Pinterest Profile Search Scraper

Find public Pinterest profiles by keyword and export one matching account per row. Pinterest Profile Search Scraper returns usernames, names, profile URLs, follower counts, avatars and available verification or content-preview metadata.

Use a topic or brand phrase to discover accounts for manual qualification, creator research or later profile enrichment.

At a glance	Details
📥 Input	Enter keyword queries or canonical Pinterest /search/users/?q= URLs.
📤 Output	One profile per success row with the input source retained
📄 Pagination	Result pages per input; page sizes and availability are controlled by Pinterest
🔐 Login required	No
⚡ Processing	Up to 5 HTTP requests concurrently; up to 5 attempts for temporary failures
💾 Delivery	One Apify dataset view with individual records and complete nested JSON

What the Pinterest profile search scraper collects 👥

The Actor follows the public profile-search result pages. Each account retains its source query so a discovery dataset can include several topics without losing context.

Data can include:

• Pinterest account IDs, usernames, names and canonical profile links
• Available follower counts and avatars
• Identity and merchant verification indicators when supplied
• Recent image references or profile-search previews when exposed
• Input-query context for grouping discovered accounts

How to collect profile search results from Pinterest 🚀

1. Enter one or more supported inputs.
2. Set the page budget and any collection option you need.
3. Start the Actor.
4. Open the Profiles dataset view and review success or failed rows.
5. Export the dataset or retrieve records from your application.

{
  "inputList": [
    "modern kitchen"
  ],
  "pagesPerSearch": 1
}

The page setting applies separately to each query. Result ranking and page sizes come from Pinterest; returned profiles are deduplicated within that query’s pagination.

Pinterest profile search results output fields 📦

Field	Type	Meaning
input	string	Original submitted input.
status	string	Whether this entity was successfully collected.
page	integer or null	One-based page within this input's collection.
query	string or null	Resolved keyword query used for this result.
id	string or null	Id when supplied by Pinterest.
username	string or null	Username when supplied by Pinterest.
name	string or null	Name when supplied by Pinterest.
url	string or null	Url when supplied by Pinterest.
image_url	string or null	Image url when supplied by Pinterest.
image_large_url	string or null	Image large url when supplied by Pinterest.
is_verified	boolean or null	Is verified when supplied by Pinterest.
is_verified_merchant	boolean or null	Is verified merchant when supplied by Pinterest.
is_private	boolean or null	Is private when supplied by Pinterest.
follower_count	integer or null	Follower count when supplied by Pinterest.
first_name	string or null	First name when supplied by Pinterest.
last_name	string or null	Last name when supplied by Pinterest.
about	string or null	About when supplied by Pinterest.
website_url	string or null	Website url when supplied by Pinterest.
domain	string or null	Domain when supplied by Pinterest.
domain_verified	boolean or null	Domain verified when supplied by Pinterest.
is_primary_website_verified	boolean or null	Is primary website verified when supplied by Pinterest.
created_at	string or null	Created at when supplied by Pinterest.
last_pin_save_time	string or null	Last pin save time when supplied by Pinterest.
following_count	integer or null	Following count when supplied by Pinterest.
board_count	integer or null	Board count when supplied by Pinterest.
pin_count	integer or null	Pin count when supplied by Pinterest.
video_pin_count	integer or null	Video pin count when supplied by Pinterest.
story_pin_count	integer or null	Story pin count when supplied by Pinterest.
group_board_count	integer or null	Group board count when supplied by Pinterest.
profile_views	integer or null	Raw public profile_views field; no monthly-period interpretation is assumed.
profile_reach	integer or null	Raw public profile_reach field; no reporting period is assumed.
has_catalog	boolean or null	Has catalog when supplied by Pinterest.
has_published_pins	boolean or null	Has published pins when supplied by Pinterest.
seo_title	string or null	Seo title when supplied by Pinterest.
seo_description	string or null	Seo description when supplied by Pinterest.
cover_images	array or null	Cover images when supplied by Pinterest.
recent_pin_images	array or null	Recent pin images when supplied by Pinterest.

Nested field structure:

• cover_images[]: variant, url, width, height, dominant_color.
• recent_pin_images[]: variant, url, width, height, dominant_color.

The examples below use normalized public response data. Values are snapshots and may change; every top-level output field is included. Different media variants and nested objects remain inside the same row.

