Instagram Video Metadata Scraper

Read public Instagram reel, video, IGTV, and post pages in a real Chromium browser and save page-level metadata: canonical URL, title, caption, author, thumbnail, media type, dimensions, duration with a bounded provenance label, observed media references, JSON-LD, and public caption-track text when one exists. Only pages that expose usable public metadata produce dataset rows; blocked or empty pages are counted in the run summary without becoming fake records.

Get started

1. Open the Actor Store page and select Try for free, or open the Input tab.
2. Add one or more public Instagram reel, reels, tv, or p URLs to videoUrls; at most 100 are accepted.
3. Set maxItems to the number of unique pages you want processed, and leave proxyConfiguration disabled for a first direct-browser run.
4. Start the Actor, open the dataset, and export the rows as JSON, CSV, or Excel. Open Run summary (OUTPUT in the key-value store) to see the target, saved, and diagnostic counts.

Input

videoUrls is required. Every other field is optional and uses the default shown below. Unsupported field names and out-of-range values are rejected before the browser starts.

Field	Type	Required?	Default	Meaning
videoUrls	string array	Required	Not supplied	Public Instagram video, reel, IGTV, or post URLs; 1–100 HTTPS instagram.com URLs with a reel, reels, tv, or p path.
maxItems	integer	Optional	100	Maximum number of unique normalized pages processed, 1–100.
requestTimeoutSecs	integer	Optional	45	Per-page browser navigation timeout, 5–60 seconds.
maxRequestRetries	integer	Optional	2	Additional attempts for blocked or transient page responses, 0–3.
requestDelayMs	integer	Optional	0	Delay before each subsequent video page, 0–10,000 ms.
proxyConfiguration	object	Optional	{"useApifyProxy":false}	Optional Apify Proxy settings with useApifyProxy, apifyProxyGroups, and an optional two-letter apifyProxyCountry. Direct browser access is the default.

The saved run used this input:

{
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/instagram/reel/Dc30nJeRKKz/"
  ],
  "maxItems": 1,
  "maxRequestRetries": 0,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 45,
  "requestDelayMs": 0,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}

The Actor navigates to public Instagram pages only. It does not log in, submit credentials, accept session cookies, or download media bytes. Optional proxyConfiguration is passed to the browser when supplied.

Output

The dataset contains one row per unique page that exposed usable public metadata. Values that Instagram did not publish are omitted rather than inferred; failed, blocked, or empty pages are counted in OUTPUT and logs, not written as diagnostic dataset rows.

Field	Type	Availability	Meaning
id	string	Always	Stable deterministic identifier for the normalized video URL.
recordType	string enum	Always	Record type; always instagram-video-page-metadata.
targetType	string enum	Always	Target entity type; always video.
videoUrl	string	Always	Normalized requested video page URL.
sourceUrl	string	Always	Public Instagram page used for extraction.
canonicalUrl	string	Always	Canonical page URL exposed by Instagram, falling back to the requested URL.
url	string	Always	Normalized video page URL (dataset view alias).
searchUrl	string	Always	Requested page URL persisted as a compatibility alias.
mediaType	string enum	Always	Normalized media type: image, video, or carousel; defaults to video.
transcriptAvailable	boolean	Always	Whether readable public caption-track text was observed.
transcriptStatus	string enum	Always	Public caption-track state: public_caption_track, public_caption_track_exposed, or not_available_from_public_page.
downloadAvailable	boolean	Always	Whether a public media reference was observed; no bytes are downloaded.
scrapedAt	string	Always	UTC time the row was emitted.
title	string	When published	Public video page title, usually the Open Graph title.
pageTitle	string	When published	Observed HTML or Open Graph page title before title selection.
caption	string	When published	Public caption or page description.
author	string	When published	Public author display name.
authorUsername	string	When published	Public author username.
authorUrl	string	When published	Public author profile URL.
imageUrl	string	When published	Public thumbnail or image URL.
videoUrlFromPage	string	When published	Explicit public video URL observed in the page or player.
mediaUrl	string	When published	Compatibility alias for an observed video URL.
width	integer	When published	Observed media width in pixels, at least 1.
height	integer	When published	Observed media height in pixels, at least 1.
duration	string	When published	Source duration representation as a string.
durationSeconds	number	When published	Normalized duration in seconds, at least 0.
durationSource	string enum	When published	Bounded provenance: public_video_element, public_media_metadata, public_embedded_metadata, public_json_ld, public_media_url_duration_s, or public_media_url_efg_duration_s. Signed media URLs are never used as the provenance label.
uploadDate	string	When published	Public publication date/time in ISO format.
likeCount	integer	When published	Public like count when exposed.
commentCount	integer	When published	Public comment count when exposed.
videoViewCount	integer	When published	Public video view count when exposed.
mediaReferences	object array	When published	Bounded public media references, each with url, kind (image or video), optional width, height, durationSeconds, durationSource, and source.
transcript	string	When published	Text from a public caption track; never inferred from audio.
transcriptSourceUrl	string	When published	Public caption-track URL that supplied the transcript text.
jsonLd	object array	When published	Bounded public JSON-LD objects.
structuredData	object array	When published	Compatibility alias for the same public structured data.
metadata	object	When published	Small public page metadata subset, currently openGraphType when present.

