Instagram Keyword Search Scraper

Extract posts from Instagram keyword search results. Scrape post URLs, captions, usernames, media URLs, hashtags, engagement metrics, and more. Supports multiple keywords with anti-detection features.

liveasyncunknown~30s typical

social mediaotherdeveloper toolsinstagramkeywordsearch

$0.0063

per result + $0.005 call

plus $0.001 platform fee per run

Actor charges $0.005 per result; Cracked adds 25% plus a $0.005 call fee

Bring your own Apify Store key: provider portion drops to $0.

Provider Upstream docs

$Set up https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/SKILL.md, then use Cracked to run apify /crawlerbros/instagram-keyword-search-scraper for me.

Input

Field	Type	Description
keywords*	array	List of keywords to search. Works for both single-word (e.g. "photography") and multi-word (e.g. "sunset photography") queries.
maxPosts	integer	Maximum number of post URLs to collect per keyword. default 100
cookies	string	Instagram authentication cookies in JSON format. If not provided, uses our own cookies file as fallback. Format: [{"name":"sessionid","value":"...","domain":".instagram.com"}, ...]. See README for extraction instructions.
sessionName	string	Name for saving/loading cookies between runs. Use different names for different Instagram accounts. default "default_session"

Call it

curl

curl https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..." -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"provider":"apify","endpoint":"/crawlerbros/instagram-keyword-search-scraper","input":{"keywords":["sunset photography"],"maxPosts":3,"cookies":"[{\"name\":\"sessionid\",\"value\":\"your_session_id\",\"domain\":\".instagram.com\"}]","sessionName":"my_instagram_session"},"wait":false}'

poll

curl "https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/runs/<runId>?wait=30" -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..."

cli

npx cracked-ai run -p apify -e /crawlerbros/instagram-keyword-search-scraper -i '{"keywords":["sunset photography"],"maxPosts":3,"cookies":"[{\"name\":\"sessionid\",\"value\":\"your_session_id\",\"domain\":\".instagram.com\"}]","sessionName":"my_instagram_session"}' -w 120

mcp

run_tool({ provider: "apify", endpoint: "/crawlerbros/instagram-keyword-search-scraper", input: {"keywords":["sunset photography"],"maxPosts":3,"cookies":"[{\"name\":\"sessionid\",\"value\":\"your_session_id\",\"domain\":\".instagram.com\"}]","sessionName":"my_instagram_session"}, wait: false })

Try it

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