# Pinterest Scraper & Downloader (`vnx0/pinterest-downloader`) Actor Scrape Pinterest boards, pins and search results. Download images and videos in bulk. Extract titles, alt text, dimensions, video URLs and more. Works without login. - **URL**: https://apify.com/vnx0/pinterest-downloader.md - **Developed by:** [Vnx0](https://apify.com/vnx0) (community) - **Categories:** Social media, Automation, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. 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". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Pinterest Scraper & Downloader Scrape and download images, videos and metadata from Pinterest boards, pins and search results. Extract thousands of pins in minutes — no login or browser required. ### Why This Actor? Most Pinterest scrapers only extract metadata. This one goes further — it downloads the actual images and videos alongside structured data. Get pin URLs, dimensions, alt text, video streams, and downloadable media files all in a single run. ### What You Can Scrape | Source | Description | |--------|-------------| | **Board URLs** | All pins from any public Pinterest board, including nested sections | | **Pin URLs** | Related pins from any pin page | | **Search queries** | Pins matching any keyword or phrase on Pinterest | ### What You Get Every scraped pin includes: - **Pin ID** — Unique Pinterest identifier - **Media URL** — Direct link to the original image or video thumbnail - **Media type** — Image or video - **Dimensions** — Width and height in pixels - **Alt text** — Image description from Pinterest - **Source URL** — The board, pin, or search query where it was found - **Video URL** — Direct video download link (for video pins) - **Video duration** — Length of the video in seconds - **Scraped at** — Timestamp of when the data was collected ### How to Use #### Scrape a Pinterest Board ```json { "startUrls": ["https://www.pinterest.com/pinterest/official-news/"], "maxItems": 100 } ```` #### Search Pinterest ```json { "searchQueries": ["minimalist interior design"], "maxItems": 50 } ``` #### Scrape Multiple Sources ```json { "startUrls": [ "https://www.pinterest.com/username/recipes/", "https://www.pinterest.com/username/fitness/" ], "searchQueries": ["healthy breakfast ideas"], "maxItems": 200, "downloadMedia": true } ``` #### Download Images and Videos ```json { "startUrls": ["https://www.pinterest.com/username/travel-inspiration/"], "maxItems": 500, "downloadMedia": true, "downloadVideos": true, "minWidth": 800, "minHeight": 600 } ``` #### Access Private Boards Provide your Pinterest cookies in Selenium format to scrape boards behind a login: ```json { "startUrls": ["https://www.pinterest.com/username/private-board/"], "maxItems": 100, "cookies": "[{\"name\": \"_auth\", \"value\": \"1\", \"domain\": \".pinterest.com\", \"path\": \"/\"}]" } ``` ### Input Fields #### Sources | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | **startUrls** | array | `[]` | Pinterest board, board section, or pin URLs to scrape. Board URLs extract all pins from the board. Pin URLs extract related pins. | | **searchQueries** | array | `[]` | Keywords to search on Pinterest. Each query returns matching pins. | | **maxItems** | integer | `100` | Maximum number of pins to scrape across all URLs and queries combined. | #### Download Options | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | **downloadMedia** | boolean | `false` | Save images and videos to the key-value store. If disabled, only metadata is saved to the dataset. | | **downloadVideos** | boolean | `false` | Download video pins alongside images. Only applies when media downloading is enabled above. | | **minWidth** | integer | `0` | Skip images narrower than this (in pixels). Use 0 for no filtering. Helpful for excluding low-quality thumbnails. | | **minHeight** | integer | `0` | Skip images shorter than this (in pixels). Use 0 for no filtering. Combine with minimum width to only keep high-resolution images. | #### Authentication | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | **cookies** | string | — | Pinterest session cookies as a JSON array for accessing private boards. Leave empty for public boards. Get cookies by logging into Pinterest in your browser and exporting the session cookies. | #### Advanced | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | **delay** | number | `0.5` | Wait time between consecutive requests (in seconds) to avoid rate limiting. Increase if you get blocked or receive empty results. | | **proxyConfiguration** | object | Apify proxy | Apify proxy settings. Residential proxies are recommended for large scraping jobs to avoid blocks. | ### Output Example ```json { "id": "424605071130957254", "mediaUrl": "https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bc/a5/bf/bca5bfa991c16a187e0d6e582ecaa70f.png", "mediaType": "image", "width": 560, "height": 560, "altText": "Minimalist kitchen design with marble countertops", "sourceUrl": "https://www.pinterest.com/pinterest/official-news/", "videoUrl": null, "videoDuration": null, "scrapedAt": "2026-04-12T10:25:03.622218+00:00" } ``` ### Downloaded Media Files When `downloadMedia` is enabled, images and videos are saved to the Actor's Key-Value Store with keys like: - `media/424605071130957254.jpg` - `media/987654321098765.mp4` Access them via the Key-Value Store tab after the run completes. ### Performance & Limits - **Speed**: Scrapes 50-100 pins per minute depending on source type - **Max items**: Up to 10,000 pins per run - **Rate limiting**: Built-in delays prevent Pinterest blocks - **No browser**: Fast API-based scraping without Playwright/Selenium overhead ### Use Cases - **Design inspiration** — Build mood boards from Pinterest collections - **Market research** — Analyze trending visual content in your niche - **Content curation** — Aggregate images for blogs, presentations, or social media - **Dataset creation** — Train ML models on Pinterest image data - **Competitor analysis** — Monitor what competitors are pinning - **Backup boards** — Archive your Pinterest boards locally ### Tips for Best Results 1. **Start small** — Test with `maxItems: 10` before running large scrapes 2. **Use specific searches** — Narrow queries get better results than broad ones 3. **Filter by resolution** — Set `minWidth` and `minHeight` to skip low-quality images 4. **Enable proxy** — Apify proxy is enabled by default to avoid rate limits 5. **Increase delay** — If you hit rate limits, increase `delay` to 1-2 seconds ### Getting Cookies for Private Boards To scrape private boards, you need to provide your Pinterest session cookies: 1. Log in to Pinterest in your browser 2. Open Developer Tools (F12) 3. Go to Application → Cookies → `https://pinterest.com` 4. Copy the `_auth` and `_pinterest_sess` cookies 5. Format them as a JSON array: ```json [ { "name": "_auth", "value": "1", "domain": ".pinterest.com", "path": "/" }, { "name": "_pinterest_sess", "value": "YOUR_SESSION_TOKEN_HERE", "domain": ".pinterest.com", "path": "/" } ] ``` 6. Paste the JSON string into the `cookies` input field ### Troubleshooting **No results returned?