Instagram User Search Scraper

Instagram

Operated by Sourcelane✓ verified

A keyword-driven Instagram account discovery scraper that performs Instagram search queries to find top-ranked matching accounts (creators, brands, businesses) for given keywords and returns structured records per match. For each account it captures profile metadata such as account identifier, username, display name, profile picture URL, and verified/private status; with optional enrichment it adds audience and profile signals including follower and following counts, post count, biography and external link, business flag and category, and any publicly exposed email or phone contact details. The connector operates via keyword search (no login or cookies required) and is intended for bulk discovery and enrichment of niche account lists for downstream analysis, outreach, and research.

Verified Sep 28, 3:55 AM

$0.002

per account

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

What people use it for

Lead generation — build a list of accounts in a niche and enrich with follower counts and contact info
Influencer discovery — find creators by topic, location, or specialty keyword
Competitor & market research — map the accounts using a brand, product, or category name
Outreach — collect business profiles with public emails for partnership campaigns
Audience building — find relevant accounts to follow, study, or collaborate with

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-user-search-scraper","params":{"queries":["travel photographer"],"maxItems":5},"maxResults":10}'

Request params

Field	Type	Required	Description
`queries`	array	required	One or more keywords, niches, names, or brands to search Instagram accounts for (e.g. "vegan bakery", "travel photographer"). Each keyword returns Instagram's top matching accounts.
`enrichProfiles`	boolean	optional	Fetch full profile details for each account (follower count, bio, category, public email/phone). Slower and uses more API calls, but adds follower counts and contact data.
`maxItems`	integer	optional	Maximum number of accounts 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
`userId`	string	User Id
`username`	string	Username
`displayName`	string	Display Name
`profilePicUrl`	string	Profile Pic Url
`isPrivate`	boolean	Is Private
`isVerified`	boolean	Is Verified
`biography`	null	Biography
`externalUrl`	null	External Url
`followerCount`	null	Follower Count
`followingCount`	null	Following Count
`mediaCount`	null	Media Count
`isBusiness`	null	—
`category`	null	—
`publicEmail`	null	—
`publicPhone`	null	—

Use Instagram User Search 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-user-search-scraper","params":{"queries":["travel photographer"],"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-user-search-scraper",
        "params": {"queries":["travel photographer"],"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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