# Pinterest Following Scraper 👥 (`easyapi/pinterest-following-scraper`) Actor

Extract detailed profile information from Pinterest users' following lists. Get comprehensive data including usernames, statistics, images, and activity metrics. Perfect for social media analysis, influencer research, and marketing insights. 🎯

- **URL**: https://apify.com/easyapi/pinterest-following-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [EasyApi](https://apify.com/easyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Integrations, Other
- **Stats:** 16 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 2 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 results

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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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Pinterest Following Scraper 👥

### 🤖 What does Pinterest Following Scraper do?

This powerful Actor scrapes detailed information about users that a specific Pinterest account is following. For each followed user, it extracts comprehensive profile data including:

- Basic profile information (username, full name, ID)
- Profile statistics (pin count, board count, follower count)
- Profile images (various sizes)
- Recent pin thumbnails and images
- Verification status
- Privacy settings
- Last activity timestamp
- Profile URL

### ✨ Key Features

- 🔍 Deep scraping of following lists
- 📊 Detailed user profile data extraction
- 🖼️ Access to profile and pin images
- ⚡ High-performance parallel processing
- 🔄 Automatic pagination handling
- 🛡️ Built-in proxy rotation support
- ⏱️ Configurable rate limiting
- 💾 Structured JSON output

### 💡 Use Cases

- 🎯 Influencer research and analysis
- 📈 Social media marketing insights
- 🔍 Competitor following analysis
- 📊 Pinterest user behavior studies
- 🤝 Network growth analysis

### 💪 Advantages

- Handles large following lists efficiently
- Respects Pinterest's rate limits
- Clean, structured data output
- Regular updates and maintenance
- Reliable and stable performance

### 🔧 Setup & Usage

1. Input the target Pinterest username(s)
2. Set maximum items to scrape (optional)
3. Configure proxy settings (recommended)
4. Run and collect structured data

### 📝 Output

The Actor provides detailed JSON output for each followed user, including profile metrics, images, and activity data. Perfect for further analysis or integration into your workflows.

#### Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

```json
{
    "usernames": [
        "candyw8119"
    ],
    "maxItems": 100
}
```

#### Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the **Storage** tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

```json
[
    {
        "serachUsername": "candyw8119",
        "node_id": "VXNlcjo5MjI3NDU1NDg1NjA0MDY5NzM=",
        "pin_thumbnail_urls": [
            "https://i.pinimg.com/75x75/e8/7e/09/e87e096f6058f305512565cd5e823d55.jpg",
            "https://i.pinimg.com/75x75/98/08/11/980811b66a13e45b95d0d7100b93197b.jpg",
            "https://i.pinimg.com/75x75/50/df/d0/50dfd0d841ab658ace11afc34943deb9.jpg",
            "https://i.pinimg.com/75x75/d2/1e/3e/d21e3ee52ae9b6daa82d579939355c1e.jpg",
            "https://i.pinimg.com/75x75/1f/50/ac/1f50ac401c21ebef47680b307cbb0309.jpg"
        ],
        "blocked_by_me": false,
        "image_medium_url": "https://s.pinimg.com/images/user/default_75.png",
        "type": "user",
        "id": "922745548560406973",
        "username": "thaobui75",
        "is_verified_merchant": false,
        "explicitly_followed_by_me": false,
        "is_default_image": true,
        "recent_pin_images": {
            "192x": [
                {
                    "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/192x/e8/7e/09/e87e096f6058f305512565cd5e823d55.jpg",
                    "width": 192,
                    "height": 515,
                    "dominant_color": "#D4D9D0"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/192x/98/08/11/980811b66a13e45b95d0d7100b93197b.jpg",
                    "width": 192,
                    "height": 341,
                    "dominant_color": "#F3F4F3"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/192x/50/df/d0/50dfd0d841ab658ace11afc34943deb9.jpg",
                    "width": 192,
                    "height": 440,
                    "dominant_color": "#181E31"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/192x/d2/1e/3e/d21e3ee52ae9b6daa82d579939355c1e.jpg",
                    "width": 192,
                    "height": 380,
                    "dominant_color": "#B09E7A"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/192x/1f/50/ac/1f50ac401c21ebef47680b307cbb0309.jpg",
                    "width": 192,
                    "height": 384,
                    "dominant_color": "#7D6436"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/192x/c1/66/c8/c166c80aa3321efca38fbd38f1af97b1.jpg",
                    "width": 192,
                    "height": 342,
                    "dominant_color": "#958973"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/192x/89/c3/3a/89c33af577814b677bea62ee30f39146.jpg",
                    "width": 192,
                    "height": 289,
                    "dominant_color": "#625336"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/192x/fa/0b/02/fa0b02d5c0a14bc10f7a1d6f1c99316e.jpg",
                    "width": 192,
                    "height": 341,
                    "dominant_color": "#6D735B"
                }
            ],
            "222x": [
                {
                    "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/222x/e8/7e/09/e87e096f6058f305512565cd5e823d55.jpg",
                    "width": 222,
                    "height": 596,
                    "dominant_color": "#D4D9D0"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/222x/98/08/11/980811b66a13e45b95d0d7100b93197b.jpg",
                    "width": 222,
                    "height": 394,
                    "dominant_color": "#F3F4F3"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/222x/50/df/d0/50dfd0d841ab658ace11afc34943deb9.jpg",
                    "width": 222,
                    "height": 509,
                    "dominant_color": "#181E31"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/222x/d2/1e/3e/d21e3ee52ae9b6daa82d579939355c1e.jpg",
                    "width": 222,
                    "height": 440,
                    "dominant_color": "#B09E7A"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/222x/1f/50/ac/1f50ac401c21ebef47680b307cbb0309.jpg",
                    "width": 222,
                    "height": 444,
                    "dominant_color": "#7D6436"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/222x/c1/66/c8/c166c80aa3321efca38fbd38f1af97b1.jpg",
                    "width": 222,
                    "height": 396,
                    "dominant_color": "#958973"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/222x/89/c3/3a/89c33af577814b677bea62ee30f39146.jpg",
                    "width": 222,
                    "height": 334,
                    "dominant_color": "#625336"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://i.pinimg.com/222x/fa/0b/02/fa0b02d5c0a14bc10f7a1d6f1c99316e.jpg",
                    "width": 222,
                    "height": 394,
                    "dominant_color": "#6D735B"
                }
            ]
        },
        "pin_count": 47,
        "board_count": 7,
        "image_xlarge_url": "https://s.pinimg.com/images/user/default_280.png",
        "image_large_url": "https://s.pinimg.com/images/user/default_140.png",
        "verified_identity": {},
        "follower_count": 1,
        "domain_verified": false,
        "contextual_pin_image_urls": {},
        "is_private_profile": false,
        "full_name": "Thaobui",
        "last_pin_save_time": "Wed, 26 Feb 2025 21:30:01 +0000",
        "profileUrl": "https://www.pinterest.com/thaobui75"
    },
    ...
]
```

