# Pinterest Scraper: Pins, Saves, Boards & Profiles (`scrapemint/pinterest-scraper`) Actor

Pinterest pins from any search, board or profile: title, description, full-size image, outbound link and domain, pinner, board, created date, plus saves, repins and shares. Profile stats too. Only-new mode for monitoring. No login, no proxy.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapemint/pinterest-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ken M](https://apify.com/scrapemint) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Marketing
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Pinterest Scraper: Pins, Saves, Boards & Profiles

Pull pins from any Pinterest **search**, **board** or **profile** as clean rows: title, description, the full-size image, the **outbound link and its domain**, the pinner and board, when it was pinned, and how it performs, with **saves, repins, shares and comments**. Profile URLs also return the profile's followers, pin and board counts and monthly views.

No login, no API key, no proxy.

### What you can do

- **Trend and product research:** search "kitchen remodel" or "fall outfits" and sort by saves to see what people actually keep
- **Find where traffic goes:** every pin's outbound `link` and `domain`, so you can see which stores and blogs a topic sends people to, or every pin that links to your own site
- **Monitor a board or competitor profile:** run it on a schedule with `onlyNew` to get only pins added since last time
- **Build image datasets:** original-size image URLs plus 236, 474 and 736 px versions, dominant colour and alt text

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `searchQueries` | Keywords to search pins for. |
| `startUrls` | Pin URLs, board URLs (`pinterest.com/user/board/`), profile URLs (`pinterest.com/user/`: the pins they created, plus a profile row) or search URLs. |
| `maxPinsPerSource` | Pins per query or URL. |
| `maxPins` | Pins per run. |
| `includeEngagement` | Saves, repins, shares and comment counts (on by default; one extra call per pin). Off is half the price. |
| `onlyNew` | Only pins earlier runs with the same sources have not returned. |

### Example input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["kitchen remodel", "small apartment ideas"],
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.pinterest.com/pinterest/" }
  ],
  "maxPinsPerSource": 50
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "rowType": "pin",
  "pinId": "435441857742802519",
  "url": "https://www.pinterest.com/pin/435441857742802519/",
  "title": "Mid-century Modern Home Paint Palette Sherwin Williams Complementary Hues Whole House Color Scheme Guide Vintage Retro Chic Interior Design - Etsy",
  "description": "Youthful Home Colors, Saturated Paint Tones, Color Blocking Ideas, ...",
  "altText": "a kitchen with white cabinets and wood flooring is shown in this image, there are lights hanging from the ceiling",
  "link": "https://www.etsy.com/listing/1744469622/mid-century-modern-home-paint-palette",
  "domain": "etsy.com",
  "imageUrl": "https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ee/a9/36/eea936a0aacafb70bda6a41f6b50fb22.jpg",
  "imageWidth": 470,
  "imageHeight": 836,
  "dominantColor": "#bcafa2",
  "isVideo": false,
  "createdAt": "2025-11-30T17:03:38.000Z",
  "pinner": { "username": "nmbtooth", "fullName": "Nichole Donaldson", "followers": 38, "profileUrl": "https://www.pinterest.com/nmbtooth/" },
  "board": { "name": "Ideas for the House", "url": "https://www.pinterest.com/nmbtooth/ideas-for-the-house/" },
  "reactions": 277,
  "saves": 13461,
  "repins": 1522,
  "shares": 112,
  "comments": 0,
  "source": "search: kitchen remodel",
  "sourceType": "search"
}
```

A profile URL also returns:

```json
{
  "rowType": "profile",
  "username": "pinterest",
  "fullName": "Pinterest",
  "followers": 6265712,
  "pins": 97138,
  "boards": 145,
  "monthlyViews": 10000001,
  "url": "https://www.pinterest.com/pinterest/"
}
```

### Pricing

- **$0.003** per pin with saves, repins and shares (default)
- **$0.0015** per pin without engagement counts (`includeEngagement` off)
- **$0.003** per profile row

No start fee. With `onlyNew`, pins already returned are skipped and not charged.

### Notes

- Search results are Pinterest's own ranking for a logged-out visitor in the US.
- Pins that appear in several of your sources in one run are returned once.
- `monthlyViews` is Pinterest's own rounded figure (it shows "10m+" as 10000001).
- Only public pins, boards and profiles are read.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search pins for, e.g. kitchen remodel, fall outfits, wedding cake.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Pin URLs (pinterest.com/pin/...), board URLs (pinterest.com/user/board/), profile URLs (pinterest.com/user/, its created pins plus a profile row) or search URLs.

## `maxPinsPerSource` (type: `integer`):

Stop each search, board or profile after this many pins.

## `maxPins` (type: `integer`):

Stop the run after this many pins.

## `includeEngagement` (type: `boolean`):

On: one extra call per pin for its save, repin, share and comment counts. Off: no engagement counts, half the price.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

On: each run returns only pins earlier runs with the same sources have not. For monitoring a search, board or profile on a schedule.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "kitchen remodel"
  ],
  "startUrls": [],
  "maxPinsPerSource": 25,
  "maxPins": 100,
  "includeEngagement": true,
  "onlyNew": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `pins` (type: `string`):

Pins with images, link, domain, pinner, board, created date, saves, repins, shares; profile rows with followers, pins, boards and monthly views.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Pins per source and any source that failed.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "kitchen remodel"
    ],
    "maxPinsPerSource": 25,
    "maxPins": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapemint/pinterest-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQueries": ["kitchen remodel"],
    "maxPinsPerSource": 25,
    "maxPins": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapemint/pinterest-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "kitchen remodel"
  ],
  "maxPinsPerSource": 25,
  "maxPins": 100
}' |
apify call scrapemint/pinterest-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapemint/pinterest-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/NajEEVI3J779wYykC/builds/0scsOnEk3eQdFBQwb/openapi.json