Pixelfed Scraper — Any Instance, No Login
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$1.00 / 1,000 results
Pixelfed Scraper — Any Instance, No Login
Scrape Pixelfed profiles, posts and photos from ANY instance — pixelfed.social, pixelfed.de, and 200+ federated servers. No login required for profiles and recent posts. Optional token unlocks full timelines, search, hashtags and comments. From $1/1,000 results.
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Pixelfed Scraper — Posts & Profiles from Any Instance
Scrape Pixelfed — the fast-growing federated Instagram alternative — across any instance: pixelfed.social, pixelfed.de, metapixl.com and 200+ federated servers. Accepts user@instance handles or plain profile/post URLs.
Modes
| Mode | Auth needed | What you get |
|---|---|---|
author | ❌ none | Latest ~10 posts per account — caption, media URLs, date (platform Atom feed cap) |
profile | ❌ none | Bio, follower/following/post counts, avatar, join date — any instance |
post | ❌ none | Full post detail: caption, all media + alt text, hashtags, timestamps |
timeline | ✅ token | Full post history with pagination + minPostDate |
hashtag | ✅ token | Posts under a hashtag, paginated — includes federated content |
search | ✅ token | Account & hashtag discovery (Pixelfed does not index post text) |
comments | ✅ token | Reply threads on any post |
explore | ✅ token | The instance's live local feed — every new public post |
Why this scraper
- Cross-instance — the only Pixelfed actor that works on the whole federation, not just one server
- No login for public data — profiles, recent posts and post details work fully anonymously
- Optional deep mode — add an
accessTokento unlock full timelines, search, hashtags & comments - Structured output — normalized records ready for JSON/CSV/Excel export and API integration
Input
- handle —
dansup,user@pixelfed.de, orhttps://pixelfed.social/dansup(author / profile / timeline) - url — post URL like
https://pixelfed.social/p/dansup/1234(post / comments) - query — keyword (search) · hashtag — without
# - instance — default instance for bare handles & authed modes (default
pixelfed.social) - maxResults — item cap (anonymous author mode is limited to ~10 posts by Pixelfed's feed)
- accessToken — optional; unlocks authed modes
Getting an access token (for deep modes)
Pixelfed uses standard OAuth. Create an app via POST https://{instance}/api/v1/apps, complete the authorization-code flow for your account, and paste the resulting access_token here. Tokens are long-lived (~1 year).
Pricing
Pay-per-event: $1.00 per 1,000 results, discounted to $0.40/1,000 on Gold plans and above. No per-run fee.
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