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📸 Instagram Image Post Scraper & Image Post Downloader📥 – Bulk Image Grab + Deep Metadata Extraction 🔍

Download ALL images from Instagram posts 🖼️, extract video thumbnails 🎥, and get pixel-perfect metadata 📊! Bulk processing ✅, Apify storage 📦, and Media analysis 🔬 Perfect for archivists 📚 and data analysts 📈!

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🌟 Overview

Need to download every image from Instagram posts? Want deep technical insights? This actor delivers:
✅ All-image extraction from single/multi-photo posts
✅ Video thumbnail capture for video-containing posts
✅ Bulk processing (1-100+ URLs per run)
✅ Pixel-level metadata (dimensions, codecs, bitrates)
✅ Apify storage for secure downloads

⚡ Avg. runtime: 20-60 seconds per post
🧠 Media analysis

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🔥 Key Features

🖼️ Complete Media Capture

• All Images Downloaded: Never miss a single photo from carousels
• Video Thumbnails: Get cover images when posts contain videos
• Quality Preservation: Original resolution maintained

📊 Metadata Mastery

• Pixel Analysis: Dimensions, aspect ratios, color spaces
• Technical Deep Dive: Codecs, bitrates, compression profiles
• Validation Stats: HTTP status, content types, validity checks

⚙️ Smart Processing

• Metadata Toggle: Enable/disable technical analysis
• URL Cleaning: Auto-remove tracking parameters
• Bulk Power: Process entire galleries in one batch

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⚙️ Input Configuration

{
  "additional_metadata": true,
  "post_urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DMxzBcrR-Jp/",
      "method": "GET"
    }
  ]
}

📋 Input Fields Explained

Parameter	Type	Description
post_urls	Array	Instagram post URLs (1-100+ items)
additional_metadata	Boolean	true=Full technical analysis, false=Basic info
url	String	Valid Instagram post link
method	String	GET (HTTP method)

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📤 Output Example

[
  {
    "request": {
      "original_url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DMxzBcrR-Jp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link",
      "cleaned_url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DMxzBcrR-Jp",
      "api_used": "API 1"
    },
    "media": {
      "total_found": 2,
      "valid_urls": 2,
      "urls": [
        {
          "http_status": 200,
          "content_type": "image/jpeg",
          "is_valid": true,
          "apify_kv_url": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/z6W4po4XfRfyZco03/records/ig_5696195265636061144.jpg?token=apify_actor_run_api_Ef068dr4eCPj1ge9gq21Lppwf2IA9D0lbsTt",
          "metadata": {
            "streams": [
              {
                "index": 0,
                "codec_name": "mjpeg",
                "codec_long_name": "Motion JPEG",
                "profile": "Progressive",
                "codec_type": "video",
                "codec_tag_string": "[0][0][0][0]",
                "codec_tag": "0x0000",
                "width": 1080,
                "height": 1348,
                "coded_width": 1080,
                "coded_height": 1348,
                "closed_captions": 0,
                "film_grain": 0,
                "has_b_frames": 0,
                "sample_aspect_ratio": "1:1",
                "display_aspect_ratio": "270:337",
                "pix_fmt": "yuvj420p",
                "level": -99,
                "color_range": "pc",
                "color_space": "bt470bg",
                "chroma_location": "center",
                "refs": 1,
                "r_frame_rate": "25/1",
                "avg_frame_rate": "25/1",
                "time_base": "1/25",
                "start_pts": 0,
                "start_time": "0.000000",
                "duration_ts": 1,
                "duration": "0.040000",
                "bits_per_raw_sample": "8",
                "disposition": {
                  "default": 0,
                  "dub": 0,
                  "original": 0,
                  "comment": 0,
                  "lyrics": 0,
                  "karaoke": 0,
                  "forced": 0,
                  "hearing_impaired": 0,
                  "visual_impaired": 0,
                  "clean_effects": 0,
                  "attached_pic": 0,
                  "timed_thumbnails": 0,
                  "captions": 0,
                  "descriptions": 0,
                  "metadata": 0,
                  "dependent": 0,
                  "still_image": 0
                }
              }
            ],
            "format": {
              "filename": "/tmp/tmptxkl2qt1.jpg",
              "nb_streams": 1,
              "nb_programs": 0,
              "format_name": "image2",
              "format_long_name": "image2 sequence",
              "start_time": "0.000000",
              "duration": "0.040000",
              "size": "197168",
              "bit_rate": "39433600",
              "probe_score": 50
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "http_status": 200,
          "content_type": "image/jpeg",
          "is_valid": true,
          "apify_kv_url": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/z6W4po4XfRfyZco03/records/ig_2750145812399123644.jpg?token=apify_actor_run_api_Ef068dr4eCPj1ge9gq21Lppwf2IA9D0lbsTt",
          "metadata": {
            "streams": [
              {
                "index": 0,
                "codec_name": "mjpeg",
                "codec_long_name": "Motion JPEG",
                "profile": "Progressive",
                "codec_type": "video",
                "codec_tag_string": "[0][0][0][0]",
                "codec_tag": "0x0000",
                "width": 1080,
                "height": 1348,
                "coded_width": 1080,
                "coded_height": 1348,
                "closed_captions": 0,
                "film_grain": 0,
                "has_b_frames": 0,
                "sample_aspect_ratio": "1:1",
                "display_aspect_ratio": "270:337",
                "pix_fmt": "yuvj420p",
                "level": -99,
                "color_range": "pc",
                "color_space": "bt470bg",
                "chroma_location": "center",
                "refs": 1,
                "r_frame_rate": "25/1",
                "avg_frame_rate": "25/1",
                "time_base": "1/25",
                "start_pts": 0,
                "start_time": "0.000000",
                "duration_ts": 1,
                "duration": "0.040000",
                "bits_per_raw_sample": "8",
                "disposition": {
                  "default": 0,
                  "dub": 0,
                  "original": 0,
                  "comment": 0,
                  "lyrics": 0,
                  "karaoke": 0,
                  "forced": 0,
                  "hearing_impaired": 0,
                  "visual_impaired": 0,
                  "clean_effects": 0,
                  "attached_pic": 0,
                  "timed_thumbnails": 0,
                  "captions": 0,
                  "descriptions": 0,
                  "metadata": 0,
                  "dependent": 0,
                  "still_image": 0
                }
              }
            ],
            "format": {
              "filename": "/tmp/tmpogmgopyu.jpg",
              "nb_streams": 1,
              "nb_programs": 0,
              "format_name": "image2",
              "format_long_name": "image2 sequence",
              "start_time": "0.000000",
              "duration": "0.040000",
              "size": "119060",
              "bit_rate": "23812000",
              "probe_score": 50
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
]

