Instagram Reels Downloader

An Apify actor for downloading Instagram Reels videos and their metadata. It extracts video and audio files, provides multiple quality options, and returns structured data about the content.

Overview

This actor takes Instagram Reel URLs and returns downloadable media links along with comprehensive metadata. It handles single reels or batches, supports proxy rotation for geo-restrictions, and stores results in Apify's encrypted storage. Useful for archiving content, media analysis, or integrating Instagram video data into applications.

Key Features

• Media Extraction: Downloads video (MP4) and separate audio (M4A) tracks. Also fetches high-quality thumbnails.
• Metadata: Retrieves creator username, upload date (YYYYMMDD), video duration, and format details.
• Multiple Qualities: Provides access to various available resolutions (e.g., 720p, 360p) with codec information.
• Batch Processing: Can process over 100 Reel URLs in a single run.
• Proxy Support: Configure proxy groups to bypass IP-based restrictions.
• Storage Options: Toggle Apify storage for generating encrypted, persistent download URLs.

How to Use

1. Provide one or more Instagram Reel URLs in the required input format.
2. Start the actor. It will fetch and process each reel.
3. Retrieve the structured output containing download links and metadata from the actor's dataset.

Input

Configure the actor using a JSON input object. The reel_urls array is required.

{
  "reel_urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI4WihvBwKC/",
      "method": "GET"
    }
  ]
}

Output

The actor returns an array of objects, one for each processed reel. Each object contains the original URL, metadata, and direct CDN links to media assets.

[
  {
    "original_url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI4WihvBwKC/",
    "username": "Adobe Photoshop",
    "upload_date": "20250425",
    "duration": 20.166,
    "ext": "mp4",
    "format": "dash-731215433078863vd - 720x1280 (DASH video)+dash-665045486380932ad - audio only (DASH audio)",
    "video_url": "https://scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com/.../video.mp4",
    "audio_url": "https://scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com/.../audio.mp4",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com/.../thumbnail.jpg",
    "video_qualities": [
      {
        "format_id": "dash-1427744901930702v",
        "url": "https://scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com/.../360p.mp4",
        "ext": "mp4",
        "height": 640,
        "width": 360,
        "vcodec": "avc1.4d001e",
        "acodec": "none",
        "format_note": "DASH video"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Key Output Fields:

• Metadata: username, upload_date, duration, format
• Primary Media URLs: video_url, audio_url, thumbnail_url
• Quality Options: video_qualities array with details for each available resolution (height, width, vcodec, url).