Instagram Profile Scraper

📌 Overview

The Instagram Profile Scraper is a powerful and easy-to-use tool for extracting detailed profile information from a list of Instagram usernames. Just provide the usernames and your Instagram session cookies to get structured, reliable profile data.

🚀 Features

• Scrapes detailed data from any public or private Instagram profile (with valid cookies).
• Accepts a list of usernames as input.
• Extracts key profile metrics and attributes.
• Authenticated scraping using session cookies.
• Fast and scalable – perfect for research, analysis, or automation workflows.

🔧 How It Works

1. Provide a list of Instagram usernames you want to scrape.
2. Add your Instagram session cookies for authenticated access.
3. The scraper fetches complete profile information for each username.
4. Results are returned in structured JSON format.

📥 Input Parameters

Example Input:

{
  "cookies": [{ "name": "sessionid", "value": "your-session-id", ... }],
  "usernames": ["cristiano", "natgeo", "nasa"]
}

📤 Output Data

For each username, the scraper returns:

• id – Unique Instagram user ID
• username – Instagram handle
• full_name – User’s full name
• profile_pic_url – URL to the profile picture
• biography – Bio text
• followers_count – Number of followers
• following_count – Number of accounts they follow
• posts_count – Number of posts
• is_private – Whether the account is private
• is_verified – Whether the account is verified
• external_url – Any linked website
• category – Instagram's profile category (if available)

Example Output:

{
  "username": "nasa",
  "full_name": "NASA",
  "profile_pic_url": "https://...",
  "biography": "Exploring the universe and our home planet.",
  "followers_count": 93000000,
  "following_count": 65,
  "posts_count": 5000,
  "is_private": false,
  "is_verified": true,
  "external_url": "https://nasa.gov",
  "category": "Government Organization"
}

🔑 How to Get Instagram Cookies

You need session cookies to authenticate. Follow these steps:

1. Install the Export Cookie JSON file for Puppeteer Chrome extension.
2. Log into your Instagram account in Chrome.
3. Open the extension and export cookies as JSON.
4. Copy the contents and paste into the cookies input field.

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• Instagram Profile Scraper
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🚀 Start scraping Instagram profile data efficiently and reliably!

⚠️ Disclaimer

Use this tool responsibly. Instagram may limit or block access for suspicious activity. Make sure you comply with Instagram’s terms of service. The developer is not responsible for any consequences of misuse. Avoid overloading Instagram's servers.

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