** - Check that the URL is correct and publicly accessible - Try increasing `maxItems` — some boards have fewer pins than expected - Verify cookies are valid if scraping private boards **Rate limited?** - Increase the `delay` parameter to 1-2 seconds - Enable Apify proxy (enabled by default) - Reduce `maxItems` for the current run **Images not downloading?** - Ensure `downloadMedia` is set to `true` - Check the Key-Value Store tab for downloaded files - Some images may fail due to broken URLs (check `kvStoreStats` in logs) *** **Questions or issues?** Contact the Actor developer through the Apify platform. # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Pinterest board, board section, or pin URLs to scrape. Board URLs extract all pins from the board. Pin URLs extract related pins. ## `searchQueries` (type: `array`): Keywords to search on Pinterest. Each query returns matching pins. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of pins to scrape across all URLs and queries combined. ## `downloadMedia` (type: `boolean`): Save images and videos to the key-value store. If disabled, only metadata is saved to the dataset. ## `downloadVideos` (type: `boolean`): Download video pins alongside images. Only applies when media downloading is enabled above. ## `minWidth` (type: `integer`): Skip images narrower than this. Use 0 for no filtering. Helpful for excluding low-quality thumbnails. ## `minHeight` (type: `integer`): Skip images shorter than this. Use 0 for no filtering. Combine with minimum width to only keep high-resolution images. ## `cookies` (type: `string`): Pinterest session cookies as a JSON array for accessing private boards. Leave empty for public boards. Get cookies by logging into Pinterest in your browser and exporting the session cookies. ## `delay` (type: `number`): Wait time between consecutive requests to avoid rate limiting. Increase if you get blocked or receive empty results. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Apify proxy settings. Residential proxies are recommended for large scraping jobs to avoid blocks. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ "https://www.pinterest.com/pinterest/official-news/" ], "searchQueries": [ "minimalist interior design" ], "maxItems": 100, "downloadMedia": false, "downloadVideos": false, "minWidth": 0, "minHeight": 0, "delay": 0.5 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `scrapedPins` (type: `string`): All scraped Pinterest pins with metadata including images, dimensions, alt text, and video information. ## `downloadedMedia` (type: `string`): Downloaded image and video files (available when downloadMedia is enabled). # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "startUrls": [ "https://www.pinterest.com/pinterest/official-news/" ], "searchQueries": [ "minimalist interior design" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("vnx0/pinterest-downloader").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "startUrls": ["https://www.pinterest.com/pinterest/official-news/"], "searchQueries": ["minimalist interior design"], } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("vnx0/pinterest-downloader").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "startUrls": [ "https://www.pinterest.com/pinterest/official-news/" ], "searchQueries": [ "minimalist interior design" ] }' | apify call vnx0/pinterest-downloader --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=vnx0/pinterest-downloader", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Pinterest Scraper & Downloader", "description": "Scrape Pinterest boards, pins and search results. Download images and videos in bulk. Extract titles, alt text, dimensions, video URLs and more. Works without login.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "sh907DJZHTaFnEXDK" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/vnx0~pinterest-downloader/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-vnx0-pinterest-downloader", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/vnx0~pinterest-downloader/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-vnx0-pinterest-downloader", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/vnx0~pinterest-downloader/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-vnx0-pinterest-downloader", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs", "minItems": 0, "maxItems": 1000, "type": "array", "description": "Pinterest board, board section, or pin URLs to scrape. Board URLs extract all pins from the board. Pin URLs extract related pins.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "searchQueries": { "title": "Search queries", "minItems": 0, "maxItems": 100, "type": "array", "description": "Keywords to search on Pinterest. Each query returns matching pins.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Maximum items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of pins to scrape across all URLs and queries combined.", "default": 100 }, "downloadMedia": { "title": "Download media files", "type": "boolean", "description": "Save images and videos to the key-value store. If disabled, only metadata is saved to the dataset.", "default": false }, "downloadVideos": { "title": "Include videos", "type": "boolean", "description": "Download video pins alongside images. Only applies when media downloading is enabled above.", "default": false }, "minWidth": { "title": "Minimum image width", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Skip images narrower than this. Use 0 for no filtering. Helpful for excluding low-quality thumbnails.", "default": 0 }, "minHeight": { "title": "Minimum image height", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Skip images shorter than this. Use 0 for no filtering. Combine with minimum width to only keep high-resolution images.", "default": 0 }, "cookies": { "title": "Pinterest cookies", "type": "string", "description": "Pinterest session cookies as a JSON array for accessing private boards. Leave empty for public boards. Get cookies by logging into Pinterest in your browser and exporting the session cookies." }, "delay": { "title": "Delay between requests", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 30, "type": "number", "description": "Wait time between consecutive requests to avoid rate limiting. Increase if you get blocked or receive empty results.", "default": 0.5 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Apify proxy settings. Residential proxies are recommended for large scraping jobs to avoid blocks." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```