Instagram Post Viewer – View & Download Public Posts (Apify Actor) 📸

Easily view and export public Instagram posts from any profile — no login required. This Apify actor fetches posts, flattens them into a clean table (one post = one row), and optionally includes pagination info so you can continue to the next page with a single value.

Ideal for research, analytics, inspiration, content curation, and archiving.

✨ Key Features

• 🔍 Fetch public Instagram posts by username
• 🔐 No login or cookies required
• 📄 Clean tabular output (one post per row)
• 🧭 Built‑in pagination support via end_cursor
• 💾 Saves results to the Apify dataset for easy CSV/JSON export

🚀 Quick Start

1. Open the actor and provide input.
2. Run the actor.
3. Download results from the dataset as CSV/JSON/NDJSON.

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
username	string	Yes	Target Instagram username (public profiles only).
maxId	string	No	For pagination: paste end_cursor from the previous run. Leave blank for the first page.

Example input

{
  "username": "kyliejenner",
  "maxId": ""
}

📦 Output Format (Dataset)

This actor pushes one dataset item per post. Columns include:

Column	Description
username	Input username
post_id	Post identifier
shortcode	Post shortcode
post_url	Direct post URL
caption	Post caption text
like_count	Number of likes (if available)
comment_count	Number of comments (if available)
view_count	Video views (if available)
is_video	Whether the post is a video
taken_at	ISO date/time of the post
image_url	Representative image URL
owner_id	Owner account ID
owner_username	Owner username
width	Media width (if available)
height	Media height (if available)

In addition, the actor appends a final helper row with pagination data:

Column	Description
row_type	Will be page_info for this row
end_cursor	Use this value as maxId to fetch the next page
has_next_page	Whether more pages exist
has_previous_page	Whether previous pages exist
start_cursor	Start cursor (if provided)

🔁 Pagination Guide

• After a successful run, check the last row in the dataset where row_type = "page_info".
• Copy end_cursor from that row.
• Re-run the actor with the same username and set maxId to the copied end_cursor.

This allows you to iterate through multiple pages safely and consistently.

🧠 Common Use Cases

• Social media research & market intelligence
• Content inspiration and curation workflows
• Analytics and reporting dashboards
• Archiving public Instagram content for reference

✅ Notes & Limits

• Works only for public Instagram profiles.
• Respect platform terms of service and applicable laws when using the data.

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• Instagram Highlights Stories Viewer: https://apify.com/igview-owner/instagram-highlights-stories-viewer
• Instagram Video Downloader: https://apify.com/igview-owner/instagram-video-downloader

❓ FAQ

Q: Do I need to log in or provide cookies? A: No. This actor is designed to work without login for public profiles.

Q: How do I fetch the next page of posts? A: Use the end_cursor from the last dataset row with row_type = "page_info" as the maxId in your next run.

Q: What file formats can I export to? A: From the Apify dataset, you can export to CSV, JSON, and NDJSON.

Q: Why do some metrics appear as null? A: Some fields (likes, comments, views) may not be present on every post or may vary by media type.

Q: Will this work on private accounts? A: No. Only public profiles are supported.

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If you have questions or feature requests, feel free to open an issue or contact the actor author on Apify. Happy scraping! 🎉