Instagram Post Metadata Scraper

Overview

This Apify actor extracts structured metadata from public Instagram posts. Provide a post URL, and it returns a JSON object containing engagement metrics, author details, content data, and technical tags like Open Graph and Twitter Card data. It's built for developers and analysts who need reliable Instagram data without handling scraping infrastructure.

Key Features

• Core Metadata: Fetches author username, owner user ID, like and comment counts, post description/caption, upload date, and direct media URL.
• Technical Data: Extracts Open Graph tags (og:title, og:image, etc.), Twitter Card tags, app deep links for iOS/Android, and other meta tags (viewport, theme-color, robots).
• Performance: Handles multiple URLs in a single run, focuses only on metadata (no media downloading), and runs on Apify's scalable platform.

How to Use

Configure the actor with an input JSON object containing an array of Instagram post URLs.

Input Format

{
  "post_urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DM-qZyuxRpf/",
      "method": "GET"
    }
  ]
}

• post_urls (array): List of objects, each containing a post URL.
• url (string): The full URL of a public Instagram post. Must start with https://www.instagram.com/p/.
• method (string): HTTP method; always use "GET".

Output

The actor returns an array of objects. Each object corresponds to a processed URL and contains the extracted metadata.

Output Example

[
  {
    "original_url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DM-qZyuxRpf/",
    "author_username": "nba",
    "description": "A Statue of Liberty slam from Victor Wembanyama...",
    "likes": "162k",
    "comments": "155",
    "upload_date": "August 5, 2025",
    "feedback": "Post metadata extracted.",
    "Post_Metadata": {
      "caption": "NBA on Instagram: \"A Statue of Liberty slam...\"",
      "owner_user_id": "20824486",
      "image_url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
      "author_username": "natlyphoto",
      "robots": "noarchive, noimageindex",
      "viewport": "width=device-width, initial-scale=1...",
      "theme-color": "#ffffff",
      "og:type": "article",
      "twitter:card": "summary_large_image"
      // ... additional meta tags
    }
  }
]