# Instagram Likes Scraper - Counts + Advanced Likers (`khadinakbar/instagram-likes-scraper`) Actor Scrape Instagram post/reel like counts and engagement metadata with ScrapeCreators primary and SociaVault fallback, plus advanced cookie-based liker profiles when needed. - **URL**: https://apify.com/khadinakbar/instagram-likes-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Khadin Akbar](https://apify.com/khadinakbar) (community) - **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, MCP servers - **Stats:** 6 total users, 4 monthly users, 92.4% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 post like metrics scrapeds This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Instagram Likes Scraper - Counts, Engagement & Advanced Likers Export Instagram post and reel like data without user cookies. By default, this actor uses managed public-data providers: - Primary: ScrapeCreators `/v1/instagram/post` - Secondary: SociaVault `/v1/scrape/instagram/post-info` The default mode returns one row per post or reel with like count, comment count, view count, caption, media metadata, owner details, and provider telemetry. Advanced liker-profile extraction is also available, but it requires an Instagram session cookie because ScrapeCreators and SociaVault do not currently expose liker identity lists in their public Instagram APIs. ### Modes | Mode | Cookie needed | Data returned | |---|---:|---| | `like_counts` | No | Like count, comment count, views, caption, owner, media URLs, metadata | | `liker_profiles` | Yes | Individual accounts that liked the post, plus optional profile enrichment | ### Input | Field | Description | |---|---| | `postUrls` | Instagram `/p/`, `/reel/`, or `/tv/` URLs. Shortcodes and numeric media IDs are also accepted. | | `startUrls` | Alternative Apify-style URL input for Instagram post, reel, or TV URLs. | | `scrapeMode` | Defaults to `like_counts` for provider-backed no-cookie scraping. | | `providerOrder` | Defaults to `scrapecreators-first`, then SociaVault fallback. | | `includeRawData` | Include raw provider payloads in `like_counts` mode. | | `maxResults` | Only used by `liker_profiles`; max liker profiles per post. | | `enrichProfiles` | Only used by `liker_profiles`; adds bio, public email, website, and counts. | | `sessionCookie` | Only needed by `liker_profiles`; must contain `sessionid`. | Provider keys are configured by the actor owner as Apify secrets: `SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY`, `SOCIAVAULT_API_KEY`, and optionally `SOCIALVAULT_API_KEY`. ### Output: like counts mode Each result is one post/reel metrics row: | Field | Description | |---|---| | `record_type` | `post_like_metrics` | | `provider` | `scrapecreators` or `sociavault` | | `post_url` | Normalized Instagram post/reel URL | | `media_id` / `shortcode` | Instagram media identifiers | | `owner_username` / `owner_id` | Post owner | | `caption` | Caption text when available | | `like_count` | Reported Instagram like count | | `comment_count` | Reported comment count | | `view_count` | Reported reel/video views when available | | `is_video` / `product_type` | Media type | | `display_url` / `thumbnail_url` / `video_url` | Media URLs when returned | | `source_has_liker_identities` | Always `false` in provider mode | ### Output: liker profiles mode When `scrapeMode` is `liker_profiles` and a valid Instagram session is configured, each result is one account that liked the target post: | Field | Description | |---|---| | `username` | Instagram handle | | `full_name` | Display name | | `instagram_id` | Internal numeric user ID | | `profile_url` | Direct profile link | | `is_private` / `is_verified` | Profile flags | | `liked_media_id` / `liked_media_shortcode` | Source media | | `post_owner_username` | Post owner when available | | `post_like_count` | Reported source post like count when available | With `enrichProfiles: true`, liker profile rows can also include `biography`, `email`, `phone`, `external_url`, `follower_count`, `following_count`, `media_count`, `category`, and `is_business`. ### Pricing | Event | Free-tier price | |---|---:| | Actor start | $0.00005 | | Post like metrics row | $0.003 | | Liker profile row | $0.0015 | | Profile enrichment add-on | $0.0015 | ### Reliability notes The actor writes `RUN_SUMMARY` and `OUTPUT` records with provider attempts, status codes, providers used, target-level statuses, and stop reason. In provider mode, it fails honestly if all configured providers fail. In liker-profile mode, it exits with a clear warning when no Instagram session is configured. ### API and MCP Default provider-backed use: ```json { "postUrls": ["https://www.instagram.com/p/DLDXI0fylTC/"], "scrapeMode": "like_counts", "providerOrder": "scrapecreators-first" } ```` Advanced liker profiles: ```json { "postUrls": ["https://www.instagram.com/p/DLDXI0fylTC/"], "scrapeMode": "liker_profiles", "maxResults": 100, "enrichProfiles": false } ``` ### Legal and compliance This actor is intended for publicly viewable Instagram content and provider-exposed public metadata. Advanced authenticated scraping should only access content your configured session is allowed to view. You are responsible for complying with Instagram's Terms of Service, GDPR/CCPA, and all applicable laws. This tool is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Instagram or Meta Platforms, Inc. # Actor input Schema ## `postUrls` (type: `array`): Instagram posts, reels, or TV posts to scrape. Accepts full URLs such as https://www.instagram.com/p/CODE/ or https://www.instagram.com/reel/CODE/. One per line. ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Alternative Apify-style URL input. Add Instagram /p/, /reel/, or /tv/ URLs here if you prefer request-list input. ## `scrapeMode` (type: `string`): Choose provider-backed like counts and post engagement (no Instagram cookies), or advanced liker profile extraction. Provider APIs do not expose liker identities, so liker profiles require an Instagram session cookie. ## `providerOrder` (type: `string`): Choose which managed public-data API is tried first for like counts and post engagement. ScrapeCreators is the recommended primary; SociaVault is the secondary fallback. