# Social Media & Website Lead Extractor (`scale-flow/social-media-contact-scraper`) Actor Scrapes Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube profiles, expands bio links (Linktree), crawls target websites, solves email obfuscation, and verifies email validity (MX checks). - **URL**: https://apify.com/scale-flow/social-media-contact-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Scale Flow](https://apify.com/scale-flow) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media, Jobs - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $9.00 / 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 ## 🕵️‍♂️ Social Media & Website Contact Discovery Scraper Turn social profiles and search queries into highly targeted, verified B2B lead lists. This Actor automatically scrapes profiles from **Instagram**, **TikTok**, and **YouTube**, follows "link in bio" pages (like **Linktree** or **Beacons**), crawls target websites, and extracts verified emails, phone numbers, and social handles. --- ### 🚀 Key Features * **Multi-Platform Input:** Input direct social media links (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube), raw business websites, or search queries to discover leads. * **Search-Engine-Based Discovery:** Type keywords like `"fitness coach Munich"` or `"fashion brand Berlin"` to automatically discover matching profiles across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. * **Advanced Login-Wall Bypass (Stealth):** Uses double-redundancy search engine indexing (Google + Bing fallbacks) to scrape bio details and websites without getting blocked by direct login walls. * **Bio-Link Aggregator Expansion:** Automatically detects and expands Linktree, Beacons, Shorby, and other bio-link pages to find the actual target websites. * **Deep Website Crawler:** Crawls target websites up to 2-3 levels deep, prioritizing high-value contact pages (Contact, About Us, Impressum, Team, Imprint) to extract contact details. * **Email Obfuscation Solver:** Solves obfuscated emails like `info [at] company (dot) com` or those hidden in scripts/footer templates. * **Active Email Verification (DNS MX Check):** Performs domain MX-record checks against live mail servers to verify if the email address is valid and active, keeping your bounce rate low. * **B2B Context Enrichment:** Extracts company names, descriptions, logos, and additional social media profiles (Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Pinterest) linked on the website. --- ### 💡 Why Choose This Scraper? 1. **Ultra-Low Running Cost:** Built using Crawlee's lightweight HTTP engine rather than running a heavy headless browser. It consumes **up to 90% less bandwidth and memory**, meaning you can scrape thousands of profiles for a few cents in proxy traffic. 2. **Double Redundancy:** Fallbacks between Google and Bing ensure the scraper keeps running even if one search engine rate-limits requests. 3. **High-Quality Leads:** The built-in DNS email verification ensures you only export deliverable emails, protecting your sender reputation. --- ### 🛠️ How to Use 1. **Direct URLs (Optional):** Enter a list of Instagram/TikTok/YouTube profile URLs or direct business website links. 2. **Search Queries (Optional):** Enter search keywords (e.g., `"dentist Zurich"`, `"marketing agency Hamburg"`). 3. **Select Platforms:** Choose which platforms to search (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube). 4. **Crawl Settings:** * Set **Max website crawl depth** (default `2` is recommended to find Contact/Imprint pages). * Keep **Verify Emails via MX check** toggled ON to validate email deliverability. 5. **Proxy Configuration:** **Always use Residential Proxies** for best results on social media networks. 6. **Click Run:** Download your clean list as JSON, CSV, Excel, or hook it to a webhook. --- ### 📊 Output Data Structure The Actor outputs clean, structured JSON format for easy import into CRMs (HubSpot, Salesforce, etc.): ```json { "platform": "instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/nikegolf/", "username": "nikegolf", "fullName": "Nike Golf", "biography": "1.2M Followers. Check out our golf gear at nikegolf.com or email contact@nikegolf.com", "followersCount": 1200000, "linkInBio": "https://nikegolf.com", "resolvedWebsiteUrl": "https://nikegolf.com/", "contacts": { "emails": [ "contact@nikegolf.com" ], "verifiedEmails": [ { "email": "contact@nikegolf.com", "isValidSyntax": true, "hasMxRecords": true, "status": "valid" } ], "phones": [ "+1-800-806-6453" ], "socialLinks": { "twitter": "https://twitter.com/nikegolf", "youtube": "https://youtube.com/c/nikegolf", "facebook": "https://facebook.com/nikegolf" }, "companyName": "Nike Golf - Official Store", "companyDescription": "Shop the latest golf shoes, apparel, and equipment from Nike Golf.", "companyLogo": "https://nikegolf.com/images/logo.png" }, "scrapedAt": "2026-06-23T12:53:27.060Z" } ```` *** ### 🛡️ Best Practices & Tips - **Residential Proxies:** Direct scraping of social networks without proxies will trigger instant login blocks. Always enable Residential proxies in the run settings. - **Session Cookies:** For heavy scraping, you can optionally provide session cookies in the advanced input settings to simulate an authenticated browser session. # Actor input Schema ## `directUrls` (type: `array`): Provide direct links to Instagram profiles, TikTok profiles, YouTube channels, or business websites (one per line). ## `queries` (type: `array`): Search queries to discover profiles (e.g., 'fitness coach Berlin', 'clothing brand agency'). Leads will be automatically searched on Google/Bing. ## `platforms` (type: `array`): If queries are supplied, search for profiles on these platforms. ## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of profiles to fetch for each query/platform combination. ## `maxCrawlDepth` (type: `integer`): How deep to crawl target websites found in bios. Depth 1 crawls only the landing page. Depth 2 crawls linked pages (Contact, About, Impressum, etc.). ## `verifyEmails` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, performs syntax validation and queries DNS for mail exchange (MX) records to verify the domain can actually receive emails. ## `instagramCookies` (type: `string`): Provide raw JSON array of session cookies or cookies string (e.g., sessionid=...) to scrape Instagram directly when search engine scraping is blocked. ## `tiktokCookies` (type: `string`): Provide raw JSON array of session cookies or cookies string to scrape TikTok directly. