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Instagram Reels Search API

GET/search/reels

Reels (clips) keyword search. Served by the legacy ``fbsearch/reels_serp`` endpoint — the 452 app's new GraphQL reels SERP returns empty.

$0.0004 per request ($0.40 per 1,000), flat. Only successful calls are billed.

Parameters

NameInRequiredDescription
search_session_idqueryyesClient-created UUID reused for one search journey
serp_session_idqueryyesClient-created UUID reused for one SERP journey
queryqueryyesSearch query
cursorquerynoOpaque pagination cursor from a previous next_cursor

Request

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.herascrape.com/search/reels?search_session_id=a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890&serp_session_id=f0e1d2c3-b4a5-6789-0abc-def123456789&query=nasa' \
  --header "x-api-key: $HERASCRAPE_KEY"

`data` holds one page as `{ items, next_cursor, has_more }`. Pass `next_cursor` back as `cursor` while `has_more` is true, with the same session ids on every page.