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📸 Instagram Image Post Downloader 🖼️ – High-Quality Image Downloader

📥 Overview

Need to download all images from any public Instagram post ? Your search ends here!

This Instagram Image Post Downloader expertly scrapes public Instagram posts, extracting every single high-resolution image and a wealth of engagement data. Perfect for archivists, marketers, and content creators who need a reliable way to save Instagram content.

🚀 Instant Downloads: Direct image links delivered in under a minute. 🔍 Rich Metadata: Get likes, comments, descriptions, and more. 🎯 Multi-Image Support: Handles carousel posts with ease. ⚡ Smart Fallback: For video posts, retrieves the video thumbnail as an image. 📦 Apify Storage: Secure, downloadable links hosted on Apify's platform.

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🎯 Key Features

🌟 Comprehensive Media Download

✅ Download All Images: Extracts every image from single and carousel posts. ✅ Video Post Handling: For video posts, provides the video thumbnail as a downloadable image. ✅ High Resolution: Downloads images in their available highest quality.

📊 Detailed Metadata Extraction

✅ Post Description: The full caption text, including hashtags. ✅ Engagement Metrics: Number of likes and comments. ✅ Author & Date: Post author's username and the upload date. ✅ Validation Data: HTTP status and content type for each media file.

🛠️ Advanced & Reliable Tech

✅ URL Cleaning: Automatically cleans input URLs for consistent processing. ✅ API Resilience: Utilizes robust APIs to bypass Instagram's limitations. ✅ Structured Output: Well-organized JSON output for easy integration.

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⚙️ Input Configuration

Simply provide the public Instagram post URLs you want to download.

{
  "post_urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DMxzBcrR-Jp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CuXJXyznP-Q/"
    }
  ]
}

📋 Input Fields

Field	Emoji	Description	Example
post_urls	📋	A list of objects containing Instagram post URLs.	[{ "url": "https://..." }]
url	🌐	The full URL of a public Instagram image post.	https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123/

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📤 Output Example

The actor returns a structured JSON array with download links and metadata for each processed post.

🧾 Standard Output Structure

[
  {
    "original_url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DMxzBcrR-Jp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link",
    "description": "Zoom in. #ShotoniPhone by @eldography “Sometimes macro feels like magic.” - Eldo E..",
    "likes": "35.0k",
    "comments": "633",
    "upload_date": "July 31, 2025",
    "author_username": "apple",
    "feedback": "Congrats, media found.",
    "media": {
      "total_found": 2,
      "valid_urls": 2,
      "urls": [
        {
          "http_status": 200,
          "content_type": "image/jpeg",
          "is_valid": true,
          "image_download_link_1": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/.../ig_7696698068974049882.jpg"
        },
        {
          "http_status": 200,
          "content_type": "image/jpeg",
          "is_valid": true,
          "image_download_link_2": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/.../ig_8387454083611452920.jpg"
        }
      ]
    },
    "request": {
      "cleaned_url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DMxzBcrR-Jp",
      "api_used": "API 1"
    }
  }
]

📑 Output Fields Description

Field	Emoji	Description
original_url	🌐	The original URL you provided.
description	📝	The caption/text of the Instagram post.
likes	❤️	The number of likes on the post (formatted).
comments	💬	The number of comments on the post.
upload_date	📅	The date the post was uploaded.
author_username	👤	The username of the post's author.
feedback	✅	A success/status message from the scraper.
media	🖼️	A container object for all media data.
media.total_found	🔢	The total number of images found in the post.
media.valid_urls	✔️	The number of valid URLs successfully generated.
media.urls[]	🔗	An array of objects, one for each image.
urls[].http_status	🌐	HTTP status code for the image request (200 = OK).
urls[].content_type	📄	The MIME type of the image (e.g., image/jpeg).
urls[].is_valid	🎯	Boolean indicating if the URL is valid.
urls[].image_download_link_#	⬇️	The direct download link hosted on Apify.
request	⚙️	A container with technical details of the request.
request.cleaned_url	🧹	The normalized URL used for processing.
request.api_used	🔌	The internal API method used for retrieval.

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⚠️ Important Usage Notes

• 🔒 Public Posts Only: This actor only works with posts from public Instagram accounts.
• 🎥 Video Posts: If a video post is provided, the actor will fetch and provide the video thumbnail as a downloadable image link.
• ⚡ Rerun for Accuracy: Instagram's infrastructure can be tricky. If results aren't perfect on the first try, simply rerun the actor after about 1 minute for highly accurate results.
• 📋 Input Format: Ensure your input is a valid JSON object with the post_urls array.

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🚀 Use Cases

• 👩‍💻 Content Creators & Marketers: Archive inspiration, track competitors' campaigns, and save user-generated content.
• 🏛️ Archivists & Researchers: Preserve digital culture and social media trends in a structured format.
• 🤖 Developers: Integrate Instagram media scraping into larger applications or workflows via the clean JSON API.
• 🎨 Designers: Quickly gather high-quality images for mood boards and visual research.

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🔒 Privacy & Ethics

• 👁️ Public Data Only: This tool is designed to access only data that is already publicly available on Instagram.
• 📜 Terms of Service: Use this tool responsibly and in accordance with Instagram's Terms of Service. Do not use it to harass, spam, or infringe on copyright.
• 🔐 Secure Handling: Download links are provided through secure, temporary Apify storage.

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