Instagram Leads Generator

Connecting with potential customers or partners on Instagram no longer has to be a manual, profile-by-profile grind. Instagram Leads Generator scours public Instagram profiles that match your chosen keywords and location, then neatly compiles the most valuable information usernames, follower counts, contact details, and more into a structured dataset you can act on immediately.

Whether you're a brand manager looking for micro-influencers in a niche market, a sales rep prospecting new fitness coaches in New York, or an event organizer wanting to invite local lifestyle creators, this tool delivers fresh, actionable leads in minutes. Spend less time copying‐and‐pasting from bios and DM screens and more time reaching out, building relationships, and growing your business.

📄 What Can You Extract?

• Lead: The lead category (e.g., influencers, businesses) used to tag each record
• Username: The Instagram handle (without the "@" )
• Followers: Total follower count at the moment of scraping
• User link: Direct URL to the user's Instagram profile
• Phones: Array of phone numbers found on the profile or linked contact button
• Emails: Array of email addresses found in the bio or contact button

📘 How to Use

Getting started is quick and painless even if you've never scraped data before:

1. Create a free Apify account. All you need is an email address.
2. Open the Instagram Leads Generator on the Apify platform.
3. Add your input parameters (keyword, location, language, etc.). Example:
   • ✅ Valid: fitness coach + New York
4. Click "Start". The actor will search Instagram, match profiles, and gather their data.
5. Download your dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML, or pipe it straight into your integrations via the API.

✨ Key Features

• Keyword & Location Targeting – Find exactly the profiles you need by topic and city/region.
• Contact Extraction – Automatically grabs emails and phone numbers when available.
• Follower Metrics – Instantly assess influence with real-time follower counts.
• Proxy Support – Use Apify Proxy or bring your own for higher throughput and reliability.
• Flexible Output Formats – Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or feed data directly into another workflow.
• Rate-Limit Friendly – Built-in delays and smart retries keep your account safe.

⌨️ Input Parameters

Field	Type	Description	Required
keyword	String	Search phrase for profiles (e.g., "fitness coach")	Yes
location	String	City or region to focus on (e.g., "New York")	No
country	String	Two-letter country code for geo-filtering (e.g., "us")	No
language	String	Two-letter language code to prefer (e.g., "en")	No
maxLeads	Integer	Maximum number of leads to collect	Yes
proxyConfiguration	Object	Proxy settings; use Apify Proxy or custom proxy	No

Sample Input

{
  "keyword": "fitness coach",
  "location": "New York",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "maxLeads": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

📊 Output

The actor returns a structured dataset with the following fields for each record.

Sample Output (JSON)

[
  {
    "lead": "influencers",
    "username": "call*******",
    "followers": "13000",
    "userLink": "https://www.instagram.com/call*******/",
    "phones": ["9665*******"],
    "emails": ["call*******.contact@gmail.com"]
  }
]

🎯 Use Cases

• Build curated micro-influencer lists for brand collaborations
• Prospect local businesses for social-media management services
• Discover speaker or ambassador candidates for fitness events
• Enrich your CRM with Instagram contact data and follower metrics
• Identify potential affiliate marketers in specific niches
• Compile outreach lists for product seeding campaigns
• Track regional competitor communities and engagement levels
• Source lifestyle creators for tourism or hospitality promotions
• Provide lead lists for agencies specializing in influencer marketing

📌 Usage Tips

• Combine keywords with locations for highly targeted results.
• Use smaller maxLeads in testing; scale up once settings are dialed in.
• Enable Apify Proxy to minimize blocks and keep throughput high.

🔌 Integrations

Instagram Leads Generator fits seamlessly into your data pipeline. Thanks to built-in integrations on the Apify platform, you can connect this actor with virtually any cloud service or web app.

Popular integrations

• Make (Integromat) – automate multi-step workflows.
• Zapier – send data to 5,000+ apps.
• Airbyte – sync datasets into your data warehouse.
• Slack – push instant notifications.
• Google Sheets & Drive – store results in spreadsheets or cloud.
• GitHub – commit datasets directly to your repositories.
• AWS S3 / Azure Blob Storage – archive large exports securely.

Webhooks

Set up webhooks to trigger actions when the actor completes or fails, e.g., send email or Slack alerts.

🛠️ API Access

Prefer to automate with code? The Apify REST API lets you manage, schedule, and run this actor programmatically.

• Run & Schedule Actors
• Access Datasets
• Monitor Runs
• Version Control

Client libraries

Language	Package	Install
Node.js	apify-client	npm install apify-client
Python	apify-client	pip install apify-client

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For complete API examples and detailed usage, visit the API documentation.

// Example: Trigger a run with Node.js
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' });

const input = {
  keyword: 'fitness coach',
  location: 'New York',
  maxLeads: 20
};

const run = await client.actor('caprolok/instagram-leads-generator').call(input);

console.log('Results:', await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems());

MCP Quickstart

You can use the Apify MCP Server in two ways:

1. Standard Input/Output (stdio):
Ideal for local integrations and command-line tools such as the Claude for Desktop client.

• Set MCP client server command to npx @apify/actors-mcp-server and environment variable APIFY_TOKEN to your Apify API token.
• See npx @apify/actors-mcp-server --help for more options.

2. HTTPS Endpoint mcp.apify.com:
Connect your MCP client by including Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN> header in your requests.

• Use https://mcp.apify.com for streamable transport.
• Use https://mcp.apify.com/sse for legacy SSE transport.

For more details, see the MCP API documentation.

For full API details, visit the Apify API reference or open the API tab on this actor's Apify page for ready-made code snippets.

💬 Support

If you encounter any issues, have suggestions, or need assistance, please use the Issues tab. Our team actively monitors this section and will respond promptly.

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