# Instagram Location ID Finder (`seemuapps/instagram-location-finder`) Actor

Find Instagram location IDs by place name or GPS coordinates - get the numeric location ID, Facebook Places ID, address, and coordinates for any place.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-location-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Andrew](https://apify.com/seemuapps) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 10 total users, 6 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 location founds

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?

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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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Instagram Location ID Finder

Find the numeric Instagram location ID for any place — by name, keyword, or GPS coordinates — and get the address, coordinates, and Facebook Places ID along with it. No login required.

Instagram location IDs are the key that unlocks location-based scraping: post scrapers, story scrapers, and geo-analytics tools all ask for the numeric ID behind `instagram.com/explore/locations/{id}/`. This actor finds those IDs in bulk, so it pairs perfectly with an Instagram location posts scraper — run this first to discover the IDs, then feed them into the posts scraper.

### What you get

One record per found location:

- **locationId** — the numeric Instagram location ID (the `pk` used by location post scrapers)
- **locationUrl** — direct link to the location page (`https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/{id}/`)
- **facebookPlacesId** — the underlying Facebook Places ID
- **name**, **shortName**, **address**, **city**, **zip**, **subtitle**
- **lat** / **lng** coordinates for mapping
- **source** and **query** — which input (keyword or coordinate pair) found the location
- With **Enrich** enabled: **category** (e.g. "Italian Restaurant", "Beach"), **phone**, **website**, **openStatus**, **isOpen**, and full weekly **openingHours**

Export everything to JSON, CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets directly from the Apify console.

### Use cases

- **Local lead generation** — discover every business venue around a coordinate or matching a keyword, with phone numbers and websites when enrichment is on
- **Real-estate marketing** — find the location IDs for neighborhoods, landmarks, and developments to analyze who posts there
- **Event marketing** — get the IDs for venues, stadiums, and festival grounds, then scrape the posts tagged at them
- **Geo-targeted influencer research** — map the Instagram locations in your target area and feed them into a location posts scraper to find creators posting there
- **Competitor analysis** — resolve competitor store locations to their Instagram IDs and monitor tagged content

### How to use

1. Enter one or more **Place names / keywords** (e.g. `times square`, `bondi beach`, `coffee shop brooklyn`) and/or **Coordinates** as `lat,lng` pairs (e.g. `40.7580,-73.9855`). At least one of the two is required.
2. Optionally enable **Enrich with full details** to fetch category, phone, website, and opening hours for every location that has an Instagram ID.
3. Set **Max Items** (default 100; `0` = unlimited).
4. Run the actor — results appear in the **Dataset** tab, one row per location, deduplicated within the run.

**Tip:** keyword search is the reliable way to get an Instagram location ID. Coordinate search returns nearby places, but many of them only carry a Facebook Places ID (`locationId` is often `null` for coordinate results). If a coordinate hit you care about has no ID, search its name as a keyword to resolve the Instagram location ID.

### Output format

Example record:

```json
{
  "source": "keyword",
  "query": "bondi beach",
  "locationId": "121208754622130",
  "facebookPlacesId": "121208754622130",
  "name": "Bondi Beach, Sydney",
  "shortName": "Bondi Beach",
  "address": "New South Wales",
  "city": null,
  "zip": "2026",
  "lat": -33.89189964,
  "lng": 151.27425551,
  "subtitle": "New South Wales",
  "locationUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/121208754622130/",
  "category": "Beach",
  "phone": "+61 404 110 011",
  "website": "https://www.australia.com/en-us/places/sydney-and-surrounds/guide-to-bondi.html",
  "openStatus": "Open until 11:59 PM",
  "isOpen": true,
  "openingHours": [
    { "day": "Monday", "hours": ["12:00 AM - 11:59 PM"] }
  ]
}
```

The enrichment fields (`category`, `phone`, `website`, `openStatus`, `isOpen`, `openingHours`) are included when **Enrich** is enabled; enrichment costs one extra request per location that has an ID.

### Pricing

You are charged per location record in the dataset — predictable and easy to forecast: results are only billed when they are actually delivered.

### Works great with

- **Instagram Location Posts Scraper** — paste any `locationId` from this actor's output to scrape the top or most recent posts tagged at that place.

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Place names or keywords to search for (e.g. "times square", "bondi beach", "coffee shop brooklyn"). Each query returns up to ~30 matching Instagram locations with their location IDs. Provide this, coordinates, or both.

## `coordinates` (type: `array`):

GPS coordinate pairs as "latitude,longitude" strings (e.g. "40.7580,-73.9855"). Each pair returns nearby places. Note: coordinate results often lack a numeric Instagram location ID - keyword search is the reliable way to get one. Provide this, queries, or both.

## `enrich` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch full details (category, phone, website, opening hours) for every found location that has an Instagram location ID. Costs one extra request per enriched location.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of locations to output across all queries and coordinates. Set 0 for unlimited.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "times square"
  ],
  "coordinates": [
    "40.7580,-73.9855"
  ],
  "enrich": false,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Each record contains source (keyword/coordinates), query, locationId, facebookPlacesId, name, shortName, address, city, zip, lat, lng, subtitle, locationUrl, and (when enrichment is on) category, phone, website, and opening hours.

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "times square"
    ],
    "coordinates": [
        "40.7580,-73.9855"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("seemuapps/instagram-location-finder").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 = {
    "queries": ["times square"],
    "coordinates": ["40.7580,-73.9855"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("seemuapps/instagram-location-finder").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 '{
  "queries": [
    "times square"
  ],
  "coordinates": [
    "40.7580,-73.9855"
  ]
}' |
apify call seemuapps/instagram-location-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,seemuapps/instagram-location-finder"
        }
    }
}

```

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/oWH2H6VYJmpUftEXx/builds/4mV11S7sImEIFDaqV/openapi.json