Instagram User Post Scraper

Overview

An Apify actor that scrapes and extracts post data from public Instagram user profiles. It returns structured data for analysis, archiving, or integration into other applications.

Key Features

• Scrapes posts from public Instagram accounts.
• Extracts comprehensive post details including captions, media, engagement metrics, and metadata.
• Outputs data in multiple formats: JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML.
• Runs on the Apify platform, handling infrastructure and scaling.

How to Use

1. Ensure you have an Apify account.
2. Navigate to the actor page: Instagram User Post Scraper.
3. Configure the input parameters (see below).
4. Click Start and wait for the run to complete.
5. Download your dataset from the actor's results store.

Input

Configure the actor using a JSON input object. The primary parameters are:

• username (string, required): The Instagram handle to scrape (without the "@").
• num (number, optional): The maximum number of posts to retrieve.

Input Example

{
  "username": "selenagomez",
  "num": 50
}

Output

The actor outputs a dataset where each item represents a single Instagram post. The data includes:

• Post Identifiers: id, shortcode, type (Image, Video, etc.)
• Content: caption, thumbnail URL, images array with full URLs and dimensions.
• Metadata: taken_at_timestamp, location, post_url.
• Engagement: like_count, comment_count, video_view_count.
• Author Info: author, author_id.
• Flags: is_comments_disabled, is_paid_partnership.

Output Example (Abbreviated)

{
  "id": "3696143612070081373",
  "type": "Image",
  "caption": "About last nights wedding ",
  "shortcode": "DNLVwg8RDNd",
  "taken_at_timestamp": 1754834675,
  "like_count": 6033626,
  "comment_count": 18,
  "author": "selenagomez",
  "author_id": "460563723",
  "post_url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DNLVwg8RDNd",
  "thumbnail": "https://scontent-hkg4-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/529664779_18619542019019724_6015761258213957972_n.jpg?...",
  "images": [
    {
      "id": "3696143600770627044",
      "display_url": "https://scontent-hkg4-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/529664779_18619542019019724_6015761258213957972_n.jpg?...",
      "dimensions": { "height": 810, "width": 1080 },
      "is_video": false
    }
  ]
}