Pinterest Scraper: pins, images, videos, and boards from profiles and search

Pinterest Scraper collects public Pinterest pins from profiles, boards, single pins, and search. For every pin you get the title, description, the website it links to, the full-size image, the video file when there is one, the dominant color, the creation date, saves, repins, comments, and reactions, the board it sits on, and the pinner with their follower count.

You don't need a Pinterest account, an API key, or any code. Paste links or type a keyword, press Start, and download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML.

What can you do with Pinterest data?

• Find trends. Search a topic and see which images, products, and recipes people save, and which sites they link to.
• Research competitors. Collect every pin from a brand's profile or board with its saves and outbound links to see what works for them.
• Find creators. Each pin names its pinner with their follower count and verified badge, so you can shortlist accounts in your niche.
• Collect images and videos. Get full-size image links and MP4 or HLS video links for mood boards, datasets, or content audits.
• Track your own account. Run your profile or boards on a schedule and watch saves and reactions grow.
• Build datasets. Export thousands of pins with titles, descriptions, alt text, and colors for analysis or machine learning.

What data does Pinterest Scraper extract?

Group	Fields
Pin	ID, URL, title, description, alt text, creation date, promoted flag
Link	the website the pin links to and its domain
Image	full-size image URL, width, height, dominant color
Video	MP4 URL, HLS URL, duration, size, thumbnail (video pins only)
Engagement	saves, repins, comments, reactions
Hashtags	hashtags written in the description
Board	board ID, name, URL
Pinner	user ID, username, name, followers, verified badge, profile URL
Source	the kind of input (profile, board, pin, or search) and the URL or keyword that found the pin

How to scrape Pinterest

1. Open the actor and go to the Input tab.
2. Paste links into Pinterest URLs, add keywords to Search queries, or both.
3. Set Max pins per source.
4. Press Start. When the run finishes, open the Output tab to preview the table, or press Export to download the data.

Input

Field	Type	Description
startUrls	array	Pinterest links. See the supported links below.
searchQueries	array of strings	Keywords to search Pinterest pins for.
maxItems	integer	The maximum number of pins from each URL and each search query.
proxyCountryCode	string	A two-letter country code such as US or DE to use Apify residential proxy in that country. None uses Apify datacenter proxy.

Supported links:

Link	Example	What you get
Profile	https://www.pinterest.com/nasa/	the pins on the profile, newest first
Board	https://www.pinterest.com/nasa/learn-with-nasa/	the pins on the board
Pin	https://www.pinterest.com/pin/142567144449027286/	that one pin
Short link	https://pin.it/...	whatever the short link points to
Pin search	https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=cats	pins matching the query
Video search	https://www.pinterest.com/search/videos/?q=pasta%20recipe	video pins matching the query

Any Pinterest domain works, for example pinterest.co.uk or de.pinterest.com. Board sections and pages such as /ideas/ aren't supported, and the run skips them with a note in the log.

Input example

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.pinterest.com/nasa/" },
    { "url": "https://www.pinterest.com/nasa/learn-with-nasa/" },
    { "url": "https://www.pinterest.com/search/videos/?q=pasta%20recipe" }
  ],
  "searchQueries": ["cats"],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "proxyCountryCode": "None"
}

Output

Every pin becomes one item in the dataset. Below is a real video pin from the NASA profile. Some long links are shortened.

{
  "id": "142567144448951872",
  "url": "https://www.pinterest.com/pin/142567144448951872/",
  "title": "Adopt a Pixel with NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope",
  "description": "Claim your pixel on one of the first images from NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope! When Roman captures its first images, each pixel will represent a piece of the cosmos never seen before at this resolution. Claim your pixel and be part of this historic moment!",
  "altText": "An image of a nebula becomes pixelated and then narrows down to one, small, single pixel...",
  "link": "https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/adopt-a-pixel/",
  "domain": "science.nasa.gov",
  "imageUrl": "https://i.pinimg.com/originals/03/2c/95/032c95d3b48830a5620cb8df01fe934c.jpg",
  "imageWidth": 1080,
  "imageHeight": 1920,
  "isVideo": true,
  "video": {
    "url": "https://v1.pinimg.com/videos/iht/hevcMp4V3/a2/a7/b9/a2a7b90756b5ded4089b3e5ca36e7c09_720w.mp4",
    "hlsUrl": "https://v1.pinimg.com/videos/iht/hls/a2/a7/b9/a2a7b90756b5ded4089b3e5ca36e7c09.m3u8",
    "duration": 9.468,
    "width": 1080,
    "height": 1920,
    "thumbnail": "https://i.pinimg.com/videos/thumbnails/originals/a2/a7/b9/a2a7b90756b5ded4089b3e5ca36e7c09.0000000.jpg"
  },
  "dominantColor": "#133b66",
  "createdAt": "2026-09-03T13:52:00.000Z",
  "saves": 4,
  "repinCount": 4,
  "comments": 0,
  "reactions": 7,
  "hashtags": [],
  "isPromoted": false,
  "board": {
    "id": "142567213143159083",
    "name": "Learn With NASA",
    "url": "https://www.pinterest.com/nasa/learn-with-nasa/"
  },
  "pinner": {
    "id": "142567281862381039",
    "username": "nasa",
    "fullName": "NASA",
    "followers": 556488,
    "verified": true,
    "url": "https://www.pinterest.com/nasa/"
  },
  "sourceType": "profile",
  "input": "https://www.pinterest.com/nasa/"
}

