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📸 Instagram Post Scraper

Scrape Instagram posts by username — extract likes, captions, media URLs, timestamps, and more!

🌐 About Instagram

Website: https://www.instagram.com

Instagram is one of the world’s leading social media platforms, where users post photos, videos, and stories, interact via comments and likes, and follow accounts of interest — including celebrities, brands, and influencers.

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🔍 What This Actor Does

The Instagram Post Scraper lets you scrape public posts from any Instagram profile by simply providing the username. This actor helps you:

• Retrieve up-to-date post data
• Get likes, comments, captions, and image URLs
• Download high-resolution images
• Analyze user behavior and trends

✅ Perfect for media monitoring, influencer research, competitive analysis, and social listening.

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📦 Extracted Data Fields

Each post includes:

• Url: Direct link to the Instagram post
• comments: Number of comments
• Caption: Post caption
• Image_urls: List of all available image resolutions
• likes: Number of likes
• accessibility_caption: Alt-text or image description (if any)
• is_video: Boolean (whether the post is a video)
• video_url: Direct URL to the video (if any)
• video_view_count: Number of views (for video posts)
• dimensions: Height and width of media
• coauthor_producers: Tagged co-authors or contributors
• taken_at_timestamp: Post creation time (UNIX format)
• owner:
  • id: Internal user ID
  • username: Instagram handle of the post creator

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⚙️ Input Parameters

Field	Type	Description
proxyConfiguration	object	Use Apify residential proxy for stable access
Instragram_id	string	Instagram handle of the user (e.g., "neymarjr")
item_limit	integer	Number of posts to scrape (max depends on profile)

💡 Example Input

1{
2  "proxyConfiguration": {
3    "useApifyProxy": true,
4    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
5  },
6  "Instragram_id": "neymarjr",
7  "item_limit": 10
8}

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✅ Example Output

1{
2  "Url": "https://www.instagram.com/DImjiBiAhgw",
3  "comments": 25361,
4  "Caption": "Every game is a chance to grow. Together, @alnassr!",
5  "Image_urls": [
6    "https://instagram...640x640.jpg",
7    "https://instagram...750x750.jpg",
8    "https://instagram...1080x1080.jpg"
9  ],
10  "likes": 6537719,
11  "accessibility_caption": null,
12  "is_video": false,
13  "video_url": null,
14  "video_view_count": 0,
15  "dimensions": {
16    "height": 1349,
17    "width": 1080
18  },
19  "coauthor_producers": [],
20  "taken_at_timestamp": 1745010448,
21  "owner": {
22    "id": "173560420",
23    "username": "cristiano"
24  }
25}

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💬 Notes

• Instagram data is dynamically rendered; scraping is powered by headless browser automation.
• We strongly recommend using residential proxies to prevent blocks.
• Login is not required for public profiles.
• If you receive empty results or encounter issues, please open an issue in the Apify Console.
• We are actively improving this actor, so your feedback is appreciated!

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📣 Feedback & Support

Have questions, suggestions, or bugs to report?
Go to the Issues tab of this actor in the Apify Console and let us know!

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🚀 Thank You for Using Instagram Post Scraper!