Instagram Music & Trending Audio Scraper

Instagram

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A scraper for Instagram's audio library that searches by song, artist, or keyword to extract music and sound metadata and usage signals for Reels. It returns track metadata (title, artist, duration, explicit flag, lyrics indicator, cover artwork), Instagram audio identifiers, usage metrics (how many Reels use a sound and a trending indicator), audio assets (short preview and full download links), and optionally the top-performing Reels that use each sound with reel identifiers, URLs, creator usernames, play counts, and like counts. The connector performs automated crawling of Instagram's sound catalog and ranks or surfaces trending audio and top Reels for discovery, sourcing, and analysis without requiring account login.

Verified Sep 28, 3:55 AM

$0.008

per audio track

Up to 100 per call. Only pay for results returned; failed calls are refunded.

What people use it for

Trending audio research — find sounds gaining traction to align content with trends
Sound sourcing — identify the exact audio behind a track or artist for reuse
Creator & agency planning — build content calendars around trending and high-usage sounds
Competitor analysis — see which Reels are performing best with a given sound
Music marketing — track how an artist's songs are spreading across Reels

Trust & reliability

7d uptime trend

Window	Uptime	Success rate	p50	p95
24h	—	—	—	—
7d	—	—	—	—
30d	—	—	—	—

Calling contract

Call it through Sourcelane's gateway or MCP server. We run the connector, apply your agent's spend guardrails, and bill only the results returned.

Call it via Sourcelane

curl -X POST https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"listing":"instagram-music-scraper","params":{"queries":["espresso"],"maxItems":5},"maxResults":10}'

Request params

Field	Type	Required	Description
`queries`	array	required	One or more song titles, artist names, or sound keywords to search Instagram's audio library for (e.g. "espresso", "taylor swift", "trending"). Each returns matching tracks with their Reel usage and trending status.
`reelsPerTrack`	integer	optional	For each track, also fetch this many top Reels that use the sound (username, play count, like count). Set 0 to skip. Higher values are slower and use more API calls. Max 12.
`maxItems`	integer	optional	Maximum number of tracks to return across all keywords. Set 0 for as many as the search returns. Capped at 100 per call.

Each result contains

Field	Type	Description
`query`	string	Query
`audioClusterId`	string	Audio Cluster Id
`audioAssetId`	string	Audio Asset Id
`title`	string	Title
`artist`	string	Artist
`durationSeconds`	number	Duration Seconds
`isExplicit`	boolean	Is Explicit
`hasLyrics`	boolean	Has Lyrics
`reelsCountText`	string	Reels Count Text
`isTrending`	boolean	Is Trending
`coverArtworkUrl`	string	Cover Artwork Url
`previewUrl`	null	Preview Url
`downloadUrl`	string	—
`topReels`	array	—

Use Instagram Music & Trending Audio Scraper from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Pick your tool and connect in under a minute. Then just ask — for example: “Pull the last 20 posts from @natgeo and tell me which formats get the most engagement.”

Connect Claude

Web, desktop and mobile. Paste one URL.

1Copy your personal connector URL
2In Claude open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
3Paste the URL and click Add — done

Manual setup (config files, REST, Python) +

Claude Code

Adds the Sourcelane MCP server with your key as a header.

terminal

claude mcp add --transport http sourcelane https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"

Claude Desktop (config file)

Alternative to the connector URL: add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude.

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor & Windsurf

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or Windsurf's mcp_config.json).

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "url": "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Save as .vscode/mcp.json. VS Code prompts for your key once.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:sourcelane-key}"
      }
    }
  },
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sourcelane-key",
      "description": "Sourcelane agent key",
      "password": true
    }
  ]
}

ChatGPT Custom GPT (Actions)

Create a GPT → Actions → Import from URL, then Authentication: API Key, Bearer.

OpenAPI schema URL

https://usesourcelane.com/openapi.json

REST

One POST. Pass maxResults to cap cost.

curl

curl -X POST https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"listing":"instagram-music-scraper","params":{"queries":["espresso"],"maxItems":5},"maxResults":10}'

Python, LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK…

Wrap the REST call as a tool, or point an MCP client at the endpoint.

python

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"},
    json={
        "listing": "instagram-music-scraper",
        "params": {"queries":["espresso"],"maxItems":5},
        "maxResults": 10,
    },
    timeout=300,
)
body = res.json()
print(body["receipt"]["chargedMicros"], "micro-USD for", body["receipt"]["results"], "results")
print(body["data"])

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