# Pinterest Scraper: pins, profiles, boards, search, video MP4s (`innocent_archipelago/pinterest`) Actor

Scrape Pinterest pins by keyword, and profiles and boards with their pins: images, links, saves, reactions, video MP4s, pinner and follower counts. Full-size image and MP4 links make it a Pinterest image and video downloader. No login, no browser, $1 per 1,000 pins.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/innocent\_archipelago/pinterest.md
- **Developed by:** [Spyridon Pikoulas](https://apify.com/innocent_archipelago) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, E-commerce, Marketing
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 pins

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## Pinterest Scraper

Scrape Pinterest pins, videos, boards and profiles:

- **Search:** pins for any keyword, as on Pinterest's search page, or video pins only.
- **Profiles:** a profile's followers, following, pins, boards and monthly views, then the pins
  it created, newest first.
- **Boards:** a board's pin and follower counts, then its pins.
- **Pins:** single pin URLs, with all their details.

Every pin comes with its title, description, alt text, full-size image, outbound link and
domain, date, reactions, and its pinner (with followers) and board. Turn on **Include saves,
comments and MP4** to add each pin's saves, repins, shares, comments, hashtags and the video as an
MP4 file. With full-size image and MP4 links it doubles as a Pinterest image and video
downloader.

It needs no browser and no login, and it is fast: 90 pins, a profile and a board took 7 seconds;
200 pins with all their details took 23. It costs **$1 per 1,000 pins**.

### What people use it for

- **Trend and product research:** what gets saved in a niche, and which shops' products it
  links to.
- **Marketing and competitors:** a brand's or a competitor's pins, boards and audience.
- **Influencer lists:** pinners in a niche, ranked by followers and monthly views.
- **Images and videos for AI:** full-size images with alt text, and MP4 videos, by keyword.

### How to use it

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["minimalist kitchen", "pasta recipe"],
  "searchType": "pins",
  "urls": [
    "marthastewart",
    "https://www.pinterest.com/marthastewart/letscelebrate-pin-party/",
    "https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1142155155506324455/"
  ],
  "maxPinsPerSource": 50,
  "includeDetails": true
}
```

Set `maxPinsPerSource` to 0 to get only the profiles and boards, without their pins.

### Output

A pin, with details:

```json
{
  "type": "pin",
  "id": "1142155155506324455",
  "url": "https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1142155155506324455/",
  "title": "Pistachio Pesto Pasta",
  "description": "Elevate your pasta game with our Pistachio Pesto Pasta recipe! …",
  "altText": "a person pouring pasta into a bowl with spinach leaves in the backgroud",
  "link": null,
  "domain": null,
  "imageUrl": "https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c5/c2/a7/c5c2a7609180702a249d211320c95354.jpg",
  "imageWidth": 720,
  "imageHeight": 1280,
  "videoUrl": "https://v1.pinimg.com/videos/iht/expMp4/ad/e9/99/ade999fc99e102b814d9f11daa6ff9c5_720w.mp4",
  "videoDurationSeconds": 27,
  "dominantColor": "#7e682b",
  "createdAt": "2025-06-24T22:31:51+00:00",
  "reactions": 90,
  "saves": 1413,
  "repins": 735,
  "shares": 78,
  "comments": 0,
  "hashtags": ["#PistachioPestoPasta", "#FlavorFusion", "#NuttyGoodness", "#FreshFlavors", "#PastaPerfection", "#EasyRecipe", "#pasta"],
  "isPromoted": false,
  "pinner": "CulinizCooking",
  "pinnerName": "CulinizCooking",
  "pinnerFollowers": 577,
  "board": "Sustainable Cooking Recipes",
  "boardUrl": "https://www.pinterest.com/CulinizCooking/sustainable-cooking-recipes/",
  "source": "pasta recipe"
}
```

A profile:

```json
{
  "type": "profile",
  "id": "32088353503445352",
  "username": "marthastewart",
  "url": "https://www.pinterest.com/marthastewart/",
  "name": "Martha Stewart",
  "about": "Daily recipes, crafts, and inspiration from Martha Stewart.",
  "website": "http://marthastewart.com",
  "country": null,
  "followers": 1867954,
  "following": 322,
  "pins": 105380,
  "boards": 174,
  "monthlyViews": 9879051,
  "isVerifiedMerchant": false,
  "imageUrl": "https://i.pinimg.com/280x280_RS/c8/11/4c/c8114c783347e27daef00e5d4a6ac4f3.jpg",
  "source": "marthastewart"
}
```

A board has its name, description, category, pins, followers, sections and owner.

### Use it as an API

One call runs it and returns the results as JSON (for runs under 5 minutes; longer ones start a
run and read its dataset). Apify's Python and JavaScript clients, and its Make, Zapier and n8n
integrations, work the same way.

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/innocent_archipelago~pinterest/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchQueries": ["minimalist kitchen"], "urls": ["marthastewart"], "maxPinsPerSource": 5}'
```

### Pricing

You pay **$0.001 per pin**, details included, which is $1 per 1,000. Profiles and boards cost
**$0.002** each. Runs that go through Apify's residential proxy also pay its traffic, $0.0012 per
100 KB. There are no monthly fees.

### Good to know

- Without details, `saves`, `repins`, `shares`, `comments` and `hashtags` are empty, and a video
  pin's `videoUrl` is an HLS stream (`.m3u8`) rather than an MP4.
- `link` and `domain` are empty for pins uploaded straight to Pinterest.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search pins for, as on Pinterest's search page.

## `searchType` (type: `string`):

All pins, or video pins only.

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Pinterest URLs or usernames. A profile gives its details and its latest pins, a board its details and its pins, a pin URL that pin with all its details.

## `maxPinsPerSource` (type: `integer`):

0 gives the profiles and boards without their pins.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Looks each pin up for its saves, repins, shares, comments, hashtags and MP4 video. Slower; pin URLs always get them.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Not needed for most runs. Turn it on if Pinterest starts refusing requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "minimalist kitchen"
  ],
  "searchType": "pins",
  "maxPinsPerSource": 50,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `pins` (type: `string`):

No description

## `accounts` (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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "minimalist kitchen"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("innocent_archipelago/pinterest").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 = { "searchQueries": ["minimalist kitchen"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("innocent_archipelago/pinterest").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 '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "minimalist kitchen"
  ]
}' |
apify call innocent_archipelago/pinterest --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/RjSaPhuiaQd9XQRzK/builds/1NjOeDjNDWbNnunjv/openapi.json