Instagram Post & Image Scraper

Overview

This Apify actor scrapes public Instagram image posts, downloading the original-quality images and extracting their metadata. It handles single-image and carousel posts, outputting structured JSON data with download links and post details.

Key Features

• Media Download: Fetches all images from public Instagram posts. Provides direct, downloadable Apify storage links.
• Post Metadata Extraction: Captures likes, comments, description, author, upload date, and hashtags.
• Technical Image Data: Optional deep metadata for each image, including codec, dimensions, color space, and file size.
• Structured Output: Organizes results into dataset views for easy analysis and integration.
• Robust Processing: Automatically cleans input URLs and validates downloaded media with HTTP status and content type checks.

How to Use

Configure the actor run by providing an input JSON object. The core requirement is a list of public Instagram post URLs.

Input/Output

Input Configuration

The actor accepts an input object with two fields:
* post_urls: An array of objects, each containing a public Instagram post url.
* additional_metadata: A boolean (true/false) to enable or disable the extraction of deep technical image metadata. Defaults to true.

{
  "additional_metadata": true,
  "post_urls": [
    { "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DMxzBcrR-Jp/" },
    { "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DM6CrayRSSI/" }
  ]
}

Output Structure

The actor outputs a dataset with multiple views. The primary view contains the core post and media information.

Example Primary Output:

{
  "original_url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DMxzBcrR-Jp/",
  "description": "Zoom in. #ShotoniPhone by @eldography...",
  "likes": "35.0k",
  "comments": "631",
  "upload_date": "July 31, 2025",
  "author_username": "apple",
  "feedback": "Congrats, media found.",
  "media": {
    "total_found": 2,
    "valid_urls": 2,
    "urls": [
      {
        "http_status": 200,
        "content_type": "image/jpeg",
        "is_valid": true,
        "image_download_link_1": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/.../ig_4358346331066317968.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
}

When additional_metadata is enabled, a separate view provides detailed technical data for each image link, including streams, format, and file size.