### Related Actors

- 📌 [Pinterest Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/pinterest-profile-scraper) - Extract Pinterest user profiles data including follower count, pin count, boards, and other public information.
- 📌 [Pinterest Followers Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/pinterest-followers-scraper) - Extract Pinterest followers data including usernames, full names, profile images and more.
- 🔍 [Pinterest Search Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/pinterest-search-scraper) - The Pinterest Search Scraper is an essential tool for discovering visual content on Pinterest.
- 🎯 [Pinterest Keyword Autocomplete Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/pinterest-keyword-autocomplete-scraper) - Essential tool for discovering keyword suggestions on Pinterest.
- 🌟 [Pinterest Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/pinterest-comments-scraper) - Essential tool for gathering user feedback from Pinterest pins.
- 🌟 [Pinterest Boards Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/pinterest-boards-scraper) - Essential tool for discovering and exploring creative collections on Pinterest.
- 📸 [Pinterest Image Downloader](https://apify.com/easyapi/pinterest-image-downloader) - Easily download high-quality images from Pinterest.
- 🎥 [Pinterest Video Downloader](https://apify.com/easyapi/pinterest-video-downloader) - Easily download high-quality videos from Pinterest.
- 👥 [Facebook Following Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/facebook-following-scraper) - Scrape Facebook following list data including profile details, friendship status, and profile images.
- 👥 [TikTok Following Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/tiktok-following-scraper) - Scrape TikTok following lists to extract detailed user information.
- 👥 [Medium Following Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/medium-following-scraper) - Extract detailed information about Medium users' following lists.
- 🔍 [Instagram Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/instagram-profile-scraper) - Effortlessly scrape detailed Instagram profile data.
- 📊 [Social Media Influencer Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/social-media-influencer-scraper) - Discover top influencers across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube with ease.
- 📧 [All-in-One Social Media Email Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/all-in-one-social-media-email-scraper) - Discover emails across 30+ social platforms.
- 📱 [All-in-One Social Media Phone Number Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/all-in-one-social-media-phone-number-scraper) - Discover phone numbers across 30+ social platforms.

# Actor input Schema

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

List of Pinterest usernames to scrape following lists from

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of following users to scrape (default: unlimited)

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings for the scraper

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "candyw8119"
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "usernames": [
        "candyw8119"
    ],
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("easyapi/pinterest-following-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 = {
    "usernames": ["candyw8119"],
    "maxItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("easyapi/pinterest-following-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 '{
  "usernames": [
    "candyw8119"
  ],
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call easyapi/pinterest-following-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,easyapi/pinterest-following-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/3wAR2RcrYBHQbdFZm/builds/UBYmXhIFUn0Mvraiq/openapi.json