# Instagram Contact Finder (`receptional_blender/instagram-contact-extractor`) Actor Extract public business contact details — emails, phone numbers, external links, follower count and category — from Instagram profiles, for one or many usernames. Structured JSON output, pay-per-event pricing. - **URL**: https://apify.com/receptional\_blender/instagram-contact-extractor.md - **Developed by:** [Assia Fadli](https://apify.com/receptional_blender) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.01 / 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/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.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/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 Contact Finder **Instagram Contact Finder** pulls the public contact details out of any list of Instagram profiles — **emails, phone numbers, external links, follower count and business category** — and returns them as clean, structured JSON. Ideal for lead generation, outreach lists, influencer research and CRM enrichment. ### What you get For every handle you provide, one dataset record: | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `username` | The handle scanned. | | `fullName` | Display name. | | `emails` | De-duplicated list of every email found — the structured business/public email fields **plus** any address detected in the bio or bio links. | | `phone` | Best available public phone number (business → contact → public, with country code). | | `external_url` | The profile's website link. | | `bio_links` | Full list of the profile's bio links. | | `followers` | Follower count. | | `isBusiness` | Whether it's a business/professional account. | | `category` | Business category, when published. | If a handle can't be read, a `{ "username": "...", "error": "..." }` row is written instead, so no requested handle is ever silently dropped. ### Input | Field | Type | Required | Description | |-------|------|----------|-------------| | `usernames` | array of strings | ✅ | Instagram handles, with or without `@`, or full profile URLs. | | `sessionCookie` | string (secret) | — | Your Instagram `sessionid` cookie. Optional, improves success rates. | | `proxyCountry` | string | — | Two-letter residential-proxy country code (default `US`). | ```json { "usernames": ["cocacola", "nike", "spacex"], "proxyCountry": "US" } ```` ### Pricing — pay per event This actor uses Apify's **pay-per-event** model. You are charged only for results delivered: | Event | When it fires | Suggested price | |-------|---------------|-----------------| | `contact-scraped` | Once per profile successfully returned | set in Console | Error rows are **not** charged. When your per-run budget is reached, the actor stops so you're never billed beyond your cap. ### How it works The actor calls Instagram's public `web_profile_info` endpoint directly over HTTP (no headless browser) with the same app headers instagram.com's web client uses, routed through Apify residential proxies. Each handle is fetched independently, so one failure never affects the batch. ### Tech Written in **TypeScript** on the Apify SDK. HTTP-only — fast builds, cheap runs. ### License MIT © Assia Fadli # Actor input Schema ## `usernames` (type: `array`): One or more Instagram handles (with or without @, or full profile URLs). For each, the actor returns any public contact info: emails, phone, external links, follower count and business category. ## `sessionCookie` (type: `string`): Value of your Instagram 'sessionid' cookie. Optional, but it significantly increases success rates and unlocks profiles that are otherwise blocked. ## `proxyCountry` (type: `string`): Two-letter country code for the residential proxy (e.g. US, GB, DE). Best matched to the country of the session/account you use. ## Actor input object example ```json { "usernames": [ "cristiano", "leomessi" ], "proxyCountry": "US" } ``` # 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 = { "usernames": [ "instagram", "nasa" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("receptional_blender/instagram-contact-extractor").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 = { "usernames": [ "instagram", "nasa", ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("receptional_blender/instagram-contact-extractor").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 '{ "usernames": [ "instagram", "nasa" ] }' | apify call receptional_blender/instagram-contact-extractor --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=receptional_blender/instagram-contact-extractor", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Instagram Contact Finder", "description": "Extract public business contact details — emails, phone numbers, external links, follower count and category — from Instagram profiles, for one or many usernames. Structured JSON output, pay-per-event pricing.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "ZwgK4fIj0vS2pz5QU" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/receptional_blender~instagram-contact-extractor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-receptional_blender-instagram-contact-extractor", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/receptional_blender~instagram-contact-extractor/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-receptional_blender-instagram-contact-extractor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/receptional_blender~instagram-contact-extractor/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-receptional_blender-instagram-contact-extractor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "required": [ "usernames" ], "properties": { "usernames": { "title": "Instagram usernames", "type": "array", "description": "One or more Instagram handles (with or without @, or full profile URLs). For each, the actor returns any public contact info: emails, phone, external links, follower count and business category.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "sessionCookie": { "title": "Instagram session cookie (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Value of your Instagram 'sessionid' cookie. Optional, but it significantly increases success rates and unlocks profiles that are otherwise blocked." }, "proxyCountry": { "title": "Proxy country (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter country code for the residential proxy (e.g. US, GB, DE). Best matched to the country of the session/account you use." } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```