Complete representative success result:

{
  "input": "modern kitchen",
  "status": "success",
  "page": 1,
  "query": "modern kitchen",
  "id": "110268028284876846",
  "username": "PostsPics",
  "name": "Warm Home Decor | Bathroom Design | Modern Kitchen",
  "url": "https://www.pinterest.com/PostsPics/",
  "image_url": "https://i.pinimg.com/75x75_RS/05/ec/b6/05ecb65226173e22a14f286d60937e5b.jpg",
  "image_large_url": null,
  "is_verified": null,
  "is_verified_merchant": false,
  "is_private": null,
  "follower_count": 21408,
  "first_name": null,
  "last_name": null,
  "about": null,
  "website_url": null,
  "domain": null,
  "domain_verified": null,
  "is_primary_website_verified": null,
  "created_at": null,
  "last_pin_save_time": null,
  "following_count": null,
  "board_count": null,
  "pin_count": null,
  "video_pin_count": null,
  "story_pin_count": null,
  "group_board_count": null,
  "profile_views": null,
  "profile_reach": null,
  "has_catalog": null,
  "has_published_pins": null,
  "seo_title": null,
  "seo_description": null,
  "cover_images": [],
  "recent_pin_images": [
    {
      "variant": "0",
      "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/222x/fd/6f/ec/fd6fece4739ab9f22c8d118c809625b4.jpg",
      "width": 222,
      "height": 333,
      "dominant_color": "#AB947D"
    },
    {
      "variant": "1",
      "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/222x/ae/60/93/ae60938b444945a8ba12f2f8b45e6e13.jpg",
      "width": 222,
      "height": 382,
      "dominant_color": "#837E75"
    },
    {
      "variant": "2",
      "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/222x/a6/ab/f8/a6abf8549743e5343d39d4b4b3c58092.jpg",
      "width": 222,
      "height": 277,
      "dominant_color": "#D3D3D3"
    },
    {
      "variant": "3",
      "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/222x/e5/07/e6/e507e691f904d8ac02bd6c28c69aaadd.jpg",
      "width": 222,
      "height": 148,
      "dominant_color": "#A8A8A8"
    },
    {
      "variant": "4",
      "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/222x/94/ee/d0/94eed047a2a62547a673acdb4f77f927.jpg",
      "width": 222,
      "height": 277,
      "dominant_color": "#BEBEBE"
    },
    {
      "variant": "5",
      "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/222x/92/17/4d/92174dec8014434864f73c1ce7a8a28a.jpg",
      "width": 222,
      "height": 394,
      "dominant_color": "#64696C"
    },
    {
      "variant": "6",
      "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/222x/24/6e/48/246e48d867928e32d716dc4b13a64b17.jpg",
      "width": 222,
      "height": 333,
      "dominant_color": "#7E736B"
    },
    {
      "variant": "7",
      "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/222x/c6/5a/37/c65a3767fc04d8e08ae75aefa8bf0495.jpg",
      "width": 222,
      "height": 394,
      "dominant_color": "#8D7E70"
    }
  ]
}

Complete failed dataset item:

{
  "input": "invalid input",
  "status": "failed",
  "page": null,
  "query": null,
  "id": null,
  "username": null,
  "name": null,
  "url": null,
  "image_url": null,
  "image_large_url": null,
  "is_verified": null,
  "is_verified_merchant": null,
  "is_private": null,
  "follower_count": null,
  "first_name": null,
  "last_name": null,
  "about": null,
  "website_url": null,
  "domain": null,
  "domain_verified": null,
  "is_primary_website_verified": null,
  "created_at": null,
  "last_pin_save_time": null,
  "following_count": null,
  "board_count": null,
  "pin_count": null,
  "video_pin_count": null,
  "story_pin_count": null,
  "group_board_count": null,
  "profile_views": null,
  "profile_reach": null,
  "has_catalog": null,
  "has_published_pins": null,
  "seo_title": null,
  "seo_description": null,
  "cover_images": null,
  "recent_pin_images": null
}

A failed row preserves input, sets status to failed, and sets every other top-level field to null. The reason is written to the run log. Optional successful values remain null or empty when Pinterest omits them. The single dataset view exposes object fields as useful columns; arrays are kept in their parent row rather than expanded into additional rows or views.

Input and pagination settings ⚙️

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Rules
inputList	array of strings	Yes	None	Enter keyword queries or canonical Pinterest /search/users/?q= URLs.
pagesPerSearch	integer	No	1	Maximum result pages per input. Website page sizes vary; short pages can still have a continuation. Preparation requests do not count as result pages. Minimum 1.

Enter nonblank phrases for account discovery. Use Profile Scraper with a known username or profile URL when you want detailed profile enrichment.

Use canonical HTTPS links on www.pinterest.com or pinterest.com. Country-specific hosts, shortened pin.it links and unsupported paths are not accepted. Search inputs must contain a nonblank query of at most 1,000 characters. A matching canonical Pinterest search URL with one q parameter is also accepted.

