Pinterest Followers Scraper

Apify Actor that scrapes follower lists for Pinterest profiles. Supports bulk profile URLs or usernames, optional session cookie for auth, and proxy fallback (no proxy → datacenter → residential, sticky).

Why use this actor?

• Bulk input: Scrape followers for many profiles in one run.
• Proxy fallback: Starts without proxy; if Pinterest blocks, automatically switches to datacenter then residential (with retries) and sticks to residential for the rest of the run.
• Structured output: Same shape as the reference output (by username, with total_followers_scraped and followers array per profile).

Key features

• Input: list of Pinterest profile URLs or usernames + optional proxy and session cookie.
• Output: dataset rows per follower + default key-value store OUTPUT with { "username": { "total_followers_scraped", "followers": [...] }, ... }.
• Logging: progress and proxy events logged to the Apify run log.
• Retries: exponential backoff on 5xx and network errors; no retry on 4xx (except 403/429 trigger proxy fallback).

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
startUrls	array	Yes	Pinterest profile URLs (e.g. https://www.pinterest.com/username/) or usernames.
maxItems	integer	No	Max followers per profile (default: 1000, max: 10000).
pinterestSessionCookie	string	No	Optional _pinterest_sess cookie for authenticated requests.
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Apify proxy. Default: no proxy; actor falls back to datacenter then residential if blocked.

Output

• Dataset: One row per follower with sourceUsername, username, fullName, profile_url, entityId, isPrivateProfile, imageMediumUrl, etc.
• Key-value store (OUTPUT): One object keyed by profile username:
  • total_followers_scraped: number
  • followers: array of follower objects (username, fullName, imageMediumUrl, imageXlargeUrl, explicitlyFollowedByMe, entityId, isPrivateProfile, verifiedIdentity, id, __typename, profile_url).

How to use (Apify Console)

1. Open Apify Console → Actors.
2. Find pinterest-followers-scraper and open it.
3. Set startUrls (profile URLs or usernames).
4. Optionally set maxItems, pinterestSessionCookie, and proxyConfiguration.
5. Click Start.
6. Watch the Log tab; results are in Output (dataset + default key-value store).

Cautions

• Data is from publicly available profile pages only.
• You are responsible for compliance with Pinterest’s terms and applicable laws (privacy, data protection, etc.).