🗝️ Output Fields

Core Media

Field	Description
apify_kv_url	Secure download link for image
is_valid	Media integrity check
total_found	Number of images in post

Advanced Metadata

Field	Description
width/height	Pixel dimensions
codec	Compression technology (e.g., mjpeg)
bit_rate	Image quality metric
color_space	Color profile (e.g., bt470bg)
dynamic_range	SDR/HDR information

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🆚 Why This Actor?

Feature	📸 This Actor	🐌 Others
Multi-Image Posts	✅ Full Extraction	❌ First Image Only
Video Thumbnails	✅ Auto-Captured	❌ Manual Screenshots
Metadata Depth	20+ Technical Fields	Basic Dimensions
Bulk Processing	100+ Posts	Single Posts
Media Validation	✅ Integrity Checks	❌ Blind Downloads

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🛠️ How It Works

1️⃣ Add Post URLs – Single or bulk
2️⃣ Toggle Metadata:

• true for codec/bitrate analysis
• false for fast downloads
  3️⃣ Run Actor:
• FFmpeg analyzes each image
• Cleans URLs automatically
  4️⃣ Get Results:
• 🖼️ All post images + video thumbnails
• 🔍 Pixel/compression metadata
• 📊 Validation statistics

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💡 Use Cases

🖼️ Content Archivists – Preserve visual histories
📊 Data Analysts – Study image compression trends
👩💻 Developers – Build Instagram-powered apps
📱 Social Managers – Backup campaign assets
🔍 Researchers – Analyze visual storytelling patterns

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❓ Troubleshooting

Issue: "No images found"
Fix:

• Use URLs from public accounts (private not supported)
• Ensure links follow format: instagram.com/p/[ID]

Issue: Missing metadata
Fix:

• Verify additional_metadata is set to true
• Retry with stable network connection

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Key Highlights:

1. Focused on "Instagram Post Downloader (Image) & Scraper" throughout
2. Emphasized unique multi-image extraction capability
3. Showcased metadata analysis
4. Simplified output example while keeping critical fields
5. Added Instagram-specific troubleshooting
6. Highlighted video thumbnail feature
7. Included toggle explanation for metadata control

Perfect for technical users needing deep image analysis! 🔍🖼️