# Scrape Instagram Highlights from Public Profiles

**Use case:** 

Extract Instagram Highlights from public profiles, including highlight titles, cover images, story URLs, media details, timestamps, usernames, and profile information. Use the results for content research, competitor analysis, and social media monitoring.

## Input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/mrbeast/"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "input_url": {
    "label": "Profile URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "username": {
    "label": "Username",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "user_id": {
    "label": "User ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "id": {
    "label": "Highlight ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Highlight title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "cover_media": {
    "label": "Cover image",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "cover_media_full_res": {
    "label": "Full-size cover image",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "story_count": {
    "label": "Stories in highlight",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "is_private": {
    "label": "Private account",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "success": {
    "label": "Scraped successfully",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error message",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "timestamp": {
    "label": "Timestamp",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Instagram Highlights Scraper Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Scrape Instagram Highlights from Public Profiles". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/vb4meB0OATef5YMAQ) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Scrape Instagram Highlights from Public Profiles" task

The Instagram Highlights Scraper Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like 🔗 profile urls or usernames and 🌐 apify proxy (residential only), to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Scrape Instagram Highlights from Public Profiles" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as profile url, username, user id, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Scrape Instagram Highlights from Public Profiles" task via API](https://apify.com/socialdataapi/instagram-highlights-scraper.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Instagram Highlights Scraper](https://apify.com/socialdataapi/instagram-highlights-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/socialdataapi/instagram-highlights-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/socialdataapi/instagram-highlights-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).