# Instagram Scraper — No Login, No Cookies (`crawlmesh/instagram-scraper-no-login`) Actor

Instagram profile, posts, reels, stories and highlights. No Instagram login, no cookies, no proxy setup — just a username.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlmesh/instagram-scraper-no-login.md
- **Developed by:** [CrawlMesh](https://apify.com/crawlmesh) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 profile results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Instagram Scraper — No Login, No Cookies

Retrieve public Instagram profiles, posts, reels, stories and highlights as JSON. Choose a data type and provide a username or a post URL. You do not need to supply your own Instagram session.

**Availability:** Instagram can temporarily restrict access to any data type. Check the run status and log before treating an empty dataset as an empty account.

### Input

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `dataType` | `profile`, `profile-posts`, `posts`, `reels`, `post`, `stories`, or `highlights` |
| `username` | Instagram username without `@`, except for a single post |
| `postUrl` | Instagram post or reel URL for `post` |
| `limit` | Maximum posts or reels, 1–200; default 12 |

Example:

```json
{ "dataType": "profile", "username": "nasa" }
```

### Output

Results are written to the run's default dataset. Profile requests return one record; posts, reels, stories, and highlights return one record per item. For `profile-posts`, post records are in the dataset and the profile is stored in the run's key-value store under `PROFILE`. Media URLs can expire.

### Limitations

The Actor processes one username or post URL per run. Public data availability and result counts depend on Instagram. Private profiles and restricted or removed content may be unavailable. Profiles with more than 10 highlight albums may return only the first 10 when the authenticated fallback is unavailable. Temporary upstream errors are reported in the run status; retry later.

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with Instagram or Meta.

# Actor input Schema

## `dataType` (type: `string`):

Which Instagram data to fetch.

## `username` (type: `string`):

Instagram username without @ (used by every type except 'Single Post').

## `postUrl` (type: `string`):

Only for 'Single Post'. A full instagram.com/p/… or /reel/… URL.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

For Posts / Reels / Profile+Posts only (1–200). Ignored for profile, single post, stories and highlights.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "dataType": "profile",
  "username": "nasa",
  "limit": 12
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "username": "nasa"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("crawlmesh/instagram-scraper-no-login").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "username": "nasa" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("crawlmesh/instagram-scraper-no-login").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "username": "nasa"
}' |
apify call crawlmesh/instagram-scraper-no-login --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,crawlmesh/instagram-scraper-no-login"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/69OKzdlGyRCka6pRv/builds/RD7at9HZ2Na56kHf5/openapi.json