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Pixelfed Scraper — Any Instance, No Login

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$1.00 / 1,000 results

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Pixelfed Scraper — Any Instance, No Login

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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$1.00 / 1,000 results

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William Billings

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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

ModeAuth neededWhat you get
author❌ noneLatest ~10 posts per account — caption, media URLs, date (platform Atom feed cap)
profile❌ noneBio, follower/following/post counts, avatar, join date — any instance
post❌ noneFull post detail: caption, all media + alt text, hashtags, timestamps
timeline✅ tokenFull post history with pagination + minPostDate
hashtag✅ tokenPosts under a hashtag, paginated — includes federated content
search✅ tokenAccount & hashtag discovery (Pixelfed does not index post text)
comments✅ tokenReply threads on any post
explore✅ tokenThe 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 accessToken to 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, or https://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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