Output fields

Field	Description
id	The pin ID. Search results carry a search-only token starting with e1_ instead; see the limits below.
url	Link to the pin. Missing for search results.
title, description, altText	The pin's title, description, and image description.
link, domain	The website the pin links to.
imageUrl, imageWidth, imageHeight	The largest image Pinterest serves, usually the original upload.
isVideo, video	Video pins only: MP4 and HLS links, length in seconds, size, and thumbnail. Some videos come as HLS only.
dominantColor	The main color of the image as a hex code.
createdAt	When the pin was created, ISO 8601 in UTC.
saves, repinCount, comments	Engagement counts. Missing for search results.
reactions	All reactions on the pin added up.
hashtags	Hashtags from the description.
isPromoted	true for ads.
board	The board the pin sits on.
pinner	The account that saved the pin, with its follower count.
sourceType, input	What kind of input found the pin, and the URL or keyword itself.

Limits

• Search results carry less data. For visitors who aren't logged in, Pinterest replaces pin IDs in search results with search-only tokens. Those tokens don't open a pin page, so search results have no url, and Pinterest doesn't send their saves, repins, or comments. Every other field, including the image, the outbound link, the board, and the pinner, is there. To get full data for a topic, scrape the boards or profiles that search turns up.
• Boards sometimes stop early. For logged-out visitors, a board feed sometimes ends after a page or two. When a board ends before the pin count Pinterest reports for it, the actor asks again from a new IP, up to 3 times in a row without new pins.
• Private boards and secret pins aren't visible without logging in, so the actor can't reach them.

How fast is it?

The actor talks to Pinterest's own data endpoints over plain HTTP and doesn't run a browser, so it runs in 256 MB of memory. In our tests, 300 pins from a profile took about 6 seconds, 300 search results took about 13 seconds, and 600 pins from a board took about 31 seconds, including the retries described above.

How much does it cost?

You pay $0.50 per 1,000 pins. Platform usage is included.

Export and integrations

The results go into an Apify dataset. From there you can:

• download them as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML, or RSS from the Output tab;
• send them to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, and other tools through Apify integrations;
• schedule runs to track profiles and boards over time;
• start runs and read the results from your own code through the Apify API.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/<username>~pinterest-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"startUrls": [{"url": "https://www.pinterest.com/nasa/"}], "maxItems": 50}'

FAQ

Do I need a Pinterest account?

No. The actor reads what Pinterest shows to visitors who aren't logged in.

Can I download the images and videos?

The results include direct links to the full-size image and to the video files. Pinterest serves them from its CDN, and the links keep working.

Why don't search results have a pin URL?

Pinterest gives logged-out visitors search-only tokens instead of pin IDs, and those don't open a pin page. Scrape the boards or profiles from the search results to get pins with full data and links.

Why did a board return fewer pins than it has?

Pinterest sometimes ends board feeds early for logged-out visitors. The actor retries from new IPs, but some boards still stop before the end. Running the board again usually gets further.

Is it legal to scrape Pinterest?

The actor collects only public data that anyone can see without logging in. Public pins can still contain personal data, so make sure you have a legitimate reason to collect it and follow the GDPR and other laws that apply to you. If you're not sure, ask a lawyer.

Disclaimer

This actor is provided as is, without warranty. You're responsible for how you use it and for following Pinterest's terms of service and the laws that apply to you. Pinterest isn't affiliated with this actor.