# Instagram Profile Scraper (`alwaysprimedev/instagram-profile-scraper`) Actor

Extract public Instagram profile data such as bio, followers, following, posts, highlights, verification, account type, and profile images. Get clean structured output for lead generation, competitor analysis, monitoring, and market research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/alwaysprimedev/instagram-profile-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Always Prime](https://apify.com/alwaysprimedev) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Social media, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 23 total users, 1 monthly users, 67.7% runs succeeded, 4 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 profiles

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## 📸 Instagram Profile Scraper

Fetch public Instagram profile data by username and save structured results directly to your Apify dataset.

This Actor is built for fast profile lookups and returns clean, table-friendly output fields such as follower counts, biography, profile URLs, latest posts, and IGTV data.

### ✨ What this Actor does

- Scrapes public Instagram profile metadata by username
- Supports one or many usernames in a single run
- Returns flat dataset fields that are easy to use in Apify tables, exports, and automations
- Skips unavailable or non-existing profiles without failing the whole run
- Works with proxy configuration for more reliable requests

### 📥 Input

Use the `usernames` array for new runs:

```json
{
  "usernames": ["instagram", "cristiano", "natgeo"]
}
```

Legacy single-value input is also supported:

```json
{
  "username": "instagram"
}
```

### 📤 Output

Each dataset item contains only these fields:

- `biography`
- `businessCategoryName`
- `externalUrl`
- `externalUrlShimmed`
- `externalUrls`
- `fbid`
- `followersCount`
- `followsCount`
- `fullName`
- `hasChannel`
- `highlightReelCount`
- `id`
- `igtvVideoCount`
- `inputUrl`
- `isBusinessAccount`
- `joinedRecently`
- `latestIgtvVideos`
- `latestPosts`
- `postsCount`
- `private`
- `profilePicUrl`
- `profilePicUrlHD`
- `relatedProfiles`
- `url`
- `username`
- `verified`

Example output:

```json
{
  "biography": "Discover what's new on Instagram",
  "businessCategoryName": "Publisher",
  "externalUrl": "https://about.instagram.com/",
  "externalUrlShimmed": "https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fabout.instagram.com%2F",
  "externalUrls": [],
  "fbid": "17841400000000000",
  "followersCount": 680000000,
  "followsCount": 90,
  "fullName": "Instagram",
  "hasChannel": false,
  "highlightReelCount": 12,
  "id": "25025320",
  "igtvVideoCount": 0,
  "inputUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram/",
  "isBusinessAccount": true,
  "joinedRecently": false,
  "latestIgtvVideos": [],
  "latestPosts": [],
  "postsCount": 7600,
  "private": false,
  "profilePicUrl": "https://.../",
  "profilePicUrlHD": "https://.../",
  "relatedProfiles": [],
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram/",
  "username": "instagram",
  "verified": true
}
```

### ✅ Behavior

- Existing public profiles are saved to the dataset
- Missing or unavailable profiles are skipped
- One bad username does not fail the whole run
- The run fails only on actual technical errors such as network or dataset write failures

### ⚠️ Notes

- This Actor is designed for public profile data
- Instagram may return incomplete payloads for some accounts
- Latest posts and IGTV fields are passed through from Instagram response data and can vary in structure
- Reliable proxy usage is strongly recommended for larger runs

### 🚀 Typical use cases

- Lead generation
- Influencer research
- Brand monitoring
- Competitor tracking
- Audience and account analysis
- Feeding profile data into no-code or API automations

### 🔗 Apify-ready

This Actor is optimized for Apify dataset tables, exports, and integrations, so the main profile fields appear directly as columns without digging through nested objects.

# Actor input Schema

## `username` (type: `string`):

Single username without @. Prefer usernames for new runs.

## `usernames` (type: `array`):

Usernames without @. Example: zuck, instagram

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "zuck"
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("alwaysprimedev/instagram-profile-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("alwaysprimedev/instagram-profile-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call alwaysprimedev/instagram-profile-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,alwaysprimedev/instagram-profile-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/SjiCwX9djJkJEur2W/builds/g1IvpmLEzNeKdQAnC/openapi.json