# Scrape an Instagram account's posts

**Use case:** 

Pull the latest posts, captions, hashtags, likes, comments, media URLs and engagement metrics from any public Instagram profile. No login required.

## Input

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "natgeo"
  ],
  "directUrls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/p/DZpQwxqimz2/"
  ],
  "resultsLimit": 10,
  "mediaTypeFilter": "all",
  "includePinned": true,
  "scrapeComments": false,
  "maxComments": 20,
  "scrapeCommentReplies": false,
  "proxyCountry": "US",
  "sessionid": "<YOUR_SECRET>",
  "dsUserId": "<YOUR_SECRET>",
  "csrfToken": "<YOUR_SECRET>",
  "sessionCookies": "<YOUR_SECRET>"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "shortCode": {
    "label": "Short code",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "type": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "ownerUsername": {
    "label": "Owner",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "caption": {
    "label": "Caption",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "likesCount": {
    "label": "Likes",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "commentsCount": {
    "label": "Comments",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "videoViewCount": {
    "label": "Views",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "timestamp": {
    "label": "Date",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "displayUrl": {
    "label": "Image",
    "format": "image"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Instagram Post Scraper + Comments & Metadata](https://apify.com/cynix_dev/instagram-post-scraper-comments-metadata.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/cynix_dev/instagram-post-scraper-comments-metadata.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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