# Instagram Audio Reels

Retrieve the public Instagram reels that use a given audio track, with pagination support. The audio_id is the numeric id from the public audio page URL (instagram.com/reels/audio/{audio_id}/). Returns reel details including video URLs, captions, play counts, and engagement metrics. Note: Instagram strips the track title/artist metadata for logged-out requests, so this endpoint returns the reels only. A completed lookup costs one credit, including a definitive not-found result, because every lookup uses costly dedicated Instagram proxies.

- **Documentation:** [https://scrappa.co/docs/instagram-api/instagram_audio_reels](https://scrappa.co/docs/instagram-api/instagram_audio_reels)
- **API group:** Instagram API
- **Endpoint:** `GET https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/audio/reels`

## Authentication

Send your Scrappa API key in the `X-API-KEY` request header. Paid endpoints also support accountless x402 payments when called without an API key.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `audio_id` | string | Yes | Numeric Instagram audio ID (from instagram.com/reels/audio/{audio_id}/) |
| `max_id` | string | No | Pagination cursor from previous response (next_max_id) |

## Example request

```bash
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/instagram/audio/reels?audio_id=1392969992841787"
```

## Example response

```json
{
    "success": true,
    "found": true,
    "audio_id": "1392969992841787",
    "reels": [
        {
            "id": "3960907739614247380",
            "shortcode": "DbXRYtWuLsf",
            "media_type": "video",
            "caption": "Reel caption text...",
            "hashtags": [
                "music"
            ],
            "taken_at": "2026-08-01T10:30:00+00:00",
            "like_count": 3200,
            "comment_count": 45,
            "play_count": 108899,
            "media": [
                {
                    "type": "video",
                    "thumbnail_url": "https://...",
                    "video_url": "https://..."
                }
            ],
            "location": null,
            "author": {
                "id": "123456789",
                "username": "creatorname"
            },
            "permalink": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DbXRYtWuLsf/"
        }
    ],
    "reels_count": 12,
    "more_available": true,
    "next_max_id": "Gsa-7MXr6uKi123Cpfi06Nii2m3cya60oZLD722u"
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Error | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 422 | Validation Error | The audio_id parameter is missing or not numeric. |
| 503 | Instagram Upstream Unavailable | Instagram rejected or failed all bounded attempts through approved proxies. Retry the request later. The request is retryable and does not consume credits. |

## More Scrappa resources

- [API documentation](https://scrappa.co/docs)
- [Full LLM-readable API reference](https://scrappa.co/llms-full.txt)
- [OpenAPI specification](https://scrappa.co/docs/api.json)
- [Pricing](https://scrappa.co/pricing)