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Apify Proxy configuration. We strongly recommend using Residential Proxies, especially for social media platforms. ## `runTestsuite` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, runs the internal integration tests in the cloud to verify if proxy and scraper features are fully functional. The normal scraping flow will be bypassed. ## Actor input object example ```json { "directUrls": [ "https://www.instagram.com/instagram/", "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok" ], "queries": [], "platforms": [ "instagram", "tiktok", "youtube" ], "maxResultsPerQuery": 10, "maxCrawlDepth": 2, "verifyEmails": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }, "runTestsuite": false } ``` # 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 = { "directUrls": [ "https://www.instagram.com/instagram/", "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok" ], "queries": [], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("scale-flow/social-media-contact-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 = { "directUrls": [ "https://www.instagram.com/instagram/", "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok", ], "queries": [], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("scale-flow/social-media-contact-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 '{ "directUrls": [ "https://www.instagram.com/instagram/", "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok" ], "queries": [], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call scale-flow/social-media-contact-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scale-flow/social-media-contact-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Social Media & Website Lead Extractor", "description": "Scrapes Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube profiles, expands bio links (Linktree), crawls target websites, solves email obfuscation, and verifies email validity (MX checks).", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "8w2NqBDTenCi7vCoh" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/scale-flow~social-media-contact-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scale-flow-social-media-contact-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/scale-flow~social-media-contact-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-scale-flow-social-media-contact-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/scale-flow~social-media-contact-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-scale-flow-social-media-contact-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "directUrls": { "title": "Direct URLs to scrape", "type": "array", "description": "Provide direct links to Instagram profiles, TikTok profiles, YouTube channels, or business websites (one per line).", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "queries": { "title": "Search queries / keywords", "type": "array", "description": "Search queries to discover profiles (e.g., 'fitness coach Berlin', 'clothing brand agency'). Leads will be automatically searched on Google/Bing.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "platforms": { "title": "Platforms to search", "type": "array", "description": "If queries are supplied, search for profiles on these platforms.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "instagram", "tiktok", "youtube" ], "enumTitles": [ "Instagram", "TikTok", "YouTube" ] }, "default": [ "instagram", "tiktok", "youtube" ] }, "maxResultsPerQuery": { "title": "Max results per query", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of profiles to fetch for each query/platform combination.", "default": 10 }, "maxCrawlDepth": { "title": "Max website crawl depth", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5, "type": "integer", "description": "How deep to crawl target websites found in bios. Depth 1 crawls only the landing page. Depth 2 crawls linked pages (Contact, About, Impressum, etc.).", "default": 2 }, "verifyEmails": { "title": "Verify Emails via MX check", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, performs syntax validation and queries DNS for mail exchange (MX) records to verify the domain can actually receive emails.", "default": true }, "instagramCookies": { "title": "Instagram Session Cookies (Optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Provide raw JSON array of session cookies or cookies string (e.g., sessionid=...) to scrape Instagram directly when search engine scraping is blocked." }, "tiktokCookies": { "title": "TikTok Session Cookies (Optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Provide raw JSON array of session cookies or cookies string to scrape TikTok directly." }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Apify Proxy configuration. We strongly recommend using Residential Proxies, especially for social media platforms." }, "runTestsuite": { "title": "Run Automated Test Suite", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, runs the internal integration tests in the cloud to verify if proxy and scraper features are fully functional. 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