# Pinterest Intelligence (`botflowtech/pinterest-intelligence`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/botflowtech/pinterest-intelligence.md
- **Developed by:** [BotFlowTech](https://apify.com/botflowtech) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Marketing
- **Stats:** 5 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 pinterest results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

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# README

## Pinterest Intelligence — Pins, Profiles, Boards & Influencer Discovery

> *"The most comprehensive Pinterest scraper on Apify. Search trending pins, discover niche influencers, monitor competitor boards, and extract full profile analytics."*

***

### What It Does

This actor supports **four powerful modes**, each targeting a different Pinterest intelligence use case:

#### 1. `search` — Trending Pin Search

Search any keyword on Pinterest and extract trending pins sorted by engagement. Get save counts, creator details, source URLs, and a computed virality score for every pin. Ideal for content research, trend discovery, and niche validation.

#### 2. `profile` — Full Profile Scraper

Scrape a complete Pinterest profile: follower count, monthly views, pin count, board count, bio, website URL, verified status, top boards, and up to 5,000 recent pins with full engagement metrics.

#### 3. `board` — Board Intelligence

Extract every pin from a specific Pinterest board with complete engagement data. Track competitor boards, monitor brand content calendars, or build curated pin datasets.

#### 4. `influencers` — Influencer Discovery

Search a niche keyword, then automatically visit every creator's profile who appears in the results. Returns a ranked list of influencers sorted by monthly views, including follower counts, average pin saves, top pin URL, website, and visible contact email. The highest-value mode for brand marketers.

***

### Use Cases

| Industry / Role | How They Use It |
|---|---|
| **E-commerce brands** | Find trending product pins in their niche to model their own content |
| **Marketing agencies** | Discover Pinterest influencers for brand partnership outreach |
| **SEO / content teams** | Research what visual content goes viral on Pinterest by keyword |
| **Competitor monitoring** | Track a competitor's board and pin cadence over time |
| **AI / ML teams** | Collect large labeled image datasets from Pinterest for training |
| **Affiliate marketers** | Find high-save pins in their niche to model content after |
| **Market researchers** | Gauge consumer interest in topics by measuring pin save volumes |

***

### Input Reference

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `mode` | string (enum) | `"search"` | Operating mode: `search`, `profile`, `board`, or `influencers` |
| `keywords` | string\[] | `[]` | Keywords to search. Used in `search` and `influencers` modes |
| `profileUrls` | string\[] | `[]` | Pinterest profile URLs. Used in `profile` mode |
| `boardUrls` | string\[] | `[]` | Pinterest board URLs. Used in `board` mode |
| `maxPins` | integer | `100` | Max pins to extract per search/profile/board (max 5,000) |
| `maxProfiles` | integer | `50` | Max influencer profiles to visit in `influencers` mode (max 500) |
| `country` | string (enum) | `"us"` | Country locale for trending content: `us`, `uk`, `ca`, `au`, `in`, `de`, `fr`, `br`, `es`, `it`, `mx` |
| `includeVideos` | boolean | `true` | Whether to include video pins |
| `minSaves` | integer | `0` | Filter: only return pins with at least this many saves (e.g. `1000` for viral-only) |

***

### Example Inputs

#### Mode: Search

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "keywords": ["yoga for beginners", "morning routine"],
  "maxPins": 200,
  "minSaves": 500,
  "country": "us"
}
```

#### Mode: Profile

```json
{
  "mode": "profile",
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://www.pinterest.com/joannagaines/",
    "https://www.pinterest.com/minimalistbaker/"
  ],
  "maxPins": 50
}
```

#### Mode: Board

```json
{
  "mode": "board",
  "boardUrls": [
    "https://www.pinterest.com/joannagaines/farmhouse-decor/",
    "https://www.pinterest.com/buzzfeedtasty/easy-weeknight-dinners/"
  ],
  "maxPins": 300
}
```

#### Mode: Influencers

```json
{
  "mode": "influencers",
  "keywords": ["home decor", "interior design"],
  "maxProfiles": 30,
  "country": "us"
}
```

***

### Example Output

#### Pin Result (Search / Board mode)

```json
{
  "type": "pin",
  "pinId": "714305099326578432",
  "title": "Morning Yoga Flow for Beginners — 15 Minutes",
  "description": "Start your morning with this gentle 15-minute yoga flow. Perfect for beginners. No equipment needed. #yoga #morningroutine #wellness",
  "pinUrl": "https://www.pinterest.com/pin/714305099326578432/",
  "imageUrl": "https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a3/b2/c1/a3b2c1d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6.jpg",
  "videoUrl": null,
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.yogawithadriene.com/",
  "saves": 45821,
  "comments": 312,
  "creatorUsername": "yogaadriene",
  "creatorDisplayName": "Yoga With Adriene",
  "creatorFollowers": 2100000,
  "creatorMonthlyViews": 8750000,
  "boardName": "Morning Routines",
  "tags": ["yoga"],
  "pinType": "image",
  "isPromoted": false,
  "viralityScore": 2.194,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-03T08:00:00.000Z"
}
```

#### Influencer Result (Influencers mode)

