, sections: unknown[], refinements: { ... }, topic_status, autoplay_type, has_more_reels, reels_page_index, auto_load_more_enabled, grid_post_click_experience }, clear_client_cache, more_results_header, entity_results_header }, docs, time, params: { query }, router, message, support, cache_url, time_zone, message_zh, request_id, time_stamp, cache_message, cache_message_zh }

Run it

Every call needs your API token in LOOOT_TOKEN; Sign in shows how to get one. Each run also needs a new idempotency key, so a retry never pays twice. With wait: 30 the answer comes back inline when the run ends within 30 seconds. Otherwise you get the running run back: poll GET /v1/runs/<runId>.

Example input with placeholder values:

curl -X POST "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOOOT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{"endpointId":"tikhub-api-instagram-general-search-2","input":{"query":"<query>"},"wait":30}'

const response = await fetch("https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.LOOOT_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    endpointId: "tikhub-api-instagram-general-search-2",
    input: {
      query: "<query>",
    },
    wait: 30,
  }),
});
const run = await response.json();
console.log(run.status, run.result);

import os
import uuid

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['LOOOT_TOKEN']}",
        "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),
    },
    json={
        "endpointId": "tikhub-api-instagram-general-search-2",
        "input": {
            "query": "<query>",
        },
        "wait": 30,
    },
    timeout=90,
)
run = response.json()
print(run["status"], run.get("result"))

To let looot pick among every provider of this job instead, send job:api.instagram.general-search as endpointId; see the job page.