# Pinterest Profile & Board Scraper (`seemuapps/pinterest-profile-board-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Pinterest profile stats and full board lists for any username. Get bio, follower counts, and every board's name, description, and pin count.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/seemuapps/pinterest-profile-board-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Andrew](https://apify.com/seemuapps) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

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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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.
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Actors are written with capital "A".

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

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# README

## Pinterest Profile & Board Scraper

Scrape Pinterest profile stats and full board lists for any username — bio, follower counts, and every board's name, description, and pin count, no login required.

### What you get

For every username you provide, the scraper extracts a profile summary row, plus one row per board when board scraping is enabled.

**Profile summary**

- Username, display name, and bio
- Follower count, following count, board count, pin count
- Verified merchant flag and private-profile flag
- Website URL and profile picture

**Per-board detail**

- Board name and description
- Pin count, privacy (public/secret), and collaborative flag
- Board URL and cover image

### Use cases

- **Brand and competitor monitoring** — track a competitor's follower growth and board strategy over time
- **Influencer vetting** — check follower counts and board activity before a partnership
- **E-commerce research** — see how merchants organize products into boards and which categories get the most pins
- **Lead generation** — build lists of active Pinterest business accounts in a niche
- **Content planning** — study how top accounts in your space structure and name their boards

### How to use

1. Enter one or more **Usernames** (with or without `@`) — one profile row is returned per username
2. Toggle **Include Boards** on (default) to also scrape every public board for each username, or off for profile-only output
3. Run the actor — results appear in the **Dataset** tab as they are scraped

### Output format

Each dataset record is one of two shapes, distinguished by `recordType`.

Profile row:

```json
{
  "recordType": "profile",
  "username": "bhg",
  "fullName": "Better Homes and Gardens",
  "bio": "Inspiring ideas for home, gardening, food, holidays, and living well.",
  "followerCount": 4051759,
  "followingCount": 1278,
  "boardCount": 137,
  "pinCount": 164950,
  "isVerifiedMerchant": true,
  "isPrivateProfile": false,
  "websiteUrl": "http://bhg.com",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.pinterest.com/bhg/",
  "avatarUrl": "https://i.pinimg.com/75x75_RS/...",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-31T03:22:13.129Z"
}
```

Board row:

```json
{
  "recordType": "board",
  "username": "bhg",
  "boardId": "56787713990755707",
  "boardName": "100 Years and Beyond of Better Homes & Gardens",
  "description": "Better Homes and Gardens is over 100 years old! ...",
  "privacy": "public",
  "pinCount": 51,
  "isCollaborative": false,
  "sectionCount": 0,
  "boardUrl": "https://www.pinterest.com/bhg/100-years-and-beyond-of-better-homes-gardens/",
  "coverImageUrl": "https://i.pinimg.com/200x150/...",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-31T03:22:13.904Z"
}
```

### Notes

- Boards are fetched for every username in a single run — there is no cross-run pagination cursor to manage, since a Pinterest account's board list is always a bounded, moderate-sized collection rather than an open-ended feed.
- Invalid usernames are skipped with a warning; the run continues with the remaining usernames.

# Actor input Schema

## `usernames` (type: `array`):

One or more Pinterest usernames to scrape (with or without @). Each username produces one profile row and, if 'Include Boards' is on, one row per board.

## `includeBoards` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, also scrape every public board for each username (name, description, pin count, privacy, cover image). When disabled, only the profile summary row is scraped.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "bhg"
  ],
  "includeBoards": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

recordType 'profile' rows contain username, fullName, bio, followerCount, followingCount, boardCount, pinCount, isVerifiedMerchant, isPrivateProfile, websiteUrl, profileUrl, avatarUrl, scrapedAt. recordType 'board' rows contain username, boardId, boardName, description, privacy, pinCount, isCollaborative, sectionCount, boardUrl, coverImageUrl, scrapedAt.

# 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 = {
    "usernames": [
        "bhg"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("seemuapps/pinterest-profile-board-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 = { "usernames": ["bhg"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("seemuapps/pinterest-profile-board-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 '{
  "usernames": [
    "bhg"
  ]
}' |
apify call seemuapps/pinterest-profile-board-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,seemuapps/pinterest-profile-board-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/3gBPSqh4IfxKVNgBm/builds/iVqXXo477peKoxokP/openapi.json