Instagram Content Scraper
Pricing
$2.00 / 1,000 item scrapeds
Scrape Instagram posts and reels by profile, hashtag or URL: caption, likes, comments, views, media, owner and date. Public profile mode needs no login.
You can access the Instagram Content Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
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