# Instagram Email Scraper - Creator & Business Contacts (`zaver.api/instagram-email-contact-extractor`) Actor

Extract emails and contact details from Instagram profiles - no login. Bulk lookup of public email, phone, WhatsApp, bio links and link-in-bio service for any usernames, including emails hidden in the bio text. Pay only for contacts found. Export to CSV, JSON or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/zaver.api/instagram-email-contact-extractor.md
- **Developed by:** [Zaver](https://apify.com/zaver.api) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media
- **Stats:** 4 total users, 3 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 contact email founds

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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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Instagram Email Scraper 📧

**Instagram Email Scraper** extracts **emails and contact details** from Instagram profiles — **no login, no cookies, no password**. Paste a list of usernames or profile URLs and get each account's **public email, phone, WhatsApp, bio links and link-in-bio service** — including **emails hidden in the bio text**, not just the business-email field. **You pay only for profiles where a contact is found.** Export to **CSV, Excel or JSON**, or straight to your CRM via the **API**.

Built for **lead generation, influencer outreach, creator sourcing and sales prospecting**.

- ✅ **No login, no cookies** — your Instagram account is never touched or at risk
- ✅ **Email, phone & WhatsApp** for any public profile
- ✅ **Finds emails hidden in the bio text**, not only the business email field
- ✅ **Bio links + link-in-bio service** (Linktree, Beacons, Taplink…)
- ✅ **Pay only for contacts found** — no-contact and private profiles are free
- ✅ **Bulk** — up to 50,000 profiles per run
- ✅ **CSV, Excel, JSON, XML** export + full API and integrations

***

### What data does it extract?

One row per profile:

| Field | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `email` | Best email found (business field or bio text) | `hello@brand.com` |
| `business_email` | Instagram's public business email | `hello@brand.com` |
| `email_from_bio` | Email parsed from the bio text | `booking@creator.com` |
| `phone` | Public phone with country code | `+15550100` |
| `whatsapp` | WhatsApp number or wa.me link | `+15550100` |
| `external_url` / `bio_links` | Link in bio + all links | `https://linktr.ee/brand` |
| `link_service` | Detected link-in-bio host | `Linktree` |
| `category` | Business/creator category | `Retail` |
| `followers` | Follower count | `50000` |
| `is_business` / `is_verified` | Account flags | `true` / `true` |
| `business_address` | Public business address | `1 Main St, NYC, 10001` |
| `has_contact` | Whether any contact was found | `true` |

### Why choose this Instagram email scraper?

- **Finds emails other tools miss.** Most scrapers only read Instagram's *business email* field (present on a minority of accounts). This one **also parses the bio text** with pattern matching, catching the `booking@…` and `collabs@…` addresses creators put in their bio — often doubling the contacts recovered.
- **Pay only for what's useful.** Profiles with no email/phone are billed at a low base rate; **private and non-existent profiles cost nothing**. Turn on *Only return profiles with a contact* to keep your dataset (and bill) to real leads only.
- **Full contact picture, not just email.** Phone, WhatsApp, every bio link, the link-in-bio service, category and address — everything a sales or outreach workflow needs.
- **No login, no risk.** Your Instagram account is never used.

### How to extract Instagram emails (step by step)

1. Paste **usernames or profile URLs** (`natgeo` or `https://www.instagram.com/nasa/`), one per line.
2. *(Optional)* Turn on **Only return profiles with a contact**.
3. Click **Start**, then download from the **Storage → Dataset** tab as **CSV, Excel, JSON or XML**, or push to your CRM via the API.

#### Example input

```json
{
  "usernames": ["natgeo", "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/", "@somebrand"],
  "onlyWithContact": true
}
```

#### Example output

```json
{
  "username": "somebrand",
  "full_name": "Some Brand",
  "email": "hello@somebrand.com",
  "phone": "+15550100",
  "whatsapp": "+15550100",
  "external_url": "https://linktr.ee/somebrand",
  "link_service": "Linktree",
  "category": "Retail",
  "followers": 50000,
  "is_business": true,
  "has_contact": true,
  "profile_url": "https://www.instagram.com/somebrand/"
}
```

#### Run it via the Apify API

```bash
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR~ACTOR/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"usernames": ["natgeo", "nasa"], "onlyWithContact": true}'
```

Works with the **Apify SDK**, **scheduled runs**, **webhooks**, and integrations for **Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, HubSpot and LangChain**.

#### Pairs with our other Instagram Actors

Feed it the output of the **Instagram Followers Scraper**, **Likers & Commenters Scraper** or **Similar Profiles Finder** to turn any audience into an enriched, emailable leads list.

### Pricing — pay only for results

| Result type | Price |
|---|---|
| Profile with an email or phone found | **$0.010 per profile** ($10 / 1,000) |
| Profile with no contact found | **$0.004 per profile** ($4 / 1,000) |

Private and non-existent profiles return an error row and cost **nothing**. Set *Only return profiles with a contact* to be billed only for leads with a usable contact.

### Frequently asked questions

#### Do I need an Instagram login or cookies?

No. The Actor uses its own managed data infrastructure — no login, no cookies, no password.

#### How is this different from a normal profile scraper?

It's built for contacts. It reads Instagram's business email/phone **and** parses emails written into the bio text, detects WhatsApp and the link-in-bio service, and lets you pay only for profiles that actually carry a contact.

#### What share of profiles have an email?

Instagram business/creator accounts expose contact details far more often than personal ones — typically 15–40% in creator and B2B niches, lower for a general audience. Bio-text parsing meaningfully raises the hit rate.

#### Can I process thousands of accounts at once?

Yes — up to 50,000 profiles per run. Feed usernames from a spreadsheet, another Actor, or the API.

#### Is this legal?

The Actor collects only **publicly available** data. You are responsible for using it in compliance with the laws that apply to you (including **GDPR** and **CCPA**) and Instagram's terms, and for honoring opt-outs. Don't use it for spam.

### Support & roadmap

Open an issue on the Actor's **Issues** tab. On the roadmap: **email verification/validation**, **follower-range and category filters**, and **direct extraction from a hashtag or an account's followers**.

# Actor input Schema

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

The accounts to extract contacts for. One per line, e.g. <code>natgeo</code> or <code>https://www.instagram.com/nasa/</code>. Up to 50,000 per run. Private and non-existent profiles are skipped free of charge.

## `onlyWithContact` (type: `boolean`):

Skip profiles where no public email or phone was found, so your dataset contains only usable leads. You are never billed for skipped profiles.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "natgeo",
    "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/"
  ],
  "onlyWithContact": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

One dataset item per profile, with email, phone, WhatsApp, links and profile data.

## `resultsCsv` (type: `string`):

The same records as a CSV download, ready for Excel, Sheets or your CRM.

## `runSummary` (type: `string`):

Counts for the run: profiles, emails found, phones found, and errors.

# 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": [
        "natgeo",
        "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("zaver.api/instagram-email-contact-extractor").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": [
        "natgeo",
        "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("zaver.api/instagram-email-contact-extractor").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": [
    "natgeo",
    "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/"
  ]
}' |
apify call zaver.api/instagram-email-contact-extractor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,zaver.api/instagram-email-contact-extractor"
        }
    }
}

```

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/VnU1d0FTbjANEdXpN/builds/D1volvxIyc64amgkQ/openapi.json