Instagram Scraper
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Instagram Scraper
Scrape and download Instagram posts, profiles, places, hashtags, photos, and comments. Get data from Instagram using one or more Instagram URLs or search queries. Export scraped data, run the scraper via API, schedule and monitor runs or integrate with other tools.
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Download Video Transcripts
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Is it possible to support downloading of automatic transcription text from a video or reel?
Similar scrapers have the functionality to do the same from tiktok videos, youtube videos and x videos - yet to find one for Instagram!
Erik Funder Carstensen (weuts)
Hi 😊
Thanks for reaching out! I've created an internal issue to look into whether it is possible - we'll get back to you once we know more 😊
robert.castagna
Sweet, thanks! Currently processing video streams for audio extraction and its quite the implementation... lol
Hi!
Currently, it is not found anywhere in Instagram's public reels. You can try as follows:
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Scrape the post with the audio, i.e., https://console.apify.com/view/runs/8V6LCcb0a2jqHWfdu
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Use
musicInfo.audio_idto compose a direct audio URL (https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/1363185204928041/ for the post above) and scrape it again https://console.apify.com/view/runs/4UKLOm2miVEhCfKqb
As you can see https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/i8QtEzbCSbN0lkuCr/items?clean=true&format=json there is no transcript, not in metadata, nor audio items. If you can find a working sample when the transcript is revealed in the public IG post or reels, we will be happy to add such details to the actor's output.
I will close the issue now, but if there is anything else we can help with, please let us know.
robert.castagna
Hi Alexey, this method was working for a while however now, the second scrape with the direct audio URL is referencing a different post than the one from the first scrape that gave the musicInfo.audio_id. Ex:
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scrape post with audio, https://console.apify.com/actors/shu8hvrXbJbY3Eb9W/runs/mflhN3w9PodI6N71R#output (musicInfo.audio_id:'1238404804144710', musicInfo.uses_original_audio:true)
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use audio_id to get direct audio url ( "https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/1238404804144710/" ) and scrape again: https://console.apify.com/actors/shu8hvrXbJbY3Eb9W/runs/PpSj6nPA4Iyqfu889#output gives a different post.
Is this behavior expected in this case? It's happened to me on more than one occasion today.
@robert.castagna Audio can be used in multiple reels, as you can see in the browser https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/1238404804144710/ attached to the many reels.
Still, it is the same audio, and the audio details are the same for all the reels with it.
robert.castagna
Okay, I understand. Since the flag musicInfo.uses_original_audio:true is not representative of a unique audio, is there a way I could identify a unique or original audio only used in that post?
As I understand, "original" is something uploaded by the profile owner and not detected as a duplicate of copyrighted content. If original content is reused across many reels, it is still original. I think for your case, it's enough to check in the audio details if only one reel is referenced (items).
Hope it helps.
