# Instagram Hashtag API — Top Posts Scraper (`galih_rakasiwi/instagram-hashtag-api`) Actor

Get top posts for any Instagram hashtag as clean JSON: shortcode, URL, caption, likes, comments, owner, media type and timestamp. Browser-based with residential proxy. No login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/galih_rakasiwi/instagram-hashtag-api.md
- **Developed by:** [RD.Galih Rakasiwi](https://apify.com/galih_rakasiwi) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.95 / 1,000 post extracteds

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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 Hashtag API — Top Posts Scraper

Get **top posts for any Instagram hashtag** as clean, LLM-ready JSON — no login.

### Why this Actor

Instagram's web data is behind signed GraphQL requests that change often.
This Actor drives a real Chromium browser through **Apify residential proxy**
and captures the same GraphQL responses the page makes, then normalizes them.

### Endpoints

| Method | Path | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/hashtag/{tag}` | Top posts for a hashtag (`?limit=1..100`) |
| GET | `/health` | Liveness + proxy status |

```bash
curl "https://<container-url>/hashtag/fashion?limit=30"
curl "https://<container-url>/hashtag/travel?limit=10"
```

### Output

```json
{
  "hashtag": "fashion",
  "mediaCount": "1.2B",
  "count": 30,
  "proxyUsed": true,
  "posts": [
    {
      "shortcode": "ABC123",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123/",
      "caption": "…",
      "likes": 1234,
      "comments": 56,
      "isVideo": false,
      "timestamp": 1729000000,
      "owner": "username",
      "thumbnail": "https://…"
    }
  ]
}
```

### Notes

- **Residential proxy is required.** Inside Apify it is used automatically.
  Locally set `PROXY_URL`.
- Likes/comments are included when Instagram returns them; some nodes expose
  only the shortcode (DOM fallback), in which case those fields are `null`.
- No login or cookies are used.

### Related searches

instagram hashtag scraper, instagram hashtag api, top posts by hashtag,
instagram analytics, hashtag research, social media monitoring

### Local development

```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
PROXY_URL=http://user:pass@proxy:port uvicorn src.main:app --reload
```

# Actor input Schema

## `proxyUrl` (type: `string`):

Optional proxy URL. By default the Actor uses Apify residential proxy automatically.

## `port` (type: `integer`):

Port the API server listens on.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "port": 8000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `liveApi` (type: `string`):

No description

## `swagger` (type: `string`):

No description

## `openapi` (type: `string`):

No description

## `health` (type: `string`):

No description

## `runConsole` (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 = {
    "proxyUrl": ""
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("galih_rakasiwi/instagram-hashtag-api").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 = { "proxyUrl": "" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("galih_rakasiwi/instagram-hashtag-api").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 '{
  "proxyUrl": ""
}' |
apify call galih_rakasiwi/instagram-hashtag-api --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,galih_rakasiwi/instagram-hashtag-api"
        }
    }
}
```

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/yEaemaSLD3uzCfLBN/builds/3UAu4enEZOySKpE7m/openapi.json