# Scrape Instagram Posts from Any Public Profile

**Use case:** 

Type an Instagram handle and get its recent posts — captions, likes, comments and media URLs — as JSON rows. Private or missing profiles are never charged.

## Input

```json
{
  "profiles": [
    "nasa"
  ],
  "resultsLimit": 12,
  "maxItems": 1000,
  "maxRunSeconds": 900,
  "mediaType": "any"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "charged": {
    "label": "Charged"
  },
  "profileHandle": {
    "label": "Profile"
  },
  "shortCode": {
    "label": "Short code"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Post URL"
  },
  "type": {
    "label": "Type"
  },
  "productType": {
    "label": "Format"
  },
  "takenAt": {
    "label": "Posted"
  },
  "caption": {
    "label": "Caption"
  },
  "likeCount": {
    "label": "Likes"
  },
  "commentCount": {
    "label": "Comments"
  },
  "playCount": {
    "label": "Plays"
  },
  "videoDuration": {
    "label": "Seconds"
  },
  "hashtags": {
    "label": "Hashtags"
  },
  "mentions": {
    "label": "Mentions"
  },
  "taggedUsers": {
    "label": "Tagged"
  },
  "coauthors": {
    "label": "Co-authors"
  },
  "ownerUsername": {
    "label": "Posted by"
  },
  "locationName": {
    "label": "Location"
  },
  "isPinned": {
    "label": "Pinned"
  },
  "isSponsored": {
    "label": "Paid partnership"
  },
  "displayUrl": {
    "label": "Image URL"
  },
  "videoUrl": {
    "label": "Video URL"
  },
  "videoUrlExpiresAt": {
    "label": "Media link expires"
  },
  "postSource": {
    "label": "Read from"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status"
  },
  "statusReason": {
    "label": "Note"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Instagram Profile Posts · Capped](https://apify.com/steadyfetch/instagram-profile-posts.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/steadyfetch/instagram-profile-posts.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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