# Instagram Scraper — Profiles, Posts & Engagement Data (`oneary/instagram-scraper`) Actor Scrapes Instagram profile data including user info, posts, stories, and highlights without requiring login. - **URL**: https://apify.com/oneary/instagram-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Luan M.](https://apify.com/oneary) (community) - **Categories:** Social media - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $5.00 / 1,000 results 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/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 Profile Scraper [![Apify Actor](https://img.shields.io/badge/Apify-Actor-blue)](https://apify.com/) [![Node.js](https://img.shields.io/badge/Node.js-18+-green)](https://nodejs.org/) Scrape Instagram profile data effortlessly — no login required. Extracts user info, posts, stories, and story highlights from any public Instagram profile. ### Features - **No Login Required** — scrapes publicly available Instagram profile data without authentication - **Profile Information** — username, full name, bio, followers count, following count, posts count - **Profile Picture** — high-resolution profile image URL - **Verified Badge Status** — detects whether the account is verified - **External URL & Business Category** — website link and business category if set - **Posts Scraping** — extracts post URLs, captions, like counts, comment counts, dates, media types (photo/video), and hashtags - **Story Scraping** — optionally scrape current live stories - **Highlight Scraping** — optionally scrape story highlights - **Proxy Support** — Apify proxy integration with residential proxies to avoid IP blocking - **Human-like Delays** — randomized delays between actions to mimic human behavior - **Concurrent Scraping** — configurable concurrency for faster scraping ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `username` | String | — | Single Instagram username to scrape (e.g., `nasa`). Overrides `startUrls` if provided. | | `startUrls` | Array | `[]` | List of Instagram profile URLs to scrape. | | `maxPosts` | Integer | `12` | Maximum number of posts to scrape per profile. `0` = all available. | | `maxConcurrency` | Integer | `3` | Maximum number of concurrent browser pages. | | `includeStories` | Boolean | `false` | Scrape current live stories from the profile. | | `includeHighlights` | Boolean | `false` | Scrape story highlights. | | `proxyConfiguration` | Object | Apify Residential | Proxy configuration to avoid IP blocking. | #### Example Input ```json { "username": "nasa", "maxPosts": 20, "includeStories": true, "includeHighlights": true, "maxConcurrency": 3, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] } } ```` ### Output Each dataset item contains a profile object with the following structure: #### Profile Data ```json { "type": "profile", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/", "username": "nasa", "fullName": "NASA", "bio": "Explore the universe and discover our home planet.", "followers": 75000000, "following": 77, "postsCount": 4000, "profilePicUrl": "https://scontent-...", "isVerified": true, "externalUrl": "https://www.nasa.gov/", "businessCategory": "Science, Technology & Engineering", "posts": [ { "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123/", "caption": "A beautiful view from space #nasa #space", "likes": 123456, "comments": 2345, "date": "2024-01-15T18:30:00.000Z", "mediaType": "IMAGE", "displayUrl": "https://scontent-...", "videoUrl": "", "isVideo": false, "hashtags": ["nasa", "space"] } ], "stories": [ { "url": "https://scontent-...", "type": "image" } ], "highlights": [ { "url": "https://scontent-...", "type": "image" } ], "scrapedAt": "2024-01-20T12:00:00.000Z" } ``` ### Usage #### On Apify Platform 1. Open the [Instagram Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/) on Apify Console 2. Enter the Instagram username(s) or URL(s) you want to scrape 3. Configure options (max posts, stories, concurrency) 4. Click **Run** and wait for results #### Local Development ```bash ## Install dependencies npm install ## Install Playwright browsers npx playwright install chromium ## Run with environment variables APIFY_LOCAL_STRATEGY=development node src/main.js ``` #### As a Library ```javascript import { Actor } from 'apify'; // Configure and run programmatically const input = { username: 'nasa', maxPosts: 10, }; // Run with Apify await Actor.main(async () => { // Your scraping logic here }); ``` ### Technical Details - **Runtime:** Node.js 18+ - **Browser:** Playwright (Chromium) - **Framework:** Crawlee with PlaywrightCrawler - **Strategy:** Login-free, DOM-based extraction with graceful fallbacks - **Anti-blocking:** Session pool, cookie persistence, residential proxies, human-like delays ### Limitations - Only scrapes **public** profiles - Instagram may rate-limit or block scrapers — proxy configuration is strongly recommended - Story and highlight scraping depends on Instagram's current UI structure and may break with layout changes - Very large profiles (10K+ posts) may take significant time to scrape ### License Apache-2.0 # Actor input Schema ## `username` (type: `string`): Single Instagram username to scrape (e.g., 'nasa'). Overrides startUrls if provided. ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): List of Instagram profile URLs to scrape. Each URL should be like https://www.instagram.com/username/ ## `maxPosts` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of posts to scrape from the profile. Set to 0 for all available posts. ## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of concurrent browser pages to run. ## `includeStories` (type: `boolean`): Scrape current live stories if available. ## `includeHighlights` (type: `boolean`): Scrape story highlights from the profile. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Apify proxy configuration to avoid IP blocking. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [], "maxPosts": 12, "maxConcurrency": 3, "includeStories": false, "includeHighlights": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ``` # 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 = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("oneary/instagram-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 = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("oneary/instagram-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 '{}' | apify call oneary/instagram-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=oneary/instagram-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Instagram Scraper — Profiles, Posts & Engagement Data", "description": "Scrapes Instagram profile data including user info, posts, stories, and highlights without requiring login.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "GvNQlqBcv3v7hdBJ3" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/oneary~instagram-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-oneary-instagram-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/oneary~instagram-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-oneary-instagram-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/oneary~instagram-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-oneary-instagram-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "username": { "title": "Instagram Username", "type": "string", "description": "Single Instagram username to scrape (e.g., 'nasa'). Overrides startUrls if provided." }, "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs", "type": "array", "description": "List of Instagram profile URLs to scrape. Each URL should be like https://www.instagram.com/username/", "default": [], "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "maxPosts": { "title": "Max Posts", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 100000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of posts to scrape from the profile. Set to 0 for all available posts.", "default": 12 }, "maxConcurrency": { "title": "Max Concurrency", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 50, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of concurrent browser pages to run.", "default": 3 }, "includeStories": { "title": "Include Stories", "type": "boolean", "description": "Scrape current live stories if available.", "default": false }, "includeHighlights": { "title": "Include Highlights", "type": "boolean", "description": "Scrape story highlights from the profile.", "default": false }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Apify proxy configuration to avoid IP blocking.", "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```