📸 Instagram Reels Scraper Actor: esdrasdw/instagram-reels-scrape Collect clean metadata of Instagram Reels from the profiles you provide and get results in an Apify Dataset ready to export as JSON / CSV / NDJSON for dashboards, automation, and reports. The Dataset includes a handy Overview table and a richer Advanced view. --- ## 🚀 Perfect for - 📊 Building performance dashboards (views, likes, comments) - 🧠 Content curation and auditing - 🏆 Creating ranked lists and analytics from structured exports --- ## ⚙️ Quickstart (Apify Console) 1. Open the Actor page and click Run. 2. In Input, fill: - Instagram usernames (without @): one per line (e.g., instagram). Required. - Quantity per user: max Reels per profile. Required. Default 100. - What to extract? (optional): leave empty for the automatic preset (thumb, title, link, date, metrics) or select your custom fields. 3. After the run, open Storage → Dataset to browse and export your results. The default Overview table shows the most important columns. > ⚠️ Required fields in Input: usernames, quantity_per_user. --- ## 🧩 Input parameters (reference) - usernames (array, required) One or more profiles (without @). The UI accepts one per line. Pattern allows letters, digits, dot, and underscore. Default example: ["instagram"] - quantity_per_user (integer, required) Maximum Reels per profile (after any filters). Minimum 1. Default 100. - selected_fields (array, optional) Leave empty to use the automatic preset of essential fields, or select the exact fields you want. Selectable fields (full catalog): thumb, titulo, usuario, link_post, data_criacao_iso, visualizacoes, curtidas, comentarios, duracao, aspect_ratio, url_video_preferencial, codigo, id, caption, video_versions, dash_qualidades, spritesheet, audio_original, thumbs, flags, owner, product_type, media_type, original_width, original_height. 💡 Tip: For lighter exports and faster browsing, pick only the fields you really need. --- ## 📦 Output (Dataset) Each dataset item is one Reel. The Overview view includes these essentials: thumb, titulo, usuario, link_post, data_criacao_iso, visualizacoes, curtidas, comentarios, duracao, aspect_ratio, url_video_preferencial, codigo, id. The Advanced view adds technical metadata when you select those fields: caption, video_versions, dash_qualidades, spritesheet, audio_original, thumbs, flags, owner, product_type, media_type, original_width, original_height. Example item (JSON): json { "thumb": "https://.../thumb.jpg", "titulo": "Weekly highlights", "usuario": "instagram", "link_post": "https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123/", "data_criacao_iso": "2025-10-21T18:42:10Z", "visualizacoes": 123456, "curtidas": 7890, "comentarios": 321, "duracao": 27.4, "aspect_ratio": "9:16", "url_video_preferencial": "https://.../video.mp4", "codigo": "ABC123", "id": "3747990562646302857" } --- ## 🔗 Run by API ### 🧑‍💻 Start a run (cURL) bash curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/esdrasdw~instagram-reels-scrape/runs?token=APIFY_TOKEN" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "usernames": ["instagram", "loud_coringa"], "quantity_per_user": 50, "selected_fields": [ "thumb","titulo","usuario","link_post", "visualizacoes","curtidas","comentarios","duracao" ] }' ### 🐍 Start a run (Python) python import requests, json ACT = "esdrasdw/instagram-reels-scrape" TOKEN = "APIFY_TOKEN" payload = { "usernames": ["instagram", "loud_coringa"], "quantity_per_user": 50, "selected_fields": [ "thumb","titulo","usuario","link_post", "visualizacoes","curtidas","comentarios","duracao" ], } res = requests.post( f"https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/{ACT.replace('/', '~')}/runs?token={TOKEN}", headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"}, data=json.dumps(payload), timeout=60, ) print(res.json()) ### ⚡ Start a run (Node.js) js import fetch from "node-fetch"; const ACT = "esdrasdw/instagram-reels-scrape"; const TOKEN = "APIFY_TOKEN"; const res = await fetch( `https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/${ACT.replace("/", "~")}/runs?token=${TOKEN}`, { method: "POST", headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" }, body: JSON.stringify({ usernames: ["instagram", "loud_coringa"], quantity_per_user: 50, selected_fields: [ "thumb","titulo","usuario","link_post", "visualizacoes","curtidas","comentarios","duracao" ], }), } ); console.log(await res.json()); --- ## 📤 Export your results In the run’s Dataset, click Export or fetch by API: - JSON: GET https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?format=json&clean=true - CSV: GET https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?format=csv&clean=true - NDJSON: GET https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?format=ndjson&clean=true 🗂️ The Overview and Advanced dataset views are already configured for pleasant browsing. --- ## 🧠 Good practices - ⚡ Start with 20–50 per profile while testing to keep runs fast and outputs small. - ✂️ Use selected_fields to include only what you need (smaller exports, easier analysis). - 🔁 Reuse the same input with scheduled runs and consume the Dataset via API in your BI/ETL. --- ## 📝 Copy‑paste input example json { "usernames": ["instagram", "loud_coringa"], "quantity_per_user": 80, "selected_fields": [ "thumb", "titulo", "usuario", "link_post", "data_criacao_iso", "visualizacoes", "curtidas", "comentarios", "duracao", "url_video_preferencial", "codigo", "id" ] } --- ### 💬 Support & troubleshooting - 🧩 If the output looks too minimal, review selected_fields: leaving it empty enables the automatic essential preset. - 🔍 Use the Overview view for a quick scan and the Advanced view to inspect technical metadata.