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Instagram Scraper

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What it does

Extract Instagram posts, reels, profiles, places, hashtags, carousels, and comments. Get data from Instagram using one or more Instagram URLs or search queries: content, context, metrics, metadata. Export scraped data, run the scraper via API, schedule and monitor runs or integrate with other tools.

Returns: Extract Instagram posts, reels, profiles, places, hashtags, carousels, and comments. Get data from Instagram using one or more Instagram URLs or search queries: content, context, metrics, metadata. Export scraped data, run the scraper via API, schedule and monitor runs or integrate with other tools.

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
searchtextNoSearch for Instagram hashtags, profiles, or places. Use # for hashtags, e.g. #travel.
directUrlsarrayNoAdd one or more Instagram URLs to scrape. URL format must match your content type:/p/ for posts and comments /reel/ for reels /username/ for profile details Leave blank if using the search query instead.
searchTypeselectNoHashtag search returns posts tagged with that term. Profile search returns matching accounts. Place search returns matching locations.
resultsTypeselectNoPosts returns a feed of content. Profile, hashtag, or place details returns metadata about the page: follower count, bio, post count, and profile picture. Comments only work with post URLs, e.g. instagram.com/p/ABC123xyz/ not instagram.com/username/.
searchLimitnumberNoSet how many profiles, places, or hashtags to find. To limit posts per result, use Results limit per URL. Higher values increase compute usage and cost.
resultsLimitnumberNoSet how many posts or comments to scrape per Instagram URL. Higher values increase compute usage and cost. ⚠️ Free usage gets only the top 15 comments, sorted by newest, and around 21 mentions. Upgrade to Starter plan for full access. Use 1 to retrieve a single post per page.
onlyPostsNewerThantextNoLimit how far back to scrape. Enter a date in YYYY-MM-DD, ISO format, or as a relative value, e.g. 1 day, 2 months, 3 years. Times are in UTC, not local time. New York is UTC-5 in winter, UTC-4 in summer. Pinned posts may still appear even with this filter set.

Endpoints

GET/v1/agents/resources/inspect/apify.apify.instagram-scraperPublic
POST/v1/agents/resources/estimate/apify.apify.instagram-scraperPublic
POST/v1/agents/resources/run/apify.apify.instagram-scraperAgent key
GET/v1/agents/resources/runs/{run_id}Agent key

Quick start

Run it with one Agent One Key over the OpenAI-compatible resource rail.

curl -X POST https://api.deva.me/v1/agents/resources/run/apify.apify.instagram-scraper \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer deva_i1_your_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
    "params": {}
  }'

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