```json
{
  "type": "influencer",
  "creatorUsername": "modernminimalhome",
  "creatorDisplayName": "Ashley Chen — Modern Minimal",
  "creatorFollowers": 847000,
  "creatorMonthlyViews": 12400000,
  "avgPinSaves": 3850,
  "topPinUrl": "https://www.pinterest.com/pin/823401987234501234/",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.pinterest.com/modernminimalhome/",
  "websiteUrl": "https://modernminimalhome.com/",
  "email": "ashley@modernminimalhome.com",
  "bio": "Interior designer & content creator. DM for collabs: ashley@modernminimalhome.com",
  "tags": ["home decor"],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-03T08:00:00.000Z"
}
```

***

### Output Fields Reference

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `type` | string | Always `"pin"`, `"profile"`, or `"influencer"` |
| `pinId` | string | Pinterest numeric pin ID |
| `title` | string | Pin title |
| `description` | string | Pin description / caption |
| `pinUrl` | string | Full Pinterest pin URL |
| `imageUrl` | string | Highest-resolution image URL |
| `videoUrl` | string | Video URL (MP4/HLS), only for video pins |
| `sourceUrl` | string | The external website the pin links to |
| `saves` | number | Number of saves/repins — primary engagement metric |
| `comments` | number | Number of comments |
| `creatorUsername` | string | Creator's Pinterest username |
| `creatorDisplayName` | string | Creator's display name |
| `creatorFollowers` | number | Creator's follower count |
| `creatorMonthlyViews` | number | Creator's monthly views on Pinterest |
| `boardName` | string | Name of the board this pin belongs to |
| `tags` | string\[] | Topic/category tags |
| `pinType` | string | `"image"`, `"video"`, `"story"`, or `"idea"` |
| `isPromoted` | boolean | Whether this is a paid/promoted pin |
| `viralityScore` | number | Computed as `(saves × 10 + comments × 5) / max(1, followers)`. Higher = more viral relative to audience |
| `bio` | string | Profile bio (profile/influencer type) |
| `websiteUrl` | string | Website linked on profile |
| `followingCount` | number | Number of accounts followed |
| `pinCount` | number | Total pins on profile |
| `boardCount` | number | Total boards on profile |
| `profileImageUrl` | string | Profile picture URL |
| `isVerified` | boolean | Whether the account is verified |
| `topBoards` | object\[] | Top boards with name, URL, pin count |
| `recentPins` | object\[] | Last N pins with full pin data |
| `nicheCategories` | string\[] | Inferred niche categories (e.g. `["fitness", "wellness"]`) |
| `avgPinSaves` | number | Influencer's average saves per pin |
| `topPinUrl` | string | URL of influencer's highest-performing pin |
| `email` | string | Contact email if visible in profile bio |
| `scrapedAt` | string | ISO 8601 timestamp of when this item was extracted |

***

### Pricing

**$3.00 per 1,000 results** (pay-per-result model).

| Run type | Approx. cost |
|---|---|
| 100 pins (default) | ~$0.30 |
| 1,000 pins | ~$3.00 |
| 50 influencer profiles | ~$0.15 |
| Full profile with 500 pins | ~$1.50 |

***

### Tips for Best Results

1. **Use specific keywords** — `"keto meal prep for beginners"` will return more focused results than `"food"`. Long-tail keywords have higher-saves pins because they attract dedicated audiences.

2. **Set `minSaves` to filter for viral content** — For trend research, set `minSaves: 1000` to see only pins that have already proven viral. For niche research, try `minSaves: 100`.

3. **Influencer mode works best with niche keywords** — `"minimalist home decor"` will find more actionable influencers than `"decor"`. The more specific the keyword, the more relevant the influencer list.

4. **Use `country` to get region-specific trends** — Pinterest trends differ significantly by region. Use `"in"` (India) or `"br"` (Brazil) for emerging market research.

5. **Board mode for competitor monitoring** — Save your competitor's board URLs and run this actor weekly with `maxPins: 50` to see their latest published content. Compare virality scores over time.

6. **Chain modes for deep research** — First run `influencers` mode to get top creator usernames, then run `profile` mode on those usernames to get their full board and pin data.

***

### Technical Notes

- Extracts data primarily from Pinterest's embedded page JSON (`window.__PWS_INITIAL_STRING__`) — the same data Pinterest's own app uses, providing more reliable and complete data than DOM parsing alone.
- Falls back to DOM selectors when embedded JSON is not available.
- Implements infinite scroll automation to load full pin grids up to `maxPins`.
- Detects login walls gracefully and skips rather than crashing.
- Rotates desktop user agents across Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge fingerprints.
- Uses Apify residential proxies by default to avoid IP-level blocks.
- Maximum concurrency is capped at 3 to avoid triggering rate limits.

***

### License

Apache 2.0

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

What to scrape: search pins by keyword, scrape a profile, scrape a board, or discover influencers in a niche.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search on Pinterest. Used in 'search' and 'influencers' modes. Example: \["yoga", "home decor", "keto recipes"]

## `profileUrls` (type: `array`):

Pinterest profile URLs to scrape. Used in 'profile' mode. Example: \["https://www.pinterest.com/username/"]

## `boardUrls` (type: `array`):

Pinterest board URLs to scrape. Used in 'board' mode. Example: \["https://www.pinterest.com/username/board-name/"]

## `maxPins` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of pins to extract per search/board/profile.

## `maxProfiles` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of influencer profiles to return in influencers mode.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Country context for trending content (affects locale and trending results).

## `includeVideos` (type: `boolean`):

Whether to include video pins in the results.

## `minSaves` (type: `integer`):

Only return pins with at least this many saves/repins. Use to filter for viral content (e.g. set to 1000 for high-engagement pins only).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "keywords": [],
  "profileUrls": [],
  "boardUrls": [],
  "maxPins": 100,
  "maxProfiles": 50,
  "country": "us",
  "includeVideos": true,
  "minSaves": 0
}
```

# 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("botflowtech/pinterest-intelligence").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("botflowtech/pinterest-intelligence").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 botflowtech/pinterest-intelligence --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,botflowtech/pinterest-intelligence"
        }
    }
}

```

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/5qdKAIw0wL9XRjg9c/builds/N81SE5OCI68wdSen8/openapi.json