Instagram Single Reels Scraper

Overview

This actor extracts structured data from a single Instagram Reel URL. It's designed for precision, returning a normalized JSON dataset suitable for analytics, content operations, and development workflows. You provide one reel link; it returns comprehensive metadata including engagement stats, media details, and compliance information.

Key Features

• Single-URL Focus: Built for reliability and depth when scraping one specific reel.
• Extended Data Fields: Captures standard metrics (views, likes) plus hashtags, @mentions, music metadata, product tags, and OpenGraph/Twitter card data.
• Delta Metrics: Compare runs over time to track engagement velocity (e.g., likes per day).
• Compliance Signals: Surfaces robots meta directives and geo-restriction flags from the page.
• Developer Ready: Outputs clean, stable JSON. Integrates with Apify features like Datasets, KV Store, webhooks, and scheduling.
• Configurable: Control concurrency and proxy regions. Options to include or exclude specific data fields.

How to Use

1. Input: Provide the target Reel URL in the startUrls input field.
2. Configure: Set options like includeHashtags, includeMusic, fetchOGTags, or addDeltas as needed.
3. Run: Start the actor. It will push the results to an Apify Dataset.
4. Output: Download data as JSON, CSV, or Parquet from the Dataset, or access it via API.
5. Automate: Use Apify Schedules or webhooks to trigger runs automatically (e.g., for regular monitoring).

Input/Output

Input:
The primary input is a startUrls array containing the Instagram Reel URL.

{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/ABC123/" }]
}

Output:
The actor returns a detailed JSON object for the reel. Key output categories include:

• Identity: shortcode, canonical_url, uploader, uploader_id
• Caption & NLP: caption_text, hashtags[], mentions[], language
• Engagement: views, likes, comments, saves, metrics_delta
• Media: thumbnail_url, video_url_best, aspect_ratio, duration_ms
• Music/Audio: track_title, artist, is_original_audio
• Commerce: product_tags[], shop_links[]
• OG/Twitter Meta: og:title, og:description, og:image
• Compliance: robots, noindex_flags, geo_restrictions
• Run Info: retrieved_at, proxy_region

Use the actor for specific tasks like competitor reel analysis, influencer vetting, content repurposing checks, or feeding data into SEO and social listening pipelines.