Instagram Comment Scraper

This Apify actor is designed to scrape comments from a specific Instagram post.

Features

• Scrapes comments from a specific Instagram post.
• Collects information such as username, comment content, timestamp, user ID, profile picture URL, comment like count, and child comment count from the comments.
• Supports different comment sorting options (Default, Newest, Meta Verified)

Obtaining Cookie Information

You can use the Cookie Editor extension to obtain Instagram cookie information. Follow these steps:

1. Add the Cookie Editor extension to your Chrome browser.
2. Log in to Instagram.
3. Click on the Cookie Editor icon in the top right corner of your browser.
4. Click the "Export" button to export your cookie information in JSON format.
5. Use this JSON string as the cookiesJson input.

Note: If you encounter errors or if 0 comments are processed, ensure that your account is functioning normally and log in again to obtain new cookies to use as input.

Usage

1. Run this actor in the Apify console.
2. Provide the desired inputs:
   • instagramUrl: The URL of the Instagram post you want to scrape comments from.
     • Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/POST_ID/
     • Reel: https://www.instagram.com/reel/POST_ID/
   • cookiesJson: A JSON string containing your Instagram account's cookie information.
   • maxDepth: Set the maximum comment depth. Each depth contains about 10-15 comments (0 = unlimited).
   • sortBy: Select how comments should be sorted:
     • "For You" (Default): Shows comments based on Instagram's default algorithm
     • "Newest": Shows the newest comments first
     • "Meta Verified": Shows comments from verified accounts first

Output

The scraped comments are saved to the Apify dataset. The output data includes:

• pk: Comment ID
• user.is_verified: Is verified account?
• user.id: User ID
• user.pk: User PK
• user.is_unpublished: Is unpublished account?
• user.profile_pic_url: Profile picture URL
• user.username: Username
• user.fbid_v2: Facebook ID v2
• is_covered: Is covered?
• child_comment_count: Child comment count
• restricted_status: Restriction status
• has_translation: Has translation?
• has_liked_comment: Has liked comment?
• text: Comment content
• giphy_media_info: GIF information
• created_at: Creation date
• parent_comment_id: Parent comment ID
• comment_like_count: Like count

Example Output

1{
2    "pk": "18097364266419276",
3    "user": {
4      "is_verified": false,
5      "id": "51682404199",
6      "pk": "51682404199",
7      "is_unpublished": null,
8      "profile_pic_url": "https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/462618979_889070146499602_7587355738565539041_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=110&_nc_ohc=eHQs0J2ccxUQ7kNvgFD5waQ&_nc_gid=a95c0b9f76304084a2889ab6992d7d0f&edm=AKp6CbIBAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_AYBVLW924BznWb6Pb4wtPOUTde6RjwuSwuOpT1Bte7Pbkw&oe=671069C9&_nc_sid=d62176",
9      "username": "shirishaa_9999",
10      "fbid_v2": "17841451725980300"
11    },
12    "is_covered": false,
13    "child_comment_count": 10,
14    "restricted_status": null,
15    "has_translation": null,
16    "has_liked_comment": false,
17    "text": "Accepting all cultures equally is true  humanity❤️🙌",
18    "giphy_media_info": null,
19    "created_at": "2024-10-11 16:04:14 UTC",
20    "parent_comment_id": null,
21    "comment_like_count": 113
22}

This example output shows the structure of a single comment. The actual output will be a list of similar objects for all scraped comments.

Notes

• In some cases, the first 15-20 comments can exist twice in the dataset. - When using "Newest" or "Meta Verified" sorting options, the first 15-20 comments will not be duplicated.
• Nested comments or comments marked as spam may not be scraped.
• The collected data is stored in Apify's default data store.