Instagram Leads Generator

# Instagram Leads Generator The Instagram Leads Generator is a powerful yet easy-to-use scraper designed to help you uncover valuable contact information from Instagram profiles. Whether you're looking for business leads, influencers, or potential collaborators, this tool streamlines the process of collecting emails, usernames, follower counts, and more. With just a keyword and location, you can instantly generate highly targeted datasets. It’s perfect for marketers, recruiters, and entrepreneurs who want to save time while building reliable contact lists directly from Instagram. ## 📄 What Can You Extract? - emails: List of email addresses associated with the Instagram user - keyword: The keyword used to find the lead - name: Full name or display name of the Instagram user - user_link: Direct link to the Instagram profile - user_thumbnail: Profile picture thumbnail URL - username: The Instagram username (handle) - following: Number of accounts the user is following - posts: Number of posts published by the user (if available) ## 📘 How to Use Getting started is quick and painless even if you've never scraped data before: 1. Create a free Apify account. All you need is an email address. 2. Open the Instagram Leads Generator on the Apify platform. 3. Add your input parameters (e.g., URLs, filters, etc. - customize as needed). 4. Click "Start". The actor will visit each URL and gather data. 5. Download your dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML, or pipe it straight into your integrations via the API. ## ✨ Key Features - Extract verified emails from Instagram profiles - Filter leads by keyword and location - Collect usernames, profile links, and follower data - Export results in multiple formats (JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML) - Easy to integrate with CRMs and marketing tools - Scalable for small or large lead generation campaigns ## ⌨️ Input Parameters | Field | Type | Description | Required | | ----------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------ | -------- | | keyword | String | Keyword to search Instagram users | Yes | | location | String | Location filter (e.g., "US", "UK") | No | | max_leads | Number | Maximum number of leads to extract | No | ### Sample Input json { "keyword": "marketing", "location": "US", "max_leads": 10 } ## 📊 Output The actor returns a structured dataset with the following fields for each record. ### Sample Output (JSON) [hide the output values partially] json [ { "emails": [ "gary.v***@gmail.com", "contact@gary***.com" ], "keyword": "mark*****", "name": "Gary V**-***-***", "user_link": "https://www.instagram.com/gary***", "user_thumbnail": "https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/447913595_***************_***************_n.jpg", "username": "gary***", "following": 7*** }, { "emails": [ "adam.m******@instagram.com" ], "keyword": "mark*****", "name": "Adam M******", "user_link": "https://www.instagram.com/mos****", "user_thumbnail": "https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/471286297_***************_***************_n.jpg", "username": "mos****", "following": 1***, "posts": 1*** }, { "emails": [ "amy.p*******@gmail.com", "hello@amy*******.com" ], "keyword": "mark*****", "name": "Online Marketing E******* 💡", "user_link": "https://www.instagram.com/amy********", "user_thumbnail": "https://scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/482688012_***************_***************_n.jpg", "username": "amy********", "following": 1***, "posts": 2*** } ] ## 🎯 Use Cases - Build targeted lead lists for email marketing campaigns - Recruit influencers for product collaborations - Generate sales leads for B2B outreach - Discover local businesses in specific industries - Gather competitor follower information for market analysis - Build a candidate pool for recruitment campaigns - Collect data for academic or market research - Enhance CRM databases with Instagram-sourced contacts ## 📌 Usage Tips - Use specific keywords for more accurate targeting - Apply location filters to focus on regional campaigns - Start with smaller datasets to test before scaling up ## 🔌 Integrations Instagram Leads Generator fits seamlessly into your data pipeline. Thanks to built-in integrations on the Apify platform, you can connect this actor with virtually any cloud service or web app. ### Popular integrations - Make (Integromat) – automate multi-step workflows. - Zapier – send data to 5,000+ apps. - Airbyte – sync datasets into your data warehouse. - Slack – push instant notifications. - Google Sheets & Drive – store results in spreadsheets or cloud. - GitHub – commit datasets directly to your repositories. - AWS S3 / Azure Blob Storage – archive large exports securely. ### Webhooks Set up webhooks to trigger actions when the actor completes or fails, e.g., send email or Slack alerts. ## 🛠️ API Access Prefer to automate with code? The Apify REST API lets you manage, schedule, and run this actor programmatically. - Run & Schedule Actors - Access Datasets - Monitor Runs - Version Control ### Client libraries | Language | Package | Install | | -------- | ------- | ------- | | Node.js | apify-client | npm install apify-client | | Python | apify-client | pip install apify-client | --- For complete API examples and detailed usage, visit the API documentation. js // Example: Trigger a run with Node.js 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 = { "keyword": "marketing", "location": "US", "max_leads": 10 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("caprolok/instagram-leads-generator").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results:', await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems()); ### MCP Quickstart You can use the Apify MCP Server in two ways: 1. Standard Input/Output (stdio): - Set MCP client server command to npx @apify/actors-mcp-server and environment variable APIFY_TOKEN to your Apify API token. 2. HTTPS Endpoint mcp.apify.com: - Connect your MCP client by including Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN> header in your requests. For more details, see the MCP API documentation. ## 🔗 Other Actors you might want to check