Full JSON output

This is a real saved row from the 2026-10-25 run. The signed CDN URL in the second mediaReferences entry is shortened with an ellipsis; every other value is complete.

{
  "id": "instagram-video:df697121c65cd31bbffda568",
  "recordType": "instagram-video-page-metadata",
  "targetType": "video",
  "videoUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram/reel/Dc30nJeRKKz/",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram/reel/Dc30nJeRKKz/",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram/reel/Dc30nJeRKKz/",
  "title": "Instagram on Instagram: \"that’s his spa now 🚰 #InTheMoment Video by @misterbeanito\"",
  "pageTitle": "Instagram on Instagram: \"that’s his spa now 🚰 #InTheMoment Video by @misterbeanito\"",
  "caption": "966K likes, 22K comments - instagram on September 4, 2026: \"that’s his spa now 🚰 #InTheMoment Video by @misterbeanito\".",
  "author": "Instagram",
  "authorUsername": "instagram",
  "authorUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram/",
  "imageUrl": "https://static.cdninstagram.com/rsrc.php/y4/r/QaBlI0OZiks.ico",
  "mediaType": "video",
  "mediaReferences": [
    {
      "url": "https://static.cdninstagram.com/rsrc.php/y4/r/QaBlI0OZiks.ico",
      "kind": "image",
      "source": "public_media_response"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.71878-15/795341832_1575427477361093_319242826385620795_n.jpg?stp=cmp1_dst-jpg_e35_s640x640_tt6&_nc_cat=108&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=GwEZWrttYssQ7kNvwHLwSkT&_nc_oc=Adp9Co1ba6xG_j3Lrxe-wcu1kO6QDx37gSr3dS1tw65St2HUuPxt1JHq2-D6OrFOMNo&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&_…",
      "kind": "image",
      "source": "open_graph"
    }
  ],
  "transcriptAvailable": false,
  "transcriptStatus": "not_available_from_public_page",
  "metadata": {
    "openGraphType": "article"
  },
  "downloadAvailable": true,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-25T20:48:49.478Z",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram/reel/Dc30nJeRKKz/",
  "searchUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram/reel/Dc30nJeRKKz/"
}

Run summary

Run summary is stored separately from the dataset in the run's key-value store under OUTPUT. It records request accounting and does not add diagnostic rows to the dataset.

Field	Meaning
status	Actor outcome: SUCCEEDED or FAILED.
runStatus	Canonical run status; matches status.
dataStatus	Completeness of saved rows: COMPLETE, PARTIAL, NO_RESULTS, or FAILED.
requestedTargetCount	Number of unique normalized URLs requested after applying maxItems.
emittedCount	Normal video metadata rows saved to the dataset.
normalCount	Normal video metadata rows saved; equals emittedCount.
diagnosticCount	Pages that returned no usable public metadata or were blocked; these are logged and counted but not saved as rows.
failureCount	Blocked, failed, or incompletely accounted page requests plus run-level failures.
optionalFailureCount	Optional output-write failures, normally 0.
transcriptCount	Saved rows that contained public caption-track text.
maxItems	Effective page cap applied to the run, 1–100.
completedAt	Time the summary was written, in ISO UTC.

Status	Data status	Meaning
SUCCEEDED	COMPLETE	All requested pages produced usable public rows without diagnostics or failures.
SUCCEEDED	PARTIAL	At least one row was saved, but another page was blocked, empty, or failed. Saved rows remain available.
SUCCEEDED	NO_RESULTS	The run completed cleanly but no page exposed usable public metadata.
FAILED	FAILED	A fatal error occurred before any usable row was saved.

Example OUTPUT from the saved run:

{
  "status": "SUCCEEDED",
  "runStatus": "SUCCEEDED",
  "dataStatus": "COMPLETE",
  "requestedTargetCount": 1,
  "emittedCount": 1,
  "normalCount": 1,
  "diagnosticCount": 0,
  "failureCount": 0,
  "optionalFailureCount": 0,
  "transcriptCount": 0,
  "maxItems": 1,
  "completedAt": "2026-10-25T20:48:49.838Z"
}

Coverage and limitations

The Actor reads whatever the public page renders in Chromium. Instagram can serve a login wall, challenge, or empty shell depending on session, region, and rate limits; those outcomes are counted in OUTPUT and logs and are not written as metadata rows. Duration is reported only when a public player element, embedded metadata, JSON-LD, or a media URL exposes a value, and the selected durationSource records which evidence was used. Signed CDN URLs in mediaReferences can expire after the run, and no media bytes are saved.

Caption transcript is only the text of a public caption track. The Actor does not run speech-to-text, transcribe audio, or infer transcript content. Counts such as likes and comments are point-in-time values. Private, deleted, age-restricted, or login-gated pages cannot be read, and the page cap limits how many unique URLs are processed per run.

Usage and support

Cost depends on browser compute time, optional proxy traffic, and the number of pages processed. Start with one URL, inspect the row and OUTPUT, then raise maxItems and add proxies only if direct access is blocked. See the Actor's Pricing tab for current account rates.

Use the Actor Issues page to report a problem. Include the run ID, the input used, and the OUTPUT summary; do not include tokens, cookies, or private data. This Actor is not affiliated with Instagram or Meta. Use it only for public data and in accordance with the source's terms, robots guidance, and applicable law. Public pages can contain personal information; use the output only for lawful purposes.