Duplicate normalized inputs are processed once. A returned identifier is deduplicated within the pagination of one source input; the same object found under different source inputs retains each source relationship.

The first result request counts as page 1. Source validation and preparation requests do not consume result pages. A short or filtered page can continue if it supplies a usable cursor. Collection stops at the page budget or the end of pagination; a repeated cursor does not trigger an endless loop.

Pinterest profile search results use cases 🎯

Creator discovery samples

Search a topic and review matching names, profile links and available audience indicators. Qualify the accounts manually before drawing conclusions.

Brand account research

Search brand-related terms and inspect candidate profile URLs. Verify ownership using independent source information when needed.

Profile enrichment queues

Export usernames from selected search results and send them to Profile Scraper. Keep the original query in your research database.

Pricing and saved-result behavior 💰

Check the Actor’s Pricing tab for the active charging model and current rate. Store settings may change, so this README does not state an unverified fixed price or runtime.

Under dataset-item pricing:

• Each unique success result represents one profile for its source input.
• An invalid or unavailable input, an input with no accessible results, or a request that exhausts retries can produce a failed row.
• Retry attempts and supporting metadata requests do not create extra dataset rows by themselves.
• Nested media, author and source fields stay inside their parent result.
• A normal empty continuation after earlier successes creates no additional result row.
• Saved failed rows are not assumed to be free. Check the active pricing configuration for their treatment.

Larger page budgets and more inputs can produce more saved rows. Start with a small run and check actual usage before increasing the workload.

Pinterest profile search results API 🔌

Replace $ACTOR_ID with the identifier shown in this Actor’s API tab and $APIFY_TOKEN with your Apify token.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/$ACTOR_ID/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"inputList":["modern kitchen"],"pagesPerSearch":1}'

Download JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or other formats available in the Console, or retrieve the dataset through the Apify API. Schedules, webhooks and Apify integrations can connect results to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n, cloud storage or your own backend. These are connection options rather than integrations already configured by the Actor.

Reliability, retries, and public-data limits ⚠️

Collection uses pure HTTP with up to five concurrent requests. Invalid syntax and confirmed missing, removed or inaccessible targets stop without unnecessary retries. Temporary network or proxy failures, timeouts, blocking responses, malformed data, throttling and server errors are retried up to five total attempts per request.

Earlier successful pages remain saved when a later request fails. A normal end after previously saved results is not retried. An input that produces no accessible results can receive a failed row; this does not by itself prove the underlying account or collection does not exist. A later exhausted request can append a failed row while keeping earlier output.

Pinterest controls public availability, ranking, fields and pagination. Private, deleted, restricted or otherwise unavailable data can be omitted. Counts can change during collection, and media links can expire. Successful HTTP research confirms the supported request paths and pagination on tested sources, rather than future availability or exhaustive coverage.

Search profiles contain fewer fields than a complete profile lookup. Biography, website, following counts and other detailed account fields may remain null if search does not expose them. A keyword match does not prove a person’s profession, ownership or affiliation.

An invalid string within a valid input list does not stop other inputs. A configuration that fails validation, such as a non-string list item or an invalid page-count type, exits before requests start. Infrastructure errors such as startup failure, unavailable dataset storage or an unrecoverable result-save error can stop the whole run. A failed dataset save is not retried as a new scraping request.

Frequently asked questions ❓

Does it return complete profile biographies and websites?

Only if those fields are present in the search response. Use Profile Scraper on selected usernames for a dedicated profile lookup.

Can it identify every creator in a topic?

No. Pinterest controls matching and ranking. A topic search produces a sample of account matches for your own review.

Does it collect followers of the found profiles?

No. It returns available follower counts, not follower lists or relationship graphs.

Does it require Pinterest login or personal cookies?

No. The Actor uses HTTP requests from the public website. It does not require a Pinterest account, password or personal session cookie, and does not launch a browser.

What happens to invalid or unavailable inputs?

Invalid individual inputs are saved as failed rows without a source request. Confirmed unavailable targets stop without unnecessary retries. Temporary failures allow up to five total attempts; other inputs and previously saved results remain available.

Can I export results or schedule runs?

Yes. Download the default dataset in supported formats or retrieve it through the Apify API. Apify schedules and completion webhooks can connect repeated runs to your own workflow.

Support, responsible use, and related actors 🛟

For a reproducible issue, use the Actor’s Issues tab and provide the run ID, approximate time, safe public input, expected behavior and actual result. Include the selected mode or page count when applicable. Do not share access tokens, cookies or proxy credentials.

Use public data responsibly and follow applicable privacy, copyright, contractual and platform requirements before storing, analyzing or redistributing collected information.