Instagram Posts Scraper

Pricing

$14.99/month + usage

Instagram Posts Scraper

Scrapes posts from any public Instagram profile or hashtag, capturing captions, images, videos, timestamps, likes, comments, hashtags, and post URLs. Ideal for content analysis, competitor research, influencer insights, and large-scale Instagram post extraction

Pricing

$14.99/month + usage

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

Scrapio

Maintained by Community

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

3 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Lead generation

Social media

Videos

You can access the Instagram Posts Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

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Instagram Posts Scraper OpenAPI definition

OpenAPI is a standard for designing and describing RESTful APIs, allowing developers to define API structure, endpoints, and data formats in a machine-readable way. It simplifies API development, integration, and documentation.

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You can download the OpenAPI definitions for Instagram Posts Scraper from the options below:

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