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Only used in Liker Profiles mode. Maximum number of liker profiles to collect per post or reel. Use a small number for testing. Defaults to 200. Range 1-50000. ## `includeRawData` (type: `boolean`): Only used in Like Counts mode. Include the raw provider response for debugging and custom downstream parsing. ## `includePostMetadata` (type: `boolean`): Only used in Liker Profiles mode. Add source post caption and reported like count to each liker record when Instagram exposes them. Defaults to on. ## `enrichProfiles` (type: `boolean`): When enabled, visits each liker profile to add biography, public email, phone, external website, follower/following/media counts, category, and business flag. Adds an extra charge per enriched profile and increases run time. ## `sessionCookie` (type: `string`): Only required for Liker Profiles mode. Like Counts mode uses ScrapeCreators/SociaVault and does not need Instagram cookies. Power users can paste their own Instagram cookie string containing sessionid. Use a secondary account because aggressive scraping can trigger rate limits. This is not your password. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy settings. Residential proxies are strongly recommended for Instagram because datacenter IPs are blocked quickly. ## Actor input object example ```json { "postUrls": [ "https://www.instagram.com/p/DLDXI0fylTC/" ], "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DLDXI0fylTC/" } ], "scrapeMode": "like_counts", "providerOrder": "scrapecreators-first", "maxResults": 200, "includeRawData": false, "includePostMetadata": true, "enrichProfiles": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): Provider-backed post like metrics by default, or liker profile rows in advanced cookie mode. ## `runSummary` (type: `string`): Per-target status summary. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "postUrls": [ "https://www.instagram.com/p/DLDXI0fylTC/" ], "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DLDXI0fylTC/" } ], "scrapeMode": "like_counts", "maxResults": 200, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("khadinakbar/instagram-likes-scraper").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "postUrls": ["https://www.instagram.com/p/DLDXI0fylTC/"], "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DLDXI0fylTC/" }], "scrapeMode": "like_counts", "maxResults": 200, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("khadinakbar/instagram-likes-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "postUrls": [ "https://www.instagram.com/p/DLDXI0fylTC/" ], "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DLDXI0fylTC/" } ], "scrapeMode": "like_counts", "maxResults": 200, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }' | apify call khadinakbar/instagram-likes-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=khadinakbar/instagram-likes-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Instagram Likes Scraper - Counts + Advanced Likers", "description": "Scrape Instagram post/reel like counts and engagement metadata with ScrapeCreators primary and SociaVault fallback, plus advanced cookie-based liker profiles when needed.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "al2QHh6VO69qb7fj1" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/khadinakbar~instagram-likes-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-khadinakbar-instagram-likes-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/khadinakbar~instagram-likes-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-khadinakbar-instagram-likes-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/khadinakbar~instagram-likes-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-khadinakbar-instagram-likes-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "postUrls": { "title": "Instagram Post or Reel URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Instagram posts, reels, or TV posts to scrape. Accepts full URLs such as https://www.instagram.com/p/CODE/ or https://www.instagram.com/reel/CODE/. One per line.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Alternative Apify-style URL input. Add Instagram /p/, /reel/, or /tv/ URLs here if you prefer request-list input.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "scrapeMode": { "title": "Scrape Mode", "enum": [ "like_counts", "liker_profiles" ], "type": "string", "description": "Choose provider-backed like counts and post engagement (no Instagram cookies), or advanced liker profile extraction. Provider APIs do not expose liker identities, so liker profiles require an Instagram session cookie.", "default": "like_counts" }, "providerOrder": { "title": "Provider Order", "enum": [ "scrapecreators-first", "sociavault-first", "scrapecreators-only", "sociavault-only" ], "type": "string", "description": "Choose which managed public-data API is tried first for like counts and post engagement. ScrapeCreators is the recommended primary; SociaVault is the secondary fallback.", "default": "scrapecreators-first" }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max Likers Per Post", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 50000, "type": "integer", "description": "Only used in Liker Profiles mode. Maximum number of liker profiles to collect per post or reel. Use a small number for testing. Defaults to 200. Range 1-50000.", "default": 200 }, "includeRawData": { "title": "Include Raw Provider Data", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only used in Like Counts mode. Include the raw provider response for debugging and custom downstream parsing.", "default": false }, "includePostMetadata": { "title": "Include Post Metadata", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only used in Liker Profiles mode. Add source post caption and reported like count to each liker record when Instagram exposes them. Defaults to on.", "default": true }, "enrichProfiles": { "title": "Enrich Each Liker Profile", "type": "boolean", "description": "When enabled, visits each liker profile to add biography, public email, phone, external website, follower/following/media counts, category, and business flag. Adds an extra charge per enriched profile and increases run time.", "default": false }, "sessionCookie": { "title": "Your Instagram Cookie (optional - advanced)", "type": "string", "description": "Only required for Liker Profiles mode. Like Counts mode uses ScrapeCreators/SociaVault and does not need Instagram cookies. Power users can paste their own Instagram cookie string containing sessionid. Use a secondary account because aggressive scraping can trigger rate limits. This is not your password." }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings. Residential proxies are strongly recommended for Instagram because datacenter IPs